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NCT07335601RecruitingPhase 2

Study to Evaluate Resmetirom in Post-Liver Transplant Patients With MASH

Phase 2, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate MGL-3196 (Resmetirom) in Patients With MASH Who Have Undergone Liver Transplant for MASH Cirrhosis or Other Etiologies

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 26 Aug 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

A Phase 2 double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study to evaluate resmetirom in 2 cohorts of subjects with moderate to advanced fibrosis, consistent with stage F2 and F3 fibrosis, who have undergone liver transplant. Cohort 1 will consist of patients who have undergone liver transplant for MASH cirrhosis who developed recurrent MASH. Cohort 2 will consist of subjects who have undergone liver transplant for indications other than MASH cirrhosis who developed de novo MASH.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
120 (estimated)
First submitted
7 Jan 2026
Start date
29 Dec 2025
Primary completion date
Aug 2028
Lead sponsor
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
NCT number
NCT07335601

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Planned participants: 120
  • From 29 Dec 2025 to the primary completion date, Aug 2028
  • 17 sites in 2 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • Participation in another interventional clinical trial with investigational drug exposure within 30 days (or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer) prior to screening.
  • Phosphatidylethanol (PEth) value of ≥20 ng/mL measured at screening or clinically significant alcohol use within 1 year prior to screening.
  • Steroid resistant rejection of the transplanted liver or kidney, or a history of a rejection treated with high dose steroid within 3 months of screening.
  • Significant post-transplant vascular or biliary complications.
  • Significant cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease within 6 months prior to randomization.
  • Current substance abuse or drug addiction.
  • Use of prohibited concomitant medications that may affect liver function, steatosis, thyroid function, or study outcomes, or unstable doses of allowed metabolic therapies prior to randomization.
  • Use of statins above protocol-allowed doses or unstable lipid-lowering therapy prior to randomization.

Other illness

  • Uncontrolled or clinically significant thyroid disease, including active hyperthyroidism or untreated hypothyroidism.
  • Evidence of active liver disease other than MASH.
  • History of liver transplantation for an inborn error of metabolism.
  • Evidence of hepatic impairment or decompensation at screening.
  • Chronic rejection or chronic plasma-cell hepatitis.
  • Uncontrolled hypertension at screening or randomization.
  • Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or other clinically significant immunocompromised state.
  • Any serious medical condition with a life expectancy of less than 5 years.
  • Significant psychiatric, cognitive, or social conditions that would interfere with study participation or compliance, in the Investigator's judgment.
  • Known hypersensitivity to study drug or any of its excipients.

Other

  • FibroScan VCTE \>20 kPa, a baseline biopsy demonstrating fibrosis consistent with F4, or MRE \> 5 kPa.
  • Current hepatocellular carcinoma.
  • Contraindications to MRI, including implanted devices incompatible with MRI, severe claustrophobia, or inability to undergo MRI procedures.

Who the study is looking for

  • At least 12 months post-liver transplant at screening and meeting one of the following:
    • Cohort 1: Liver transplant for MASH cirrhosis with recurrent hepatic steatosis ≥8% by MRI-PDFF
    • Cohort 2: Liver transplant for non-MASH etiology with de novo hepatic steatosis ≥8% by MRI-PDFF
  • Presence of at least one metabolic risk factor, including overweight/obesity, dysglycemia or type 2 diabetes, hypertension or antihypertensive treatment, hypertriglyceridemia or low HDL cholesterol, or lipid-lowering therapy.
  • MASH with moderate to advanced liver fibrosis (F2-F3), confirmed by noninvasive fibrosis assessment (FibroScan and/or MRE) and a liver biopsy consistent with Stage F2/F3 MASH and no evidence of other liver pathology or graft rejection.
  • Stable renal function with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥30 mL/min/1.73 m² prior to and during screening.
  • Stable liver enzymes at screening, without clinically significant worsening compared with recent historical values.
  • Stable immunosuppressive regimen for at least 3 months prior to screening.
  • Females of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test, not be breastfeeding, and agree to use effective contraception during the study and for at least 30 days after the last dose; females not of childbearing potential are eligible.

Age in the registry: 18 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (17)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
University Health Network - Toronto General Hospital (TGH)
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TorontoCanadaNot yet recruiting
University of Colorado
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AuroraUnited StatesRecruiting
University of Virginia Health System
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CharlottesvilleUnited StatesRecruiting
Northwestern University
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ChicagoUnited StatesRecruiting
The University of Chicago Medicine
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ChicagoUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
Dallas Methodist
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DallasUnited StatesRecruiting
Houston Methodist Hospital
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HoustonUnited StatesRecruiting
University of California San Diego
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La JollaUnited StatesRecruiting
University of California Los Angeles Medical Center
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Los AngelesUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
Northwell Health Inc, Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation
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ManhassetUnited StatesRecruiting
Intermountain Medical Center
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MurrayUnited StatesRecruiting
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC)
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NashvilleUnited StatesRecruiting
NY Presbyterian- Weill Cornell Medicine
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New YorkUnited StatesRecruiting
University of Nebraska
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OmahaUnited StatesNot yet recruiting
Mayo Clinic
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RochesterUnited StatesRecruiting
University of California San Francisco
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San FranciscoUnited StatesRecruiting
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
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Washington D.C.United StatesNot yet recruiting

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