Bezafibrate in Patients With Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC)

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18-99
SponsorUniversity of Aarhus

About this trial

Up to 40% of patients with PBC have an inadequate response to standard treatment with UDCA, hence bezafibrate, a PPAR-agonist is being introduced as add-on therapy in these patients. sCD163, fibrosis markers and bile acid composition are of special interest in PBC. In this study, the investigators will investigate how treatment with bezafibrate influence levels of macrophage activation markers and fibrosis markers as well as bile acid composition in patients offered bezafibrate as add-on therapy to UDCA.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

PBC patient offered bezafibrate treatment

Disqualifiers

patient age under 18

life expectancy less than 6 months

known cancer

planned liver transplantation within 6 months

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Blood sampling
  • Fibroscan
  • Question

Treatment groups

100 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group

Sponsors and collaborators

University of Aarhus

Lead sponsor

Aarhus University Hospital

Collaborator

Hvidovre University Hospital

Collaborator