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New drug trial aims to slow liver disease in rare bile duct condition

NCT ID NCT07387549

Disease control Sponsor: Ipsen Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 01, 2026 · Updated 5 times

Summary

This Phase 3 study tests whether the drug elafibranor can slow liver damage in adults with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), a rare disease that scars the bile ducts. About 350 participants will receive either elafibranor or a placebo daily for several years. The main goal is to see if the drug delays disease progression or death.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Elafibranor (a drug taken as a tablet)
What this could lead to
If it works, this could provide a new treatment to slow liver damage and delay the need for a transplant in people with primary sclerosing cholangitis.
What could go wrong
This is an early-stage Phase 3 trial, so results are not yet known. The drug may not prove more effective than placebo, and side effects are possible.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Phase 3

Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.

Participants

About 350 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

May 2026

Expected to finish

May 2031

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

A company

The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 to 75 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Adults participants aged 18 years or older * Confirmed diagnosis of primary sclerosing cholangitis based on standard clinical, biochemical, and imaging criteria * Compensated liver disease at screening * Stable background therapy, where applicable prior to study entry * Women of childbearing potential have to apply during the entire duration of the study a highly effective method of birth control * Ability to provide written informed consent and comply with study procedures. Exclusion Criteria: \- History or presence of other concomitant chronic liver disease \- History of hepatic decompensation, including: i) History of liver transplantation, current MELD 3.0 score ≥12 due to hepatic impairment. ii) Evidence of complications of cirrhosis * Participants with cirrhosis who are also classified as Child-Pugh B or C based on the Child Pugh score. * History of biliary intervention within 60 days prior to the screening period, and/or presence of percutaneous drain or bile duct stent at SV. * History of bacterial cholangitis, and/or participant on antibiotics for prophylaxis of recurrent cholangitis within 60 days prior to the SV. * History or any current suspicion of cholangiocarcinoma or hepatocellular carcinoma * Known malignancy or history of malignancy within the last 5 years, with the exception of local, successfully treated basal cell carcinoma or in-situ carcinoma of the uterine cervix. * Medical conditions that may cause non-hepatic increases in ALP (e.g. Paget's disease). * Administration of the following medications are prohibited as specified below: i) 3 months prior to baseline: norucholic acid, fibrates, seladelpar and glitazones. ii) 3 months prior to baseline: cyclosporine, mycophenolate, pentoxifylline, and chronic systemic corticosteroids (except as part of management of IBD at an ongoing stable dose); potentially hepatotoxic drugs (including α-methyl-dopa, sodium valproic acid, isoniazid, or nitrofurantoin). * Participants who are currently participating in, plan to participate in, or have participated in an investigational drug or medical device study containing active substance within 30 days or five half-lives, whichever is longer, prior to the SV. - Participants with previous exposure to elafibranor. * Electrocardiogram (ECG) with QT interval corrected by Fridericia's formula (QTcF) \>450 msec in males or QTcF \>470 msec in females for participants without bundle branch block. * Significant renal disease, * For female participants: known pregnancy, or has a positive serum pregnancy test, or lactating. * Regular alcohol intake in excess of the recommended limit of 2 standard drinks per day for men or 1 standard drink per day for women * History of alcohol abuse, or other substance abuse within 1 year prior to SV. * Sensitivity to any of the study interventions, or components thereof, or drug or other allergy that contraindicates participation in the study. * Mental instability or incompetence * Participant has or is known to have tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 or 2 at SV. * Medical conditions that may diminish life expectancy to \<2 years.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Cholangitis, Sclerosing primary sclerosing cholangitis

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Primary sclerosing cholangitis

How to take part

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  1. The places running it

    13 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.

  2. The official record

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • American Research Corporation at The Texas Liver Institute

    RECRUITING

    San Antonio, Texas, 78215, United States

  • Arizona Liver Health

    RECRUITING

    Chandler, Arizona, 85224, United States

  • Gastrointestinal Associates of Northeast Tennessee

    RECRUITING

    Johnson City, Tennessee, 37604, United States

  • Indiana University School of Medicine

    RECRUITING

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States

  • Liver Associates of Texas, P.A.

    RECRUITING

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

    RECRUITING

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States

  • Mercy Medical Center, Inc

    RECRUITING

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21202, United States

  • Peak Gastroenterology Associates

    RECRUITING

    Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80920, United States

  • Rocky Mountain Gastroenterology (RMG)

    RECRUITING

    Littleton, Colorado, 90046, United States

  • South Denver Gastroenterology,P.C.

    RECRUITING

    Englewood, Colorado, 80113, United States

  • Southern California Research Center

    RECRUITING

    Coronado, California, 92118, United States

  • University Gastroenterology

    RECRUITING

    Providence, Rhode Island, 02904, United States

  • Velocity Clinical Research, Seattle

    RECRUITING

    Seattle, Washington, 98105, United States

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