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NCT05525520CompletedPhase 2

Study to Evaluate EP547 in Subjects With Cholestatic Pruritus Due to Primary Biliary Cholangitis or Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Effects of EP547 in Subjects With Cholestatic Pruritus Due to Primary Biliary Cholangitis or Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 31 Jul 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This phase 2 trial will evaluate the effects of EP547 in subjects with cholestatic pruritus due to Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) or Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
62 (actual)
First submitted
30 Aug 2022
Start date
6 Oct 2022
Primary completion date
17 Jul 2024
Lead sponsor
Escient Pharmaceuticals, Inc
NCT number
NCT05525520
EudraCT number
2021-002526-25

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Participants enrolled: 62
  • From 6 Oct 2022 to the primary completion date, 17 Jul 2024
  • 52 sites in 8 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Prior or planned liver transplantation

Other illness

  • Alternative causes of liver disease
  • History of significant small bowel resection or short bowel syndrome

Lab values

  • Has exclusionary laboratory or biochemical results at Screening

Other

  • Pruritus associated with an etiology other than PBC or PSC
  • Evidence of compensated or decompensated cirrhosis
  • Presence of documented secondary sclerosing cholangitis
  • Current evidence of clinically significant high-grade strictures or presence of biliary stent

Who the study is looking for

  • Age 18 to 80 years
  • Documented primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) or primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)
  • Presence of consistent moderate to severe pruritus
  • Use of anti-pruritic and anti-cholestatic (including UDCA and obeticholic acid) medication allowed if meeting additional criteria
  • Individuals with concomitant inflammatory bowel disease must meet additional relevant criteria

Age in the registry: 18 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (52)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
UZ Antwerpen
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AntwerpBelgiumUnknown status
UZ Gent
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GhentBelgiumUnknown status
UZ Leuven
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LeuvenBelgiumUnknown status
University of Alberta
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EdmontonCanadaUnknown status
Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal (CHUM)
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MontrealCanadaUnknown status
Toronto Centre for Liver Disease Toronto General Hospital
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TorontoCanadaUnknown status
(G.I.R.I.) GI Research Institute
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VancouverCanadaUnknown status
Hospital General Universitario Alicante
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AlicanteSpainUnknown status
Hospital Clinic Barcelona
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BarcelonaSpainUnknown status
Hospital de Montecelo
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PontevedraSpainUnknown status
Campus Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio
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SevilleSpainUnknown status
La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital
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ValenciaSpainUnknown status
Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet
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ZaragozaSpainUnknown status
Aphp Avicenne
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BobignyFranceUnknown status
CHU Grenoble Alpes - Site Nord
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GrenobleFranceUnknown status
CHU de Lille
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LilleFranceUnknown status
Saint-Antoine Hospital
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ParisFranceUnknown status
Hospital Rangueil
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ToulouseFranceUnknown status
Paul Brousse Hospital
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VillejuifFranceUnknown status
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
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BirminghamUnited KingdomUnknown status
Glasgow Royal Infirmary
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GlasgowUnited KingdomUnknown status
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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LondonUnited KingdomUnknown status
Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University
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NewcastleUnited KingdomUnknown status
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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NorwichUnited KingdomUnknown status
University of Nottingham - Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre Biomedical Research Unit
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NottinghamUnited KingdomUnknown status
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Derriford Hospital
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PlymouthUnited KingdomUnknown status
Rambam Medical Center- Keriat Eliezer Family Health Center
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HaifaIsraelUnknown status
Carmel Medical Center
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HaifaIsraelUnknown status
Hadassah Medical Center - Ein Karem
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JerusalemIsraelUnknown status
Chaim Sheba Medical Center
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Ramat GanIsraelUnknown status
Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam
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AmsterdamNetherlandsUnknown status
University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital
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BirminghamUnited StatesUnknown status
Massachusetts General Hospital
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BostonUnited StatesUnknown status
Gastro Health Research
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CincinnatiUnited StatesUnknown status
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center*
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ClevelandUnited StatesUnknown status
Southern California Research Center
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CoronadoUnited StatesUnknown status
Science 37
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Culver CityUnited StatesUnknown status
The Liver Institute at Methodist Dallas Medical Center
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DallasUnited StatesUnknown status
Liver Associates of Texas, PA
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HoustonUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
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Iowa CityUnited StatesUnknown status
Gastro Health & Nutrition
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KatyUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Miami - Schiff Center for Liver Diseases
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MiamiUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Minnesota
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MinneapolisUnited StatesUnknown status
Tulane University Health Sciences Center
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New OrleansUnited StatesUnknown status
Ochsner Medical Center
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New OrleansUnited StatesUnknown status
NYU Grossman School of Medicine Gastroenterology and Hepatology
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New YorkUnited StatesUnknown status
Digestive & Liver Disease Specialists
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NorfolkUnited StatesUnknown status
California Liver Research Institute
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PasadenaUnited StatesUnknown status
Dignity Health Center for Clinical Research at St. Joseph Hospital
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PhoenixUnited StatesUnknown status
UPMC Center for Liver Disease
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PittsburghUnited StatesUnknown status
Bon Secours Liver Institute of Virginia
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RichmondUnited StatesUnknown status
Montefiore Medical Center
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The BronxUnited StatesUnknown status

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