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. 2022 May 26;10(6):1238. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines10061238

Table 1.

Drug therapy for cholestatic diseases in clinical trials.

Drug Name Indication Current Status Clinical Trial Sponsor [Reference]
FXR agonists Bile acids UDCA
(Actigall/Ursodiol/Ursofalk)
ICP Phase III
Phase IV
NCT01576458
NCT01510860
Turku University Hospital [68]
Pharma GmbH [69]
PBC Approved Sanofi-Synthelabo [70]
PFIC3 [71]
Nor-UDCA PSC Phase II NCT01755507 Pharma GmbH [41]
TUDCA
(Taurolite)
PBC Phase III NCT01857284 Beijing Friendship Hospital [43]
OCA
(INT-747/Ocaliva)
PBC Phase II
Phase III
NCT00570765
NCT01473524
Intercept Pharmaceuticals [44,45,72,73]
PSC Phase II NCT02177136
Non-bile acids Cilofexor
(CILO)
PSC Phase I/II NCT02943460 Gilead Sciences [49]
Tropifexor
(LJN452)
PBC Phase II NCT02516605 Novartis Pharmaceuticals [74]
EDP-305 PBC Phase II NCT03394924 Enanta Pharmaceuticals
ASBT inhibitors Odevixibat
(A4250)
ALGS Phase III NCT04674761 Albireo [75,76]
PFIC Approved
Maralixibat
(LUM001)
ALGS Approved Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [61]
PFIC Phase III NCT02057718
NCT03905330
Linerixibat
(GSK2330672)
PBC Phase III NCT02966834
NCT04167358
GlaxoSmithKline [77,78]
Volixibat
(SHP626)
ICP
PBC
PSC
Phase II NCT04718961
NCT05050136
NCT04663308
Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Other pharmacotherapeutic agents Aldafermin
(NGM282)
PBC Phase II NCT02026401 NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. [79]
PSC NCT02704364
Bezafibrate PBC Phase III NCT01654731 Hôpitaux de Paris [80]
Elafibranor PBC Phase II NCT03124108 Genfit [81]
Seladelpar
(MBX-8025)
PBC Phase III NCT03602560 CymaBay Therapeutics, Inc. [82]