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CompletedNCT04674761ASSERTUpdated Nov 2, 2023Results posted

Efficacy and Safety of Odevixibat in Patients With Alagille Syndrome

A Phase 3 interventional study of Odevixibat and Placebo in Alagille Syndrome, sponsored by Albireo. Completed at 32 sites in 13 countries. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-11-02.

Sponsored by Albireo (part of Ipsen) · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
52
Allocation
Randomized
Sex
All
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Study summary

Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, Phase 3 study to investigate the efficacy and safety of odevixibat compared to placebo in Patients with Alagille Syndrome.

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Approximately 35 sites will be initiated for this study in North America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific.

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Conditions studied

  • Alagille Syndrome

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Keywords

  • ALGS
  • Alagille syndrome
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In context

Alagille Syndrome

31 studies on the registry are indexed under Alagille Syndrome; 11 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 52 is above the median of 31 across 15 interventional studies indexed under Alagille Syndrome.

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Lead sponsor

Albireo is the lead sponsor of 11 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

First submitted before Albireo became part of Ipsen.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • Genetically confirmed diagnosis of Alagille syndrome
  • History of significant pruritus as measured by the Albireo Observer or Patient Reported Outcome instrument
  • Elevated serum bile acid level

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • History or ongoing presence of other types of liver disease (eg. biliary atresia, progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis, hepatocellular carcinoma)
  • History of liver transplant, or a liver transplant is planned within 6 months of randomization
  • ALT >10× upper limit of normal (ULN) at screening
  • Total bilirubin >15 × ULN at screening
  • Patient suffers from uncontrolled, recalcitrant pruritic condition other than Alagille syndrome
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator)
Enrollment
52 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Odevixibat (A4250)

    Capsules for oral administration once daily for 24 weeks.

    Drug: Odevixibat

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Capsules for oral administration (to match active) once daily for 24 weeks.

    Drug: Placebo

Interventions

  • Odevixibat is a small molecule and selective inhibitor of IBAT.

    Also known as: A4250

  • DrugPlacebo

    Placebo identical in appearance to experimental drug (odevixibat).

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change From Baseline in Scratching Score

    Change from baseline in average AM (measured after waking up) and PM (measured before bedtime) scratching score to Month 6 as measured by the Albireo Observer-Reported Outcome (ObsRO) Instrument. The ObsRO instrument was used to assess severity of observed scratching twice a day (AM and PM) with scores from 0 to 4 where 0 is no scratching and 4 is worst possible scratching.

    Time frame: Change from baseline for each four-week average pruritis score to Month 6 (Weeks 21 to 24), in which baseline was calculated based on the 14 days before the start of treatment.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Serum Bile Acid Levels

    Change in serum bile acid levels (μmol/L) from baseline to average of week 20 and 24

    Time frame: Change from baseline to average of week 20 and 24, where baseline was calculated by averaging the last two values preceding start of treatment, and average of Week 20 and Week 24 was defined as the average of Week 20 and Week 24 values.

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Results

Posted Nov 2, 2023

Participant flow

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneOdevixibat (A4250)Placebo
Started3517
Completed3517
Not completed00

Outcome measures

PrimaryChange From Baseline in Scratching Score

Change from baseline in average AM (measured after waking up) and PM (measured before bedtime) scratching score to Month 6 as measured by the Albireo Observer-Reported Outcome (ObsRO) Instrument. The ObsRO instrument was used to assess severity of observed scratching twice a day (AM and PM) with scores from 0 to 4 where 0 is no scratching and 4 is worst possible scratching.

Time frame:
Change from baseline for each four-week average pruritis score to Month 6 (Weeks 21 to 24), in which baseline was calculated based on the 14 days before the start of treatment.
Reported as:
Least squares mean · score on a scale
Change From Baseline in Scratching Score
score on a scaleOdevixibat (A4250)Placebo
Change From Baseline in Scratching Score-1.69 ± 0.174-0.8 ± 0.233
Statistical analysis
  • Odevixibat (A4250) vs Placebo · Mixed Models Analysis · p = 0.0012 · Ls mean difference: -0.88 · 95% CI -1.44 to -0.33
SecondarySerum Bile Acid Levels

Change in serum bile acid levels (μmol/L) from baseline to average of week 20 and 24

Time frame:
Change from baseline to average of week 20 and 24, where baseline was calculated by averaging the last two values preceding start of treatment, and average of Week 20 and Week 24 was defined as the average of Week 20 and Week 24 values.
Reported as:
Least squares mean · μmol/L
Serum Bile Acid Levels
μmol/LOdevixibat (A4250)Placebo
Serum Bile Acid Levels-90.35 ± 21.33622.39 ± 28.463
Statistical analysis
  • Odevixibat (A4250) vs Placebo · Mixed Models Analysis · p = 0.0006 · Ls mean difference: -112.74 · 95% CI -178.78 to -46.69

