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Trial of Obeticholic Acid in Patients With Moderately Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis (AH)

NCT02039219

RandomizedParallel-groupQuadruple-blindTreatment

Summary

The main purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of Obeticholic Acid when used in patients with moderately severe alcoholic hepatitis. The researchers suspect that individuals with alcoholic hepatitis have certain abnormalities in how their body handles bile acids (a product made by the liver on a daily basis) produced by the liver. Obeticholic acid has been shown to affect bile acid abnormalities and thus it is possible that obeticholic acid may improve liver condition in individuals with alcoholic hepatitis.

Timeline

Start
2014-11-03
Primary completion
2017-07-30
Completion
2018-01-29

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Obeticholic Acid Small molecule 10 mg Oral

Indications