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NCT Number: NCT01829698

Efficacy and Safety Study of TUDCA Compare UDCA to Treatment Chronic Cholestatic Liver Disease-PBC

Though ursodeoxycholate acid (UDCA) is the well known effective therapy for PBC,clinical effectiveness of UDCA may be limited by its poor absorption and extensive biotransformation.The more hydrophillic bile acid tauroursodeoxycholate (TUDCA) is the active ingredients of UDCA,and has been approved by state food and drug administration in China for treatment of cholesterol stones.So it is necessary to verify the efficacy and safety of TUDCA in the treatment of adult primary biliary cirrhosis. In this randomized, double-blinded, double -dummy, parallel-controlled and multicenter clinical trial, we detect the proportion of patients who had AKP decline more than 25% as the primary outcome;decline of ALP,total bilirubin, GGT,ALT and AST as secondary outcomes after patients were treated with TUDCA or UDCA for 24 weeks.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Liver Research Center,Beijing Friendship Hospital

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100050, China

About this study

This is a double-blind, randomized, parallel controlled, multicenter, clinical trial. Subjects inclusion by randomization after passing the screening, continuous administration the test drug (Taurolite) or control drug (Ursofalk) treatment for 24 weeks. Compare the safety and efficacy of Taurolite vs Ursofalk.

At the end of the double-blind period,enroll 100 subjects from both two group randomly ,for a consecutive treatment use TUDCA up to 24 weeks. Further evaluate the efficacy and safety of tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA) in the treatment of adult primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) for a long time up to one year. Also evaluate the regimen's efficacy and safety that udca take placed by TUDCA in the treatment of adult primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) for the patients who use udca treatment for 24 weeks.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • 1 Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 70 Years

2 Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) ≥ 2 times the Upper Limits of Normal (ULN);

3 Anti mitochondrial antibody (AMA) positive and / or anti-mitochondrial antibody subtype M2 (AMA-M2) positive; if the AMA and AMA-M2 were negative, need liver biopsy confirmed pathological changes in PBC.

Exclusion criteria

  • 1.in the 3 months before screening received UDCA, hormones, immunosuppressive therapy;

2.with extrahepatic biliary obstruction;

3.accompanied by hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection;

4.laboratory screening examination :

  • hemoglobin (HB): male< 11 g/dL, female <10 g/dL < g/dL;
  • the total white blood cell (WBC) count < 3000/mm3;
  • the absolute neutrophil count (ANC) <1500/mm3;
  • platelet (PLT) count <50000/mm3;
  • serum albumin <3.3g/dL;
  • alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≥ 10 ULN and / or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≥ 10ULN;
  • ALT ≥ 5 ULN and / or AST ≥ 5 ULN with immunoglobulin G (IgG) ≥ 2ULN;
  • total bilirubin (T-Bil) ≥ 4 ULN;
  • prothrombin time (PT) prolonged ≥ 3 seconds (limit reference value based on) or PTA ≤ 60%;
  • the serum creatinine (Cr) ≥ 1.5ULN.

5.patients with esophageal variceal or bleeding, ascites, hepatic encephalopathy or other evidence of hepatic decompensation;

6.diagnosed with liver cancer, suspected to have liver cancer, AFP > 100ng/ml. As the AFP in 2 times the upper limit of normal to 100ng/ml, need re-check in 2 weeks, if their AFP > 100ng/ml can not be included

7.body mass index >28 (Kg/m2);

8.alcohol or drug abusers within the recent year;

9.there is a serious heart, lung, kidney, digestive, nervous, mental disease, autoimmune diseases or malignant tumor

10.drug-induced liver injury;

  • plan to transplant or have had organ transplants;

12. are unable or unwilling to provide informed consent or fails to comply with the test requirements;

13.pregnant, lactating women.

Treatment and study plan

tauroursodeoxycholic

Drug

Testing arm: tauroursodeoxycholic acid, 750mg , divided into three times, each time 250mg, oral administration, after meal

Other names: TUDCA, Taurolite

Ursodeoxycholic acid

Drug

ursodeoxycholic acid, 750mg ,divided into three times, each time 250mg, oral administration, after meal

Other names: UDCA, Ursofalk

Primary outcomes

  1. Efficiency is defined as the patients composition whose ALP level of serum decreased more than 25% compared to baseline at treatment for 24 weeks.

    Time frame: 48 weeks

    After 24 weeks of treatment, calculate the rate of patients whose ALP level of serum ALP decreased more than 25% compared to the baseline. After 48 weeks of treatment, calculate the rate of patients whose ALP level of serum ALP decreased more than 40% compared to the baseline.

Secondary outcomes

  1. The change of laboratory parameters about liver function

    Time frame: 48 weeks

    • after 24 weeks of treatment, the serum level ALP decreased compared with baseline.
    • after 24 weeks of treatment, the serum bilirubin level decreased compared with baseline.
    • after 24 weeks of treatment, the serum level of GGT decreased compared with baseline.
    • after 24 weeks of treatment, serum ALT, AST levels decreased compared to baseline.
    • after 48 weeks of treatment, the serum level ALP decreased compared with 24 weeks.
    • after 48 weeks of treatment, the serum level ALP decreased compared with baseline.
    • after 48 weeks of treatment, the serum bilirubin level decreased compared with 24 weeks.
    • after 48 weeks of treatment, the serum level of GGT decreased compared with 24 weeks.
    • after 48 weeks of treatment, serum ALT, AST levels decreased compared to 24 weeks.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Beijing Trendful Kangjian Medical Information Consulting Limited Company

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Registry information

Official study title

Evaluate the Efficacy And Safety Of TUDCA Compare UDCA In The Treatment Of Cholestatic Liver Disease-PBC by A Randomized,Double-Blind,Double Dummy,Parallel-Controlled,Multicenter Trial and The Consecutive Treatment By TUDCA

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2013
Study completion
2014
First posted
Apr 11, 2013
Registry last updated
Mar 24, 2014

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