A Phase 3 interventional study of Linerixibat in Cholestasis, sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline. Active, not recruiting at 94 sites in 17 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-06-22.
Sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment
This is an open-label, non-comparator, global, multi-center, long-term safety study for evaluating safety and tolerability of linerixibat in participants with cholestatic pruritus in primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) who participated in a prior clinical trial with linerixibat (BAT117123 [NCT01899703], 201000 GLIMMER [NCT02966834] (group 1) or 212620 GLISTEN [NCT00210418]) (group 2). All participants will receive open-label linerixibat for the duration of the study. The study duration is expected to last until the study's end or until linerixibat can be lawfully made available to participants. However, the total duration of study participation will vary by participant depending upon the time of entry relative to study end in their respective country.
214 studies on the registry are indexed under Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary; 48 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 242 is above the median of 60 across 151 interventional studies indexed under Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary.
Browse Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary studies →GlaxoSmithKline is the lead sponsor of 3,650 studies on the registry; 118 are open to participants now.
Of its 264 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 241 (91%) have results posted.
Compared within Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Cholestasis. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →
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Exclusion Criteria:
Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
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.
Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.
Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.
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.
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.
GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².
Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.
Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.
Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.
Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.
After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.
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.
Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.
Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.
On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.
The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.
A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Childbearing potential
Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Contraception
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Bilirubin
A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.
Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)
GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².
Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Hepatitis B tests
Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.
Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Hepatitis C tests
Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.
After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Cancer (malignancy)
Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.
Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
QT and QTc
On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.
The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ECG (electrocardiogram)
A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Participants who previously participated in the Phase 2 studies (BAT117213 and 201000 GLIMMER \[Group 1\]) and Phase 3 study (212620 GLISTEN \[Group 2\]), will receive linerixibat.
Drug: Linerixibat
All participants will receive linerixibat.
Number of participants with non-serious adverse events (AEs) and Serious AEs (SAEs)
AEs and SAEs will be collected.
Time frame: Up to 66 months
Number of participants with Severe AEs
AEs and SAEs will be collected.
Time frame: Up to 66 months
Change in domain scores of the PBC-40 over time
The PBC-40 is a participant-derived, disease specific health-related quality of life (QoL) measure with data to support its validity in PBC. The PBC-40 measure is comprised of 40 questions, each scored on a scale of 1 to 5 (where 1 = least impact, 5 = greatest impact) grouped into six domains (symptoms, itch, fatigue, cognition, social, and emotional).
Time frame: Baseline and up to 65 months
Change in health-related quality of life (QoL) by the Euro Quality-5 dimension-3 level (EQ-5D-3L) scores over time (Group 1 only)
The EQ-5D-3L is a standardized instrument developed by the EuroQol Group as a measure of health-related quality of life that can be used in a wide range of health conditions and treatments. The EQ-5D consists of a descriptive system and the EQ Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). The descriptive system comprises five dimensions: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression. Each dimension has 3 levels: 1=no problems, 2=some problems, and 3=extreme problems.
Time frame: Baseline and up to 65 months
Change in self-rated health by EQ VAS scores over time (Group 1 only)
The EQ-5D-3L is a standardized instrument developed by the EuroQol Group as a measure of health-related quality of life that can be used in a wide range of health conditions and treatments. The EQ-5D consists of a descriptive system and the EQ VAS. The EQ VAS records self-rated health on a vertical visual analogue scale where the endpoints are labelled 'Best imaginable health state' and 'Worst imaginable health state'.
Time frame: Baseline and up to 65 months
Change in the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) scores over time
The BDI-II is a 21-item questionnaire used to assess the intensity of depression in clinical and normal participants. Each item is scored from 0 (Normal) to 3 (Severe). The total score on the BDI-II ranges from 0-63, with higher scores reflecting higher levels of depression.
Time frame: Baseline and up to 65 months
Number of participants with clinically significant changes in hematology, biochemistry (including lipid and liver parameters), and coagulation parameters
Blood samples will be collected for the analysis of hematology, biochemistry (including lipid and liver parameters) and coagulation parameters.
Time frame: Baseline and up to 65 months
Percentage of responders at Week 24 and Week 52 of continuous treatment (Group 2 only)
Monthly Itch Score (MIS) will be assessed using an numerical rating scale (NRS), ranging from 0 to 10, where 0 represents no itching and 10 the worst imaginable itching. Response thresholds of greater than or equal to (\>=) 2, \>=3, and \>=4-point reduction in MIS will be assessed.
Time frame: Week 24 and Week 52 of continuous treatment
Percentage of participants with maintenance of efficacy at Week 52 of continuous treatment in those that were responders at Week 24 of continuous treatment (Group 2 only)
The MIS will be assessed using an NRS, ranging from 0 to 10, where 0 represents no itching and 10 the worst imaginable itching. Maintenance of efficacy occurs when a participant is a responder (\>=2, \>=3, and \>=4-point reduction in MIS) at Week 24 of continuous treatment and is also a responder at Week 52 of continuous treatment.
Time frame: Week 52 of continuous treatment
Change from Baseline Monthly Sleep Score (MSS) (Group 2 only)
The MSS will be assessed using an NRS, ranging from 0 to 10, where 0 represents no sleep interference and 10 is complete sleep interference. This will be assessed at Week 52 of continuous treatment.
Time frame: Baseline and up to Week 52 of continuous treatment
Change from Baseline in Monthly Fatigue Score (MFS)(Group 2 only)
The MFS will be assessed using an NRS, ranging from 0 to 10, where 0 represents no fatigue and 10 the worst possible fatigue. This will be assessed at Week 52 of continuous treatment.
Time frame: Baseline and up to Week 52 of continuous treatment
Plan to share: Yes — IPD for this study will be made available via the Clinical Study Data Request site.
Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan, Informed consent form, Clinical study report
Time frame: IPD will be made available within 6 months of publishing the results of the primary endpoints, key secondary endpoints and safety data of the study.
Access criteria: Access is provided after a research proposal is submitted and has received approval from the Independent Review Panel and after a Data Sharing Agreement is in place. Access is provided for an initial period of 12 months but an extension can be granted, when justified, for up to another 12 months.
Data sharing details ↗ · clinicalstudydatarequest.com
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Started Jul 2020 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Sep 2026, 74 months after the start.
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