The Effect of Bezafibrate on Cholestatic Itch

Summary

Randomized double blind placebo controlled trial to evaluate the antipruritic effect of bezafibrate in patients with moderate to severe cholestatic itch.

Timeline

Start

2016-02

Primary completion

2018-02

Completion

2018-04

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper For the primary end point, bezafibrate led in 45% (41% PSC, 55% PBC) and placebo in 11% to ≥50% reduction of severe or moderate pruritus (P = .003). PMID 33031833 ↗

Publications

• de Vries E, Bolier R, Goet J, Pares A, Verbeek J, de Vree M, Drenth J, van Erpecum K, van Nieuwkerk K, van der Heide F, Mostafavi N, Helder J, Ponsioen C, Oude Elferink R, van Buuren H, Beuers U; Netherlands Association for the Study of the Liver-Cholestasis Working Group. Fibrates for Itch (FITCH) in Fibrosing Cholangiopathies: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Gastroenterology. 2021 Feb;160(3):734-743.e6. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.10.001. Epub 2020 Oct 5.
• Bolier R, de Vries ES, Pares A, Helder J, Kemper EM, Zwinderman K, Elferink RPO, Beuers U; Netherlands Association for the Study of the Liver (NASL) Cholestatic Liver Diseases Study Group. Fibrates for the treatment of cholestatic itch (FITCH): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2017 May 23;18(1):230. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-1966-8.

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Indications