Safety and Efficacy of Selonsertib in Adults With Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) and Bridging (F3) Fibrosis

Summary

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate whether selonsertib (SEL; GS-4997) can cause fibrosis regression and reduce progression to cirrhosis and associated complications in adults with NASH and bridging (F3) fibrosis.

Timeline

Start

2017-02-13

Primary completion

2019-06-19

Completion

2019-06-19

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

Stopped: “This study was terminated early due to lack of efficacy based on the results of the Week 48 analysis as prespecified in the clinical study protocol.”

paper Neither trial met the primary efficacy endpoint. PMID 32147362 ↗

registry analysis (superiority test); SEL 18 mg vs Placebo; p = 0.4941; Percentage Difference -2.1 (95% CI -8.3 to 4.0) NCT03053050 ↗

registry analysis (superiority test); SEL 6 mg vs Placebo; p = 0.9321; Percentage Difference -0.3 (95% CI -6.6 to 6.0) NCT03053050 ↗

Publications

• Results Anstee QM, Lawitz EJ, Alkhouri N, Wong VW, Romero-Gomez M, Okanoue T, Trauner M, Kersey K, Li G, Han L, Jia C, Wang L, Chen G, Subramanian GM, Myers RP, Djedjos CS, Kohli A, Bzowej N, Younes Z, Sarin S, Shiffman ML, Harrison SA, Afdhal NH, Goodman Z, Younossi ZM. Noninvasive Tests Accurately Identify Advanced Fibrosis due to NASH: Baseline Data From the STELLAR Trials. Hepatology. 2019 Nov;70(5):1521-1530. doi: 10.1002/hep.30842. Epub 2019 Aug 19.
• Results Alkhouri N, Younossi ZM, Lawitz EJ, Wong VWS, Romero-Gomez M, et al. Impact of age on routinely available noninvasive tests for the discrimination of advanced fibrosis due to NASH in the phase 3 STELLAR trials of the ASK1 inhibitor selonsertib [Poster SAT-273]. European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL); 2019; Vienna Austria.
• Results Younossi ZM, Stepanova M, Anstee QM, Lawitz EJ, Wai-Sun Wong V, Romero-Gomez M, Kersey K, Li G, Subramanian GM, Myers RP, Djedjos CS, Okanoue T, Trauner M, Goodman Z, Harrison SA. Reduced Patient-Reported Outcome Scores Associate With Level of Fibrosis in Patients With Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Nov;17(12):2552-2560.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2019.02.024. Epub 2019 Feb 16.
• Results Anstee QM, Lawitz EJ, Alkhouri N, Wai Sun Wong V, Romero-Gomez M, et al. Routinely available noninvasive tests discriminate advanced fibrosis due to NASH in the Phase 3 STELLAR trials of the ASK1 inhibitor selonsertib [poster]. American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD); 2018, San Francisco, CA.
• Results Younossi ZM, Lawitz E, Alkhouri N, Wong VWS, Romero-Gomez M, et al. Algorithms using noninvasive tests can accurately identify patients with advanced fibrosis due to NASH: Data From the STELLAR clinical trials [Poster LB-10]. AASLD; 2018; San Francisco, CA.
• Results Younossi ZM, Stepanova M, Anstee QM, Lawitz EJ, Wai-Sun Wong V, et al. Severe impairment of patient-reported outcomes in patients with advanced fibrosis due to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) [Poster]. AASLD; 2018; San Francisco, CA.
• Results Younossi ZM, Stepanova M, Anstee QM, Lawitz EJ, Wai Sun Wong V, et al. Advanced fibrosis based on noninvasive tests in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is associated with impairment of patient-reported outcomes [Poster]. AASLD; 2018; San Francisco, CA.
• Loomba R, Huang DQ, Sanyal AJ, Anstee QM, Trauner M, Lawitz EJ, Ding D, Ma L, Jia C, Billin A, Huss RS, Chung C, Goodman Z, Wong VW, Okanoue T, Romero-Gomez M, Abdelmalek MF, Muir A, Afdhal N, Bosch J, Harrison S, Younossi ZM, Myers RP. Liver stiffness thresholds to predict disease progression and clinical outcomes in bridging fibrosis and cirrhosis. Gut. 2023 Mar;72(3):581-589. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2022-327777. Epub 2022 Sep 9.
• Younossi ZM, Anstee QM, Wai-Sun Wong V, Trauner M, Lawitz EJ, Harrison SA, Camargo M, Kersey K, Subramanian GM, Myers RP, Stepanova M. The Association of Histologic and Noninvasive Tests With Adverse Clinical and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Patients With Advanced Fibrosis Due to Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. Gastroenterology. 2021 Apr;160(5):1608-1619.e13. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.12.003. Epub 2020 Dec 8.
• Harrison SA, Wong VW, Okanoue T, Bzowej N, Vuppalanchi R, Younes Z, Kohli A, Sarin S, Caldwell SH, Alkhouri N, Shiffman ML, Camargo M, Li G, Kersey K, Jia C, Zhu Y, Djedjos CS, Subramanian GM, Myers RP, Gunn N, Sheikh A, Anstee QM, Romero-Gomez M, Trauner M, Goodman Z, Lawitz EJ, Younossi Z; STELLAR-3; STELLAR-4 Investigators. Selonsertib for patients with bridging fibrosis or compensated cirrhosis due to NASH: Results from randomized phase III STELLAR trials. J Hepatol. 2020 Jul;73(1):26-39. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2020.02.027. Epub 2020 Mar 6.
• Younossi ZM, Stepanova M, Younossi I, Racila A. Validation of Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis in Patients With Biopsy-Proven Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Sep;17(10):2093-2100.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2019.01.001. Epub 2019 Jan 11.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Selonsertib	Small molecule	6 mg	Oral
Subject	Selonsertib	Small molecule	18 mg	Oral

Indications