New drug study aims to understand how liver disease affects medication
NCT ID NCT06825559
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 15, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This early-stage study will test a drug called saroglitazar magnesium in 6 adults with moderate liver scarring (cirrhosis) caused by cholestatic liver disease. The main goal is to see how the drug moves through the body and if it is safe when taken every other day. Participants will take the drug by mouth and have their blood tested regularly.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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About 6 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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 80 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. Male and/or female aged 18 to 80 years (both inclusive) at the time of signing the ICF. 2. Body mass index within the range 18.0 to 48.0 kg/m2 (inclusive) at screening. 3. Ability to swallow and retain oral medication. 4. Subjects having documented history of hepatic impairment with cirrhosis due to cholestatic liver disease having Child-Pugh Turcotte score 7 to 9. If the hepatic impairment classification for the subject is not the same at screening and Day -1, enrolment of the subject into a hepatic category group will be at the discretion of the investigator. 5. Laboratory test values must be clinically acceptable to the investigator and meet all the following parameters at screening: Alkaline Phosphatase \> upper limit of normal Alanine aminotransferase/Aspartate aminotransferase value ≤ 10 × upper limit of normal Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 750/mm3 Platelets ≥ 25,000/mm3 Hemoglobin ≥ 8 g/dL α-fetoprotein \<50 ng/mL or 50-80 ng/mL with negative imaging study (Ultrasound \[US\], computed tomography scan \[CT\], Magnetic Resonance Imaging \[MRI\]). Imaging study that excluded presence of liver cancer (US in the preceding 6 months and CT or MRI in the preceding 1 year) 6. Must provide written informed consent and agree to comply with the trial protocol. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Any significant or unstable medical condition or other instability that would prevent the subject from participating in the study as determined by the investigator 2. History of malignancy of any type in the last 3 years of screening, with the exception of the following: in situ cervical or breast cancer or surgically excised non-melanoma skin cancers (i.e., basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma). 3. History of stomach or intestinal surgery or resection within 6 months of screening that would potentially alter absorption and/or excretion of orally administered drugs (uncomplicated appendectomy, cholecystectomy, and hernia repair will be allowed). 4. The history of any significant drug allergy (such as anaphylaxis) deemed clinically relevant by the investigator. 5. Any major surgery within 3 months of screening. 6. Donation of blood or blood products within 3 months of screening. 7. Active infectious disease requiring systemic antibiotic, antifungal, or antiviral treatment or symptoms of active infectious disease within 2 weeks of screening. 8. Receiving or has received any investigational drug within 30 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer), before receiving Saroglitazar Magnesium. 9. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (\<45 mL/min/1.73 m2 by CKD-EPI 2021 formula at screening. 10. Any individual with poor peripheral venous access. 11. Receipt of blood products within 1 month of check in. 12. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 antibody positive at screening. 13. Other known causes of liver disease, such as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis , alcoholic steatohepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, or acute or chronic viral hepatitis (including Hepatitis B and C) as determined by the investigator and subject's medical records. 14. Subjects who have had a change in hepatic disease status within 30 days of screening, as documented by the subject's medical history and deemed clinically significant by the investigator. 15. Subjects having - History of gastrointestinal bleeding within 1 month of screening. Current functioning organ transplant. Evidence of severe ascites requiring frequent paracentesis in the opinion of the investigator. 16. Pregnancy-related exclusions, including: Pregnant/lactating female (including positive pregnancy test at screening) Pregnancy should be avoided by male and female subjects either by true abstinence or the use of an acceptable effective contraceptive measures for the duration of the study and for at least 1 month after the end of the study treatment.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Zydus Site US001
RECRUITINGIndianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States
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