Drug trial aims to stop deadly bleeding in scarred livers

NCT ID NCT04365868

Summary

This study tested whether a drug called belapectin could prevent the development of esophageal varices—dangerous, swollen veins in the esophagus—in people with advanced liver scarring (cirrhosis) caused by NASH. It involved 357 adults who had cirrhosis but did not yet have these varices. Participants were randomly assigned to receive either belapectin or a placebo for 78 weeks to see which group had fewer people develop new varices and other serious liver complications.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • AZ Maria Middelares

    Ghent, VOV, 9000, Belgium

  • Advanced Pharma CR, LLC

    Miami, Florida, 33147, United States

  • Antwerp University Hospital

    Edegem, Antwerpen, 2650, Belgium

  • Arizona Liver Health - Glendale

    Glendale, Arizona, 85306, United States

  • Associates in Gastroenterology

    Hermitage, Tennessee, 37067, United States

  • Baylor College of Medicine - Baylor Clinic - Abdominal Transplant & Liver Disease Clinic

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Bon Secours Liver Institute of Virginia - Newport News

    Newport News, Virginia, 23602, United States

  • Bon Secours Liver Institute of Virginia - Richmond

    Richmond, Virginia, 23226, United States

  • Box Hill Hospital

    Box Hill, Victoria, 3128, Australia

  • Brampton Civic Hospital

    Brampton, Ontario, L6R 3J7, Canada

  • CEMDEC SA de CV Centro Mexicano de Desarrollo de Estudios Clinicos

    Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, 06100, Mexico

  • CHRU Montpellier - Saint Eloi

    Montpellier, 34090, France

  • CHU Hôpital Henri Mondor

    Créteil, 94000, France

  • CHU Nancy - Hôpital Brabois

    Nancy, 54511, France

  • CHU de Grenoble

    Grenoble, 38043, France

  • CHU de Nice - L'Archet

    Nice, 6202, France

  • CICPA Centro de Investigación Clinica del Pacifico

    Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, 39670, Mexico

  • California Liver Research Institute

    Pasadena, California, 91105, United States

  • Carmel Medical Center

    Haifa, 34362, Israel

  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California, 90048, United States

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Amiens

    Amiens, 80054, France

  • Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

    Montreal, Quebec, H2X 0A9, Canada

  • Centro Especializado en Diabetes, Obesidad y Pevencion de enfermedades Cadiovasculares SC.

    Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City, 11650, Mexico

  • Centro de Investigacion Clinica de Oaxaca

    Oaxaca City, 68020, Mexico

  • Centro de Investigacion Medico Biologica y Terapia Avanzada SC

    Guadalajara, Jalisco, 44130, Mexico

  • Centro de Investigaciones Clinicas Vina del Mar

    Viña del Mar, CHL, 07081-2221, Chile

  • Centro de Investigaciones Metabólicas (CINME)

    Capital Federal, ARG, C1056ABJ, Argentina

  • Centro de Investigación Medica de Aguascalientes

    Aguascalientes, 20116, Mexico

  • ClinCloud LLC

    Maitland, Florida, 32751-3320, United States

  • Clinique Universitaire De Bruxelles Hôpital Erasme VZW

    Brussels, BEL, 1070, Belgium

  • Clínica Universidad de los Andes

    Santiago, CHL, 7550000, Chile

  • Columbia University Medical Center

    New York, New York, 10032, United States

  • Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Pontevedra

    Pontevedra, 36071, Spain

  • Consultants for Clinical Research

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45249, United States

  • Consultorio Medico

    Ciudad de Mexico, State of Mexico, 6700, Mexico

  • Cumberland Research Associates, LLC

    Fayetteville, North Carolina, 28304-3571, United States

  • Digestive Health Specialists

    Dothan, Alabama, 36305, United States

  • Digestive Healthcare of Georgia, P.C.

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30309, United States

  • Digestive Research Alliance of Michiana, LLC

    Incheon, 400-711, South Korea

  • EUGASTRO GmbH

    Leipzig, Saxony, 4103, Germany

  • East Tennessee Research Institute - Gastrointestinal Associates of Northeast Tennessee, P.C.

