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WithdrawnNCT03353454Updated Mar 18, 2019

A Placebo-controlled Study of Maralixibat (SHP625) in Pediatric Subjects With Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis (PFIC)

A Phase 3 interventional study of Maralixibat and Placebo in Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis (PFIC), sponsored by Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. Withdrawn. Open to participants aged Up to 18 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-03-18.

Sponsored by Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was withdrawn
The study was withdrawn due to change of ownership of the study drug maralixibat. Future studies of maralixibat will be posted by Mirum Pharmaceuticals.
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
0
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
Up to 18 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if the investigational treatment (maralixibat) is safe and effective in pediatric participants with Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis (PFIC).

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Conditions studied

  • Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis (PFIC)

Keywords

  • Cholestasis
  • Maralixibat
  • Mutation
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In context

Cholestasis, progressive familial intrahepatic 1

33 studies on the registry are indexed under Cholestasis, progressive familial intrahepatic 1; 13 are open to participants now.

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Lead sponsor

Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is the lead sponsor of 40 studies on the registry; 7 are open to participants now.

Of its 12 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 11 (92%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Up to 18 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • and assent (as applicable for participants less than or equal to (\<=) 18 years per Institutional Review Board/Ethics Committee (IRB)/Ethics Committee (EC) as appropriate.
  • Male or female participants between the ages of 12 months and 18 years inclusive (primary cohort) or birth to 18 years inclusive (exploratory cohort) at time of consent, with a body weight greater than or equal to (>=) 5 kilogram (kg).
  • Cholestasis as manifested by total sBA greater than (>) 3* (ULN)
  • An average AM ItchRO(Obs) score >= 1.5 during the 4 weeks leading to the baseline visit
  • Diagnosis of PFIC based on:

    a. Primary cohort: i. Participants with 2 documented mutant alleles in ABCB11 (PFIC2); participants without bile salt export pump (BSEP) function (biallelic truncating mutations in ABCB11) will not be enrolled into the primary cohort. b. Exploratory cohort: i. Participants with PFIC1/3/4 or PFIC2 with biallelic truncating mutationsiii.Infants from birth to \<12 months of age with PFIC ii. Participants with PFIC after internal or external (eg, PEBD) biliary diversion surgery with unsatisfactory pruritus control or where biliary diversion was reversed.

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • Chronic diarrhea requiring intravenous fluid or nutritional intervention for the diarrhea and/or its sequelae.
  • History of surgical disruption of the enterohepatic circulation (applies to primary cohort only).
  • Liver transplant
  • Decompensated cirrhosis ( [INR] >1.5, albumin \<30 gram per liter [g/L], history or presence of ascites, variceal hemorrhage, and/or encephalopathy).
  • >15*ULN at screening.
  • History or presence of other liver disease.
  • History or presence of any other disease or condition known to interfere with the absorption, distribution, metabolism or excretion of drugs, including bile salt metabolism in the intestine (example [eg], inflammatory bowel disease), per investigator discretion.
  • Liver mass on imaging
  • Known diagnosis of (HIV) infection.
  • Any prior cancer diagnosis except for in situ carcinoma or cancers treated within 5 years of the screening visit (Visit 0) with no evidence of recurrence.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(6)

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Informed consent

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You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

INR, PT and aPTT (clotting tests)

Blood tests of how long blood takes to clot. The INR is the prothrombin time (PT) put on a common scale; about 1 is usual for someone not taking a blood thinner.

Criteria often make an exception for people on a blood thinner such as warfarin, whose INR is raised on purpose.

Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
0 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Maralixibat (SHP625)

    Participants will be randomized to Maralixibat oral solution (up to 600 microgram per kilogram \[mcg/kg\]) orally twice daily for 26 weeks.

    Drug: Maralixibat

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Participants will receive placebo matched to maralixibat oral solution twice daily for 26 weeks.

    Drug: Placebo

Interventions

  • Maralixibat oral solution (up to 600 mcg/kg) orally twice daily for 26 weeks.

