Phase 2 Study of MGL-3196 in Patients With Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)

Summary

The primary objective of this study is to determine the effect of once-daily oral MGL-3196 on the percent change in hepatic fat fraction from baseline in participants with biopsy-proven Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH).

Timeline

Start

2016-10-18

Primary completion

2017-10-25

Completion

2021-11-23

Publications

• Harrison SA, Ratziu V, Anstee QM, Noureddin M, Sanyal AJ, Schattenberg JM, Bedossa P, Bashir MR, Schneider D, Taub R, Bansal M, Kowdley KV, Younossi ZM, Loomba R. Design of the phase 3 MAESTRO clinical program to evaluate resmetirom for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2024 Jan;59(1):51-63. doi: 10.1111/apt.17734. Epub 2023 Oct 2.
• Younossi ZM, Stepanova M, Taub RA, Barbone JM, Harrison SA. Hepatic Fat Reduction Due to Resmetirom in Patients With Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Is Associated With Improvement of Quality of Life. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 Jun;20(6):1354-1361.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2021.07.039. Epub 2021 Jul 27.
• Harrison SA, Bashir M, Moussa SE, McCarty K, Pablo Frias J, Taub R, Alkhouri N. Effects of Resmetirom on Noninvasive Endpoints in a 36-Week Phase 2 Active Treatment Extension Study in Patients With NASH. Hepatol Commun. 2021 Jan 4;5(4):573-588. doi: 10.1002/hep4.1657. eCollection 2021 Apr.
• Harrison SA, Bashir MR, Guy CD, Zhou R, Moylan CA, Frias JP, Alkhouri N, Bansal MB, Baum S, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Taub R, Moussa SE. Resmetirom (MGL-3196) for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial. Lancet. 2019 Nov 30;394(10213):2012-2024. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32517-6. Epub 2019 Nov 11.

Drugs

Indications