    Johnson City, Tennessee, 37604-6063, United States

  • Excel Clinical Research - Las Vegas

    Las Vegas, Nevada, 89109-6209, United States

  • Fiona Stanley Hospital

    Murdoch, Western Australia, 6150, Australia

  • Florida Medical Center & Research

    Zephyrhills, Florida, 33542, United States

  • Florida Research Institute

    Lakewood Rch, Florida, 34211, United States

  • Fundacion de Investigacion de Diego

    San Juan, 00927, Puerto Rico

  • Galen Medical Group - Ziegler Plaza

    Chattanooga, Tennessee, 37343-5470, United States

  • Gastro One - GI Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy Center - 1310 Wolf Park

    Germantown, Tennessee, 38138, United States

  • Gastroenterology Associates of Central Georgia, LLC

    Macon, Georgia, 31201, United States

  • Gastroenterology Associates of Fredericksburg

    Fredericksburg, Virginia, 22401-8425, United States

  • Gastroenterology Associates of Western Michigan

    Wyoming, Michigan, 49519, United States

  • Gastrointestinal Specialists of Georgia, PC

    Marietta, Georgia, 30060, United States

  • Genoma Research Group, Inc.

    Miami, Florida, 33165, United States

  • Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main

    Frankfurt am Main, 60590, Germany

  • Groupe sante CHC - Clinique du MontLegia

    Liège, WLG, 4000, Belgium

  • Guardian Angel Health Services, Inc.

    Tampa, Florida, 33614, United States

  • Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital

    Jerusalem, 91120, Israel

  • Hanyang University Seoul Hospital

    Seoul, KOR, 4763, South Korea

  • Henry Ford Health System - Hemophilia and Thrombosis Treatment Center

    Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States

  • Holy Family Hospital

    Nazareth, 16100, Israel

  • Hope Clinical Research, Inc.

    Canoga Park, California, 91303, United States

  • Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires

    Buenos Aires, ARG, C1280AEB, Argentina

  • Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile

    Santiago, 8380000, Chile

  • Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

    Buenos Aires, ARG, C1181ACH, Argentina

  • Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre

    Madrid, ESP, 28041, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez Servicio de Gastroenterología

    Monterrey, Nuevo León, 64460, Mexico

  • Hospital Universitario La Paz

    Madrid, 28046, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla

    Santander, 39008, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro - Majadahonda

    Majadahonda, 28222, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal

    Madrid, 28034, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío

    Seville, 41013, Spain

  • Hospital de La Serena

    La Serena, CHL, 1710216, Chile

  • Hospital del Mar Research Institute

    Barcelona, 8003, Spain

  • Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center

    Richmond, Virginia, 23249-0001, United States

  • Hôpital Avicenne

    Bobigny, 93000, France

  • Hôpital Cochin

    Paris, 75014, France

  • Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse

    Lyon, 69004, France

  • Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg - Hôpital Civil

    Strasbourg, 67091, France

  • ID Clinic

    Mysłowice, Silesian Voivodeship, 41-400, Poland

  • IU Health University Hospital

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States

  • Impact Research Institute

    Waco, Texas, 76710-2582, United States

  • Inland Empire Liver Foundation

    Rialto, California, 92377, United States

  • Institute for Liver Health - Tucson

    Tucson, Arizona, 85712, United States

  • Integrity Clinical Research, LLC (ICR SITES) - Doral

    Doral, Florida, 33166, United States

  • Investigacion Biomedica para el desarrollo de farmacos SA de CV

    Zapopan, Jalisco, 45070, Mexico

  • Investigacion Biomedica para el desarrollo de farmacos SA de CV

    Benito Juárez, Mexico City, 03103, Mexico

  • Kansas City Research Institute

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64131, United States

  • Kansas Medical Clinic PA

    Topeka, Kansas, 66606, United States

  • King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    London, GBR, SE5 9RS, United Kingdom

  • Liver Specialists of Texas

    Austin, Texas, 78757, United States

  • Liver Wellness Center - Little Rock

    Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205-6414, United States

  • Loyola University Health System

    Maywood, Illinois, 60153, United States

  • Lucas Research

    Morehead City, North Carolina, 28557, United States

  • MEDIVEST Centro de Investigacion integral

    Chihuahua City, 31203, Mexico

  • Mayo Clinic Hospital - Florida

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32224-1865, United States

  • Medical Care and Research SA de CV

    Mérida, Yucatán, 97070, Mexico

  • Medical University of Lodz

    Lodz, Łódź Voivodeship, 91-347, Poland

  • Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States

  • Medyczny Katedra i Klinika Chorób Zakaźnych, Chorób Wątroby i Nabytych Niedoborów Odpornościowych

    Wroclaw, 50-220, Poland

  • Mercy Medical Center - The Institute for Digestive Health and Liver Disease

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21202, United States

  • Methodist Transplant Physicians

    Dallas, Texas, 75203, United States

  • Michiana Gastroenterology, Inc.