    Also known as: SHP625

  • DrugPlacebo

    Placebo matching to maralixibat orally twice daily for 26 weeks.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Treatment Response as Measured by the Observer Itch Reported Outcome (ItchRO[Obs])

    Compare the percentage of participants on active treatment versus (vs.) placebo who meet response criteria which is defined as improvement in before midday (AM) Observer Itch Reported Outcome (ItchRO\[Obs\]) severity decrease from baseline demonstrated on at least 2 of the last 3 study visits.

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 26

Secondary outcomes

  1. Treatment Response as Measured by the Observer Itch Reported Outcome (ItchRO[Obs]) and Serum Bile Acids (sBA)

    Compare the percentage of participants on active treatment versus (vs.) placebo who meet response criteria which is defined as improvement in average before midday (AM) Observer Itch Reported Outcome (ItchRO\[Obs\]) severity decrease from baseline and normalization or reduction from baseline sBA demonstrated on at least 2 of the last 3 study visits.

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 26

  2. Normalization or Reduction From Baseline in Serum Bile Acids (sBA)

    Compare the percentage of participants on active treatment vs. placebo with normalization or significant reduction from baseline in sBA.

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 26

  3. Change Over Time in Daily Average Itch Reported Outcome (ItchRO[Obs]) Score

    Change over time in daily average ItchRO scores will be reported.

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 26

  4. Change Over Time in Before Midday (AM) Itch Reported Outcome (ItchRO[Obs]) Score

    Change over time in AM ItchRO scores will be reported.

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 26

  5. Change Over Time in After Midday (PM) Itch Reported Outcome (ItchRO[Obs]) Score

    Change over time in PM ItchRO scores will be reported.

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 26

  6. Disappearance of Pruritus as Measured by Observer Itch Reported Outcome (ItchRO[Obs])

    Compare the percentage of participants on active treatment vs. placebo of participants who experience disappearance of pruritus as measured by ItchRO(Obs).

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 26

  7. Improvement in Height

    Number of participants on active treatment vs. placebo with a height z-score change from baseline \>0.

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 26

  8. Improvement in Weight

    Number of participants on active treatment vs. placebo with a weight z-score change from baseline \>0.

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 26

  9. Change From Baseline in Nutritional Status as Measured by Mid-arm Circumference

    Compare the change in nutritional status as measured by mid-arm circumference in participants on active treatment vs. placebo.

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 26

  10. Change From Baseline in Nutritional Status as Measured by Triceps Skin Fold

    Compare the change in nutritional status as measured by triceps skin fold in participants on active treatment vs. placebo.

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 26

  11. Change From Baseline in Clinician Scratch Scale (CSS)

    Compare the change in Clinician Scratch Scale score in participants on active treatment vs. placebo.

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 26

  12. Change From Baseline in Quality of Life as Measured by Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL)

    Compare the change from baseline of PedsQL in participants on active treatment vs. placebo.

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 26

  13. Change From Baseline in Quality of Sleep as Measured by Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ)

    Compare the change from baseline of CSHQ in participants on active treatment vs. placebo.

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 26

  14. Normalization or Meaningful Reduction From Baseline of Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT)

    Number of participants whose ALT normalizes on treatment or has decreased \>=50%.

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 26

  15. Normalization or Meaningful Decrease From Baseline of Total Bilirubin

    Number of participants whose total bilirubin normalizes on treatment or has decreased \>=50%.

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 26

  16. Change From Baseline in Biomarkers of Bile Acid Synthesis

    Change from baseline in biomarkers of bile acid synthesis (serum 7 alpha-hydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one \[C4\]).

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 26

  17. Evaluate the safety of SHP625

    Adverse events, changes in vital signs, laboratory, and other safety parameters will be compared between participants on active treatment vs. placebo.

    Time frame: Baseline up to Week 26

  18. Plasma Levels of Maralixibat Over Time

    Systemic concentrations of maralixibat in plasma will be assessed.

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 6, 10, 14, 18, 22 and 26

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 18, 2019, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03353454
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 27, 2017
Start date
Oct 25, 2018 (estimated)
Primary completion
Jun 15, 2020 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 15, 2020 (estimated)
Last update
Mar 18, 2019

Study contacts

Study Director
study director · Mirum

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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