Study of TVB 2640 in Subjects With Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease focused on measuring NASH, Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis, Fatty Liver Disease, Fatty Liver, Liver Diseases, FASN, Fatty Acid Synthase Inhibitor
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Aged ≥ 18 years with a body mass index (BMI) ≤40 kg/m2.
Prior liver biopsy within 24 months of randomization with fibrosis Stage 1 to 3 and a non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) activity score (NAS) of ≥ 4 with at least a score of 1 in each of the following NAS components:
- Steatosis
- Ballooning degeneration
- Lobular inflammation
AND
- Confirmation of ≥ 8% liver fat content on MRI-PDFF.
OR, if prior biopsy is not available:
- Either overweight or obese or diabetic or ALT ≥ 30 U/L or fatty liver on ultrasound and at least one more feature of metabolic syndrome by Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP III) criteria.
AND
- Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) ≥ 2.5 kPa and MRI-PDFF ≥ 8% during screening.
Exclusion Criteria:
Subjects meeting any of the following criteria are not eligible for enrollment in the study.
History of significant alcohol consumption for a period of more than 3 consecutive months within 1 year prior to screening.
Note: Significant alcohol consumption is defined as average of > 20 g/day in female subjects and > 30 g/day in male subjects.
- Type 1 diabetes.
Uncontrolled Type 2 diabetes defined as:
- HbA1c ≥ 9.5% during screening. (Subjects with HbA1c ≥ 9.5% may be rescreened).
- Basal insulin dose adjustment > 10% within 60 days prior to enrollment.
- Requirement for glucagon-like peptide analogue or a complex oral anti-diabetic (OAD) regimen (3 or more OADs) within 6 months of screening.
- History of severe hypoglycemia (symptomatic hypoglycemia requiring outside assistance to regain normal neurologic status) within the previous year.
Note: Individual diabetes regimens will be reviewed by Investigator and may be adjusted based on American Diabetes Association guidelines.
- Presence of cirrhosis on liver biopsy (Stage 4 fibrosis) or imaging.
Sites / Locations
- ProSciento
- Catalina Research Institute
- Clinical Trials Research
- University of California San Diego (UCSD)
- Panax
- Lucas Research
- Texas Diabetes and Endocrinology - Austin
- Texas Digestive Disease Consultants - Cedar Park
- Texas Digestive Disease Consultants - Dallas
- Texas Digestive Disease Consultant - Ft Worth
- Pinnacle Clinical Research - San Antonio
- Texas Digestive Disease Consultants - Webster
- Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University
- Beijing YouAn Hospital, Capital Medical University
- Foshan First People's Hospital
- Nanfang Hospital
- The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University
- The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University
- The Second Hospital of Nanjing
- Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine
- Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine
- Shanghai Tongren Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine
- The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Placebo Comparator
Experimental
TVB-2640
Placebo
Cross over to TVB-2640
Subjects randomly assigned to receive the study drug will take TVB-2640 tablet orally every day for 12 week treatment period. The dose is to be taken at the same time of the day, with each dose separated by 24 hours (±4 hours).
Subjects randomly assigned to placebo will receive placebo tablets orally once a day under the same conditions and frequency as described for TVB-2640.
At Catalina Research Institute, a subset of subjects who received placebo in the single-blind Cohorts 1 and 2 at that site will be recruited to an open label cross over Cohort 3 where they will receive the study drug (TVB-2640 tablet) orally every day for 12-week treatment period. Additional patients from outside the pool of previous placebo subjects may be needed to meet the enrollment target.