    South Bend, Indiana, 46635, United States

  • Monash Medical Centre Clayton

    Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia

  • Mount Sinai Beth Israel

    New York, New York, 10003, United States

  • NYU Langone Medical Center

    New York, New York, 10016-6402, United States

  • Nature Coast Clinical Research, LLC

    Inverness, Florida, 34452, United States

  • Nepean Hospital

    Kingswood, New South Wales, 2750, Australia

  • NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

    New York, New York, 10021, United States

  • Oaxaca Site Management Organization SC.

    Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, 68000, Mexico

  • Om Research LLC

    Lancaster, California, 93534, United States

  • Pacific Gastroenterology Associates

    Vancouver, British Columbia, V6Z 2K5, Canada

  • Peak Gastroenterology Associates

    Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80907-6262, United States

  • Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

    Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, United States

  • Pinnacle Clinical Research

    San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States

  • Pioneer Research Solutions Inc - Houston - Stancliff Rd

    Houston, Texas, 77099, United States

  • Rabin Medical Center - Beilinson Hospital

    Petah Tikva, 4941492, Israel

  • Rambam Medical Center

    Haifa, 3109601, Israel

  • Royal Adelaide Hospital

    Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia

  • SP CSK im Prof. Kornela Gibińskiego Śląskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Katowicach

    Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, 40-752, Poland

  • Sensible Healthcare

    Ocoee, Florida, 34761, United States

  • Soroka Medical Center

    Beersheba, 84101, Israel

  • South Texas Research Institute

    Edinburg, Texas, 78539, United States

  • Southern California GI & Liver Centers

    Coronado, California, 92118, United States

  • Southern Therapy and Advanced Research (STAR) - Jackson

    Jackson, Mississippi, 39216, United States

  • Tandem Clinical Research, LLC

    Marrero, Louisiana, 70072, United States

  • Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

    Tel Aviv, 64239, Israel

  • Texas Clinical Research Institute, LLC

    Arlington, Texas, 76012, United States

  • Texoma Liver Center PLLC. - Denison

    Denison, Texas, 75020, United States

  • The Chaim Sheba Medical Center - The Center for Liver Diseases

    Ramat Gan, 52621, Israel

  • The Institute for Liver Health

    Chandler, Arizona, 85224, United States

  • The Jefferson Digestive Health Institute - Thomas Jefferson University

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States

  • The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States

  • The Texas Liver Institute, Inc.

    San Antonio, Texas, 78215, United States

  • The University of Nottingham - Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre Biomedical Research Unit

    Nottingham, NGM, NG7 2UH, United Kingdom

  • Toronto Liver Centre

    Toronto, Ontario, M6H 3M1, Canada

  • Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02111-1552, United States

  • Tulane Cancer Center

    New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112-2600, United States

  • UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 273302, United States

  • Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent

    Ghent, VOV, 9000, Belgium

  • Universitatsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz

    Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, 55131, Germany

  • University Diabetes & Endocrine Consultants

    Chattanooga, Tennessee, 37411, United States

  • University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44016, United States

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, United States

  • University of Calgary - Heritage Medical Research Clinic - Foothills Hospital Center

    Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4Z6, Canada

  • University of California San Diego Medical Center -La Jolla Multi-Specialty Clinics- Perlman Offices

    La Jolla, California, 92037, United States

  • University of Cincinnati Physicians Company, LLC

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45267-0595, United States

  • University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • University of Louisville Physicians - Cardiovascular Medicine Physicians Outpatient Center

    Louisville, Kentucky, 40202-2046, United States

  • University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) - The Center for Liver Diseases

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States

  • University of Utah Health Care - UUHC - Kidney & Liver Clinic

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84132-0001, United States

  • University of Virginia School of Medicine

    Charlottesville, Virginia, 22908, United States

  • Velocity Clinical Research, Spokane

    Spokane, Washington, 99202-3462, United States

  • Yonsei University, Wonju Severance Christian Hospital

    Seoul, KOR, 8308, South Korea

  • Yonsei University, Wonju Severance Christian Hospital

    Wŏnju, KOR, 26426, South Korea

  • inSite Digestive Health Care - Orange

    Orange, California, 92868, United States

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