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Registration number
NCT04563026
Ethics application status
Date submitted
18/09/2020
Date registered
24/09/2020
Date last updated
5/09/2024

Titles & IDs
Public title
A Phase 2b Study in Subjects With Alcoholic Hepatitis to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of DUR-928 Treatment
Scientific title
A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Phase 2b Study to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of DUR-928 in Subjects With Alcoholic Hepatitis
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
C928-011
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
AHFIRM
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Alcoholic Hepatitis 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Infection 0 0 0 0
Other infectious diseases
Oral and Gastrointestinal 0 0 0 0
Other diseases of the mouth, teeth, oesophagus, digestive system including liver and colon

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - DUR-928 30 mg
Treatment: Drugs - DUR-928 90 mg
Treatment: Drugs - Placebo+ Standard of Care (SOC)

Experimental: DUR-928 (larsucosterol, 30 mg) -

Experimental: DUR-928 (larsucosterol, 90 mg) -

Placebo comparator: (Placebo) Sterile Water for Injection -


Treatment: Drugs: DUR-928 30 mg
IV infusion

Treatment: Drugs: DUR-928 90 mg
IV infusion

Treatment: Drugs: Placebo+ Standard of Care (SOC)
IV infusion
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Difference in 90-day mortality or liver transplant between IV DUR-928, 30 mg or 90 mg, and placebo.
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Day 90
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Difference in 90-day mortality between IV DUR-928, 30 mg or 90 mg, and placebo.
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Day 90
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Difference in 28-day mortality or liver transplant between IV DUR-928, 30 mg or 90 mg, and placebo.
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Day 28
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Difference in 28-day mortality between IV DUR-928, 30 mg or 90 mg, and placebo.
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Day 28

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
1. Able to provide written informed consent (either from subject or subject's legally acceptable representative).
2. Onset of jaundice within prior 8 weeks.
3. Average daily consumption of >40 (females) or >60 (males) grams of alcohol for 6 months or longer, with < 8 weeks of abstinence before the onset of jaundice.
4. The determination of AH may be based on typical serum chemistry (as determined by local laboratory) or liver biopsy at any time during the current episode of AH:

* Serum total bilirubin > 3.0 mg/dL
* 50 < AST < 400 IU/L
* ALT < 400 IU/L
* AST/ALT > 1.5
5. Maddrey discriminant function (MDF) = 32 assuming a control prothrombin time of 12 seconds.
6. Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) score: 21-30.
7. Liver biopsy is not required, but may be used to confirm the diagnosis of AH at the Investigator's discretion. Biopsy, if used as a diagnostic criterion, must have occurred during the current episode.
8. Male or female subjects 18 years of age or older.
9. Subjects must agree to use effective methods to prevent pregnancy while participating in the study.
10. Subjects must agree to participate in an alcohol abstinence support program recommended by the local institution's addiction specialists.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
1. Subjects taking systemic corticosteroids for a duration exceeding 8 days in the 30 days prior to screening.
2. Subjects experiencing or considered at high risk for alcohol withdrawal seizures or delirium tremens.
3. Active infection (such as spontaneous bacterial peritonitis [SBP], urinary tract infection [UTI], bacteremia, acute viral hepatitis, uncontrolled HIV, and active SARS CoV2 infection).
4. Serum creatinine >2.5 mg/dL.
5. Subjects undergoing continuous veno-venous hemodialysis (CVVH).
6. Uncontrolled gastrointestinal bleeding.
7. A history of pre-admission refractory ascites defined as more than 4 paracenteses in the previous 8 weeks despite diuretic therapy.
8. Liver biopsy (if carried out) with findings not compatible with AH.
9. Stage =3 hepatic encephalopathy by West Haven criteria.
10. Any severe concomitant cardiovascular, renal, endocrine, pulmonary, psychiatric disorder, or multi-organ failure.
11. Other concomitant cause(s) of liver disease.
12. Any active malignancy or any malignancy diagnosed within the last five years other than curable skin cancer (basal cell or squamous cell carcinomas).
13. Positive Urine Drug Screen (amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cocaine and opiates) except THC and prescription medications.
14. Existing or intended pregnancy or breast feeding.
15. Participation in another interventional clinical trial within 30 days of Screening.
16. History of organ transplantation, other than a corneal transplant.
17. Underlying diseases that, in the opinion of the site investigator, might be complicated or exacerbated by proposed treatments or might confound assessment of study drug.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s
The people administering the treatment/s
The people assessing the outcomes
The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 2
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
22/01/2021
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
6/09/2023
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
307
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW,QLD,SA,VIC,WA
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Royal Prince Alfred Hospital - Camperdown
Recruitment hospital [2] 0 0
Nepean Hospital - Kingswood
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Mater Health - Mater Hospital Brisbane - South Brisbane
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Royal Adelaide Hospital - Adelaide
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Flinders Medical Centre - Bedford Park
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Eastern Health - Box Hill Hospital - Box Hill
Recruitment hospital [7] 0 0
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital - Nedlands
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Royal Perth Hospital - Perth
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
2050 - Camperdown
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2217 - Kingswood
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4101 - South Brisbane
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5000 - Adelaide
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5042 - Bedford Park
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3128 - Box Hill
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6009 - Nedlands
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6000 - Perth
Recruitment outside Australia
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Graz
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Edegem
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Besançon
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France
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Lille
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France
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Lyon
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Durect
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Other
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CTI Clinical Trial and Consulting Services
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2b clinical Trial evaluating Safety and Efficacy of DUR-928 (an experimental medication) in Patients with Alcoholic Hepatitis (AH).
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04563026
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Robert Gordon, MD, FACS
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CTI Clinical Trial and Consulting Services
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Contact person for scientific queries



Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04563026