A Study of Pemafibrate in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)

April 8, 2021 updated by: Kowa Company, Ltd.

A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Group Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Pemafibrate in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Group Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Pemafibrate in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

Study Overview

Status

Status

Indicates the current recruitment status or the expanded access status.
Completed

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

Study Type

Describes the nature of a clinical study. Study types include interventional studies (also called clinical trials), observational studies (including patient registries), and expanded access.
Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

The number of participants in a clinical study. The "anticipated" enrollment is the target number of participants that the researchers need for the study.
118

Phase

Phase

The stage of a clinical trial studying a drug or biological product, based on definitions developed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The phase is based on the study's objective, the number of participants, and other characteristics. There are five phases: Early Phase 1 (formerly listed as Phase 0), Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3, and Phase 4. Not Applicable is used to describe trials without FDA-defined phases, including trials of devices or behavioral interventions.
  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Japan
      • Aomori, Aomori, Japan, 030-8553
        • Aomori Prefectural Central Hospital
      • Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan, 078-8510
        • Asahikawa Medical University
      • Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 104-0031
        • Fukuwa Clinic
      • Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan, 814-0180
        • Fukuoka University Hospital
      • Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan, 430-8558
        • SeireiHamamatsu General Hospital
      • Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan, 431-3192
        • Hamamatsu University Hospital
      • Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan, 438-8550
        • Iwata City Hospital
      • Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Japan, 436-8555
        • Chutoen General Medical Center
      • Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan, 830-0011
        • Kurume University Hospital
      • Niigata, Niigata, Japan, 951-8520
        • Niigata University Medical & Dental Hospital
      • Ogaki, Gifu, Japan, 503-8502
        • Ogaki Municipal Hospital
      • Otsu, Shiga, Japan, 520-2192
        • Shiga University of Medical Science Hospital
      • Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, 060-8648
        • Hokkaido University Hospital
      • Yamagata, Yamagata, Japan, 990-9585
        • Yamagata University Hospital
      • Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, 230-8765
        • Saiseikai Yokohamashi Tobu Hospital
      • Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, 236-0004
        • Yokohama City University Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

The key requirements that people who want to participate in a clinical study must meet or the characteristics they must have. Eligibility criteria consist of both inclusion criteria (which are required for a person to participate in the study) and exclusion criteria (which prevent a person from participating). Types of eligibility criteria include whether a study accepts healthy volunteers, has age or age group requirements, or is limited by sex.

Ages Eligible for Study

16 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients show presence of hepatic fat fraction as defined by ≥ 10% on MRI-PDFF at Screening
  2. Patients show presence of liver stiffness as defined by ≥ 2.5 kPa on MRE at Screening
  3. Patients have an ALT above the upper limits of normal (30 IU/L for females and 40 IU/L for males) at Screening
  4. Patients with NAFLD had to be age 20 years or older at written informed consent(ICF)

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Current of significant alcohol consumption (significant alcohol consumption is defined as more than 210 g/week in males and more than 140 g/week in females, on average)
  2. Planned use of Contraindicated Medications from written ICF to end of treatment.
  3. BMI < 22 kg/m2 at Screening
  4. Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus as defined by a HbA1c(NGSP) ≥ 8.0％ at Screening
  5. eGFR < 30 mL/min/1.73m2 or Dialysis patient
  6. Cirrhosis
  7. Biliary obstruction

  8. Patients were excluded if they had evidence of other forms of liver disease shown by the following:

    • Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C
    • Autoimmune hepatitis（AIH）
    • Primary biliary cirrhosis（PBC）
    • Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis（PSC）
    • Drug-induced liver injury
    • hyperthyroidism, Wilson's disease, hemochromatosis, alpha-1-antitrypsin disease
  9. Those with complicating malignant neoplasm or those judged to be at a high risk of recurrence
  10. Patients with contraindications to MRI imaging
  11. Patients who gave 200 mL or more of blood within 1 month before the administration of the study drug, or 400 mL or more of blood within 4 months before the administration of the study drug
  12. Patients with a history of serious drug allergies (such as anaphylactic shock)
  13. Pregnancy, breast feeding, planned pregnancy
  14. Patients who were participating in another clinical study at the time of consent was obtained or who received study drugs other than the placebo less than 16 weeks before consent was obtained
  15. Patients who have previously been administered pemafibrate
  16. Patients who have been determined inappropriate by the investigator or subinvestigator

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Quadruple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

