Experimental liver drug INT-787 studied for severe alcohol hepatitis
NCT ID NCT05639543
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a drug called INT-787 in 67 people with severe alcohol-associated hepatitis, a serious liver condition. The trial was a phase 2a proof-of-concept study, but it was terminated early. Researchers were looking at safety, how well the drug works, and how the body processes it.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- INT-787
- What this could lead to
- If successful, INT-787 could offer a new treatment option for severe alcohol-associated hepatitis, potentially improving liver function and survival.
- What could go wrong
- This was an early-phase trial that was terminated, so results are limited. The drug may not prove effective or safe in larger studies.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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67 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2022
- Finished
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Feb 2026
- Lead sponsor
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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
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Males or females aged 18 to 65 years (inclusive) 2. Clinical diagnosis of sAH based on all the following: 1. History of ongoing excess alcohol (\>60 g/day \[male\] or \>40 g/day \[female\]) use for ≥6 months, with \<60 days of abstinence prior to the onset of jaundice 2. Serum total bilirubin \>3.0 mg/dL 3. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≥50 U/L 4. AST/Aspartate aminotransferase (ALT) ratio ≥1.5 5. Onset of jaundice within prior 8 weeks 6. Cohort 1 through Cohort 4: Maddrey's Discriminant Factor (mDF) ≥32 and ≤70 7. Cohort 5 and Cohort 6: mDF ≥32 3. Cohort 1 through Cohort 4: MELD score ≥18 to ≤25 (inclusive) and Cohort 5 and Cohort 6: MELD score ≥21 to ≤30 4. Female participants must be postmenopausal, surgically sterile, or, if premenopausal (and not surgically sterile), be prepared to use ≥1 highly effective method of contraception from the initiation of Screening and for 90 days after the last dose of investigational product as follows: * Surgical sterilization (bilateral tubal occlusion, etc.) * Placement of an intrauterine device (IUD) or intrauterine system (e.g., intrauterine hormone-releasing system \[IUS\]) * Combined (estrogen and progesterone containing) hormonal contraceptive associated with inhibition of ovulation: * Oral * Intravaginal * Transdermal * Progesterone-only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation: * Oral * Injectable * Implantable * Sexual abstinence: When in line with the preferred and usual lifestyle of the participant, is defined as avoiding all types of activity that could result in conception (pregnancy) from the initiation of Screening and until at least 90 days after the last dose of investigational product Exclusion Criteria: 1. Participants taking products containing obeticholic acid in the 30 days prior to randomization 2. Participants taking \>2 doses of systemic corticosteroids within 30 days prior to randomization. 3. Participants who have been inpatient at a referral hospital for \>7 days prior to transfer. 4. Pregnancy, planned pregnancy, potential for pregnancy (e.g., unwillingness to use effective birth control during the study), or current or planned breast feeding. 5. Abstinence from alcohol consumption for \>2 months before Day 1. 6. AST or ALT \>400 U/L. 7. Cohort 1 through Cohort 4: mDF \<32 or \>70. 8. Cohort 5 and Cohort 6: mDF \<32 9. Cohort 1 through Cohort 4: MELD score \<18 or \>25. 10. Cohort 5 and Cohort 6: MELD \<21 or \>30 11. Other causes of liver disease including chronic hepatitis B (hepatitis B surface antigen \[HBsAg\] positive), chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA positive, drug-induced liver injury (DILI), biliary obstruction, and autoimmune liver disease. 12. Current or previous history of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) 13. History of liver transplantation or currently listed for liver transplant Note: Additional protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria apply.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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CHU Angers
Angers, 49933, France
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Cambridge University NHS Foundation Trust
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Clinical Translational Research Site
Miami, Florida, 33136, United States
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Columbia University Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York, 10032, United States
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Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States
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Hopital Beaujon
Clichy, 92118, France
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Hopital Claude Huriez
Lille, 59037, France
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Hopital Pitie Salpetriere
Paris, 75013, France
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Hopital Rangueil
Toulouse, 31059, France
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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
London, United Kingdom
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Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States
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Mercy Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland, 21202, United States
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Northwell Health Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation
Manhasset, New York, 11030, United States
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Royal Free Hospital
London, NW3 2QG, United Kingdom
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Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States
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Stanford Healthcare
Palo Alto, California, 94305, United States
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Tampa General Medical Group
Tampa, Florida, 33606, United States
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The Liver Institute at Methodist Dallas Medical Center
Dallas, Texas, 75203, United States
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UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California, 95817, United States
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UMass Memorial Medical Center
Worcester, Massachusetts, 01655, United States
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University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Plymouth, United Kingdom
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University of California, San Francisco-Fresno
Fresno, California, 93701, United States
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University of Utah Hospital
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84132, United States
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VCU Health Clinical Research Services Unit
Richmond, Virginia, 23298, United States
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Vanderbilt Digestive Disease Center
Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States
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