Efficacy and Safety of Obeticholic Acid in the Treatment of Primary Biliary Cholangitis

Korábbi kezelés

• Patients who took obeticholic acid within 3 months prior to Day 0;
• History or presence of other concomitant liver diseases;
• Patients with severe pruritus or requiring systemic drug therapy within 2 months prior to Day 0;
• Presence of diseases or physiological conditions that interfere with the absorption, distribution, metabolism or excretion of test drugs, such as inflammatory bowel disease and previous gastric bypass surgery;
• Administration of the following drugs within 12 months prior to Day 0: antibodies or immunotherapy against interleukins or other cytokines or chemokines;

Más betegség

• Known hypersensitivity to obeticholic acid, ursodeoxycholic acid;
• Cirrhosis-related complications or end-stage liver disease manifestations;
• Patients with HIV or syphilis infection;
• Presence of diseases that may cause non-hepatogenic ALP elevation, or diseases that may lead to a life expectancy of less than 2 years;
• Patients with serious cardiovascular system, digestive system, respiratory system, urinary system, nervous system, mental illness, immunodeficiency disease, and judge by investigators that they are not suitable for participating in the trial;
• Other conditions that are not considered appropriate by the investigator.

Laborértékek

• Serum creatinine (Cr) ≥ 1.5 × ULN and serum creatinine clearance < 60 mL/min;
• Administration of the following drugs within 6 months prior to Day 0: azathioprine, colchicine, cyclosporine, methotrexate, mycophenolate mofetil, pentoxifylline; fenofibrate or other fibrates; budesonide and other systemic corticosteroids; hepatotoxic drugs (including α-methyldopa, sodium valproate, isoniazid, nitrofurantoin, etc.);

• Age ≥18 and ≤75 years；
• Definite PBC diagnosis, as demonstrated by the presence of ≥ 2 of the following 3 diagnostic factors: ① Indicators reflecting cholestasis such as elevated ALP；② Positive antimitochondrial antibody (AMA) or AMA-M2, or positive PBC-specific antibody (anti-GP210 and/or anti-SP100) if AMA negative；③ Liver biopsy consistent with PBC；
• At least 1 of the following qualifying biochemistry values: ① ALP ≥ 1.67x ULN ；② Total bilirubin > ULN but < 2x ULN；
• Taking UDCA for at least 6 months (stable dose for ≥ 3 months) prior to Day 0, or unable to tolerate UDCA (no UDCA for ≥ 3 months) prior to Day 0；
• Understand the study, comply with the study protocol, and voluntarily sign the informed consent form.