Study of Elafibranor in Patients With Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) (ELATIVE)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04526665 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : August 26, 2020
Last Update Posted : December 20, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Primary Biliary Cirrhosis | Drug: Elafibranor 80mg Drug: Placebo | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 150 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | This is a double-blind (DB), randomized, placebo-controlled study followed by an open-label long term extension (LTE) |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study and Open-label Long Term Extension to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Elafibranor 80 mg in Patients With Primary Biliary Cholangitis With Inadequate Response or Intolerance to Ursodeoxycholic Acid |
Actual Study Start Date : | September 24, 2020 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | September 2023 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 2028 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Elafibranor 80mg
Study subjects will take 1 tablet per day orally before breakfast with a glass of water each morning
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Drug: Elafibranor 80mg
Elafibranor 80mg for double blind period (52 to 104 weeks). After completion of the double blind period, participants will be offered the opportunity to enter an open label long term extension study for up to 5 years. Participants will continue the elafibranor dose received during the double blind period. |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Study subjects will take 1 tablet per day orally before breakfast with a glass of water each morning
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Drug: Placebo
Placebo for double blind period (52 to 104 weeks). After completion of the double blind period, participants will be offered the opportunity to enter an open label long term extension study and to switch to elafibranor 80mg for up to 5 years. |
- Effect of elafibranor (80 mg/day) on cholestasis [ Time Frame: From baseline to 52 weeks of treatment ]Response to treatment defined as Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) < 1.67 x Upper Limit Normal (ULN) and Total Bilirubin (TB) ≤ ULN and ALP decrease ≥ 15 percent
- Response to treatment based on ALP normalization [ Time Frame: At week 52 ]
- Change in pruritus from baseline in patients with baseline PBC Worst Itch NRS Score ≥ 4. [ Time Frame: Through 52 weeks of treatment ]Based on PBC Worst Itch Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) score measuring itch over the past 24 hours from 0 (no itch) to 10 (worst itch imaginable)
- Change in pruritus from baseline in patients with baseline PBC Worst Itch NRS Score ≥ 4. [ Time Frame: Through 24 weeks of treatment ]Based on PBC Worst Itch Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) score measuring itch over the past 24 hours from 0 (no itch) to 10 (worst itch imaginable)

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Males or females age of 18 to 75 years (inclusive)
- Definite or probable PBC diagnosis
- ALP ≥ 1.67x upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Total bilirubin (TB) ≤ 2x ULN
- UDCA for at least 12 months (stable dose ≥ 3 months) prior to screening, or unable to tolerate UDCA treatment (no UDCA for ≥ 3 months) prior to screening (per country standard-of-care dosing)
- Females participating in this study must be of non-child bearing potential or must be using highly efficient contraception for the full duration of the study and for 1 month after the last drug intake
Exclusion Criteria:
- History or presence of other concomitant liver disease
- Clinically significant hepatic decompensation, including patients with cirrhosis/portal hypertension complications
- Medical conditions that may cause non-hepatic increases in ALP (e.g., Paget's disease) or which may diminish life expectancy to < 2 years, including known cancers
- Patient has a positive test for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
- Evidence of any other unstable or untreated clinically significant disease
- History of alcohol abuse
- For female patients: known pregnancy or lactating
- Use of fibrates and glitazones within 2 months prior to screening
- Use of azathioprine, cyclosporine, methotrexate, mycophenolate, pentoxifylline, budesonide and other systemic corticosteroids; potentially hepatotoxic drugs (including α-methyl-dopa, sodium valproic acid isoniazid, or nitrofurantoin) within 3 months prior to screening
- Use of antibodies or immunotherapy directed against interleukins (ILs) or other cytokines or chemokines within 12 months prior to screening
- For patients with previous exposure to obeticholic acid (OCA), OCA should be discontinued 3 months prior to screening
- Patients who are currently participating in, plan to participate in, or have participated in an investigational drug study or medical device study containing active substance within 30 days or five half-lives, whichever is longer, prior to screening; for patients with previous exposure to seladelpar, seladelpar should be discontinued 3 months prior to screening.
- Patients with previous exposure to elafibranor
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and/or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) > 5x ULN
- Albumin < 3.0 g/dL
- PBC Severely advanced patients according to Rotterdam criteria (TB > ULN and albumin < LLN)
- International normalized ratio (INR) > 1.3 due to altered hepatic function
- Creatine phosphokinase CPK > 2X ULN
- Serum creatinine > 1.5 mg/dL
- Significant renal disease

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04526665

Study Director: | Carol Addy, MD, MMSc | Genfit |
Responsible Party: | Genfit |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04526665 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
GFT505B-319-1 2019-004941-34 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | August 26, 2020 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | December 20, 2022 |
Last Verified: | December 2022 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Undecided |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Primary Biliary Cholangitis PBC Elafibranor |
Cholangitis Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary Fibrosis Pathologic Processes Bile Duct Diseases Biliary Tract Diseases |
Digestive System Diseases Cholestasis, Intrahepatic Cholestasis Liver Diseases Liver Cirrhosis |