A group or subgroup of participants in a clinical trial that receives a specific intervention/treatment, or no intervention, according to the trial's protocol.
Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Experimental: Treatment Group
K-877 (pemafibrate) tablet twice daily.
Drug: K-877
0.2mg tablet
Other Names:
  • pemafibrate
Placebo Comparator: Control Group
placebo tablet twice daily.
Drug: Placebo
K-877 matching placebo tablet

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Efficacy: % Change from baseline to Week 24 in hepatic fat fraction by Magnetic Resonance Imaging - Proton Density Fat Fraction (MRI-PDFF)
Time Frame: Week 24
Week 24
Safety: Incidence of adverse events and adverse drug reactions that occurred after the administration of the study drug
Time Frame: Week 24
Week 24

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Change in noninvasive imaging biomarkers (MRI-PDFF in %, MRE in kPa, Transient elastography in kPa)
Time Frame: From baseline upto week 72
From baseline upto week 72
Change in clinical laboratory tests (AST in IU/L, ALT in IU/L, γ-GTP in IU/L)
Time Frame: From baseline upto week 72
From baseline upto week 72
Change in noninvasive biomarkers (Cytokeratin 18 in U/L, Hyaluronic acid in ng/mL, Type IV collagen 7S in ng/mL, M2BPGi in no unit)
Time Frame: From baseline upto week 72
From baseline upto week 72
Change in noninvasive biomarkers (NAFLD fibrosis score)
Time Frame: From baseline upto week 72
From baseline upto week 72
Change in noninvasive biomarkers (FIB4 index)
Time Frame: From baseline upto week 72
From baseline upto week 72
Change in noninvasive biomarkers (NAFIC score)
Time Frame: From baseline upto week 72
From baseline upto week 72
Change in noninvasive biomarkers (ELF test)
Time Frame: From baseline upto week 72
From baseline upto week 72
Percentage of patients with ≥ 30% reduction in hepatic fat fraction (MRI-PDFF)
Time Frame: From baseline upto week 72
From baseline upto week 72
Percentage of patients with ≥ 15% reduction in liver stiffness (MRE)
Time Frame: From baseline upto week 72
From baseline upto week 72

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Sponsor

The organization or person who initiates the study and who has authority and control over the study.
Kowa Company, Ltd.

Investigators

Investigators

A researcher involved in a clinical study. Related terms include site principal investigator, site sub-investigator, study chair, study director, and study principal investigator.
  • Study Director: Ryohei Tanigawa, Clinical Development Dept. Ⅰ

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

The actual date on which the first participant was enrolled in a clinical study. The "anticipated" study start date is the date that the researchers think will be the study start date.
December 27, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention to collect final data for the primary outcome measure. Whether the clinical study ended according to the protocol or was terminated does not affect this date. For clinical studies with more than one primary outcome measure with different completion dates, this term refers to the date on which data collection is completed for all the primary outcome measures. The "anticipated" primary completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the primary completion date for the study.
April 3, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention/treatment to collect final data for the primary outcome measures, secondary outcome measures, and adverse events (that is, the last participant's last visit). The "anticipated" study completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the study completion date.
June 30, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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November 9, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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November 20, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

The date on which the study record was first available on ClinicalTrials.gov after National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review has concluded. There is typically a delay of a few days between the date the study sponsor or investigator submitted the study record and the first posted date.
November 22, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

The most recent date on which changes to a study record were made available on ClinicalTrials.gov. There may be a delay between when the changes were submitted to ClinicalTrials.gov by the study's sponsor or investigator (the last update submitted date) and the last update posted date.
April 9, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

The most recent date on which the study sponsor or investigator submitted changes to a study record that are consistent with National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review criteria. It is the responsibility of the sponsor or investigator to ensure that the study record is consistent with the NLM QC review criteria.
April 8, 2021

Last Verified

Last Verified

The most recent date on which the study sponsor or investigator confirmed the information about a clinical study on ClinicalTrials.gov as accurate and current. If a study with a recruitment status of recruiting; not yet recruiting; or active, not recruiting has not been confirmed within the past 2 years, the study's recruitment status is shown as unknown.
April 1, 2021

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Terms related to this study

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

Identifiers or ID numbers other than the NCT number that are assigned to a clinical study by the study's sponsor, funders, or others. These numbers may include unique identifiers from other trial registries and National Institutes of Health grant numbers.
  • K-877-FL-01

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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