Adverse events

Collected over The safety reporting period for adverse events is from the first dose of study drug through the last planned study visit or 28 calendar days after the last dose of the study drug, whichever occurs later, up to 203 days.. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Odevixibat (A4250)0/35 (0%)5/35 (14.3%)26/35 (74.3%)
Placebo0/17 (0%)2/17 (11.8%)12/17 (70.6%)
Most frequent serious events
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Most frequent serious events
EventOdevixibat (A4250)Placebo
PyrexiaGeneral disorders0/351/17
Cerumen impactionEar and labyrinth disorders0/351/17
Otitis media chronicInfections and infestations0/351/17
Subcutaneous abscessInfections and infestations0/351/17
Adenoidal hypertrophyRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders0/351/17
International normalised ratio increasedInvestigations1/350/17
Abdominal painGastrointestinal disorders1/350/17
ConstipationGastrointestinal disorders1/350/17
HaematemesisGastrointestinal disorders1/350/17
PneumoniaInfections and infestations1/350/17
Most frequent other events
Showing 10 of 65
Most frequent other events
EventOdevixibat (A4250)Placebo
DiarrhoeaGastrointestinal disorders10/351/17
PyrexiaGeneral disorders8/354/17
COVID-19Infections and infestations5/354/17
Upper respiratory tract infectionInfections and infestations3/352/17
International normalised ratio increasedInvestigations0/352/17
EpistaxisRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders0/352/17
Abdominal painGastrointestinal disorders4/351/17
BronchitisInfections and infestations3/350/17
Respiratory tract infectionInfections and infestations3/351/17
CoughRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders3/351/17

Baseline characteristics

Age, Categorical
Age, Categorical(Participants)Odevixibat (A4250)PlaceboTotal
<=18 years351752
Between 18 and 65 years000
>=65 years000
Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)Odevixibat (A4250)PlaceboTotal
Mean6.73 ± 3.7805.40 ± 4.4116.29 ± 4.003
Age, Customized
Age, Customized(Participants)Odevixibat (A4250)PlaceboTotal
< 10 years291342
> = 10 years and < 18 years6410
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Odevixibat (A4250)PlaceboTotal
Female141125
Male21627
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Race/Ethnicity, Customized(Participants)Odevixibat (A4250)PlaceboTotal
White301343
Black or African American224
Asian213
American Indian or Alaska Native000
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander000
Other112
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(participants)Odevixibat (A4250)PlaceboTotal
United States7411
United Kingdom101
Malaysia213
Netherlands336
Turkey101
Belgium112
Poland7310
Italy426
France314
Germany628
Genetic Mutation
Genetic Mutation(Participants)Odevixibat (A4250)PlaceboTotal
JAG1321648
NOTCH2314
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Study locations

32 sites
  • University of California - San Francisco
    San Francisco, California 94158, United States
  • Johns Hopkins Hospital
    Baltimore, Maryland 21287, United States
  • Boston Children's Hospital
    Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
  • Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics
    Kansas City, Missouri 64108, United States
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    New York, New York 10029, United States
  • Columbia University Medical Center
    New York, New York 10032, United States
  • The Childrens Hospital at Montefiore Albert Einstein School of Medicine
    The Bronx, New York 10467, United States
  • Oregon Health Science University School of Medicine
    Portland, Oregon 97239, United States
  • UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15224, United States
  • Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc Bruxelles
    Brussels, 1200, Belgium
  • CHU Sainte-Justine
    Montreal, Quebec H3T 1C5, Canada
  • Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant de Lyon
    Bron, 69677, France
  • Antenne pédiatrique du CIC - Hopital Jeanne De Flandre
    Lille, 59037, France
  • APHM
    Marseille, 13385, France
  • Hopital Necker Enfants Malades
    Paris, 75015, France
  • Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin
    Berlin, 13353, Germany
  • Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
    Hanover, 30625, Germany
  • Universitätsklinik für Kinder-und Jugendmedizin Tübingen
    Tübingen, 72076, Germany
  • Sharie Zedek
    Jerusalem, 9103102, Israel
  • Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel
    Petah Tikva, 4920235, Israel
  • ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII
    Bergamo, 24127, Italy
  • AOU Meyer
    Florence, 50139, Italy
  • Azienda Ospedale Università Padova
    Padova, 35128, Italy
  • Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital
    Rome, 00165, Italy
  • University of Malaya Medical Centre
    Kuala Lumpur, 59100, Malaysia
  • Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen (UMCG)
    Groningen, 9713 GZ, Netherlands
  • University Medical Centre Utrecht, WKZ
    Utrecht, 3584EA, Netherlands
  • Starship Child Health
    Auckland, 1023, New Zealand
  • Instytut Pomnik-Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka
    Warsaw, 04-730, Poland
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi İhsan Doğramacı Çocuk Hastanesi
    Ankara, 06230, Turkey (Türkiye)
  • Istanbul University Medical Faculty Hospital
    Fatih, 34093, Turkey (Türkiye)
  • King's College Hospital
    London, SE5 9RS, United Kingdom
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References and documents

Publications

  • Ovchinsky N, Aumar M, Baker A, Baumann U, Bufler P, Cananzi M, Czubkowski P, Durmaz O, Fischer R, Indolfi G, Karnsakul WW, Lacaille F, Lee WS, Maggiore G, Rosenthal P, Ruiz M, Sokal E, Sturm E, van der Woerd W, Verkade HJ, Wehrman A, Clemson C, Yu Q, Ni Q, Ruvido J, Manganaro S, Mattsson JP. Efficacy and safety of odevixibat in patients with Alagille syndrome (ASSERT): a phase 3, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2024 Jul;9(7):632-645. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(24)00074-8. Epub 2024 Apr 23. PubMed 38670135 ↗

Study documents

  • Study protocol · Aug 28, 2020
  • Statistical analysis plan · Sep 27, 2022

Documents are hosted by the registry — open the source record to download them.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 2, 2023, 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
NCT04674761
Lead sponsor
Albireo
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 19, 2020
Start date
Mar 19, 2021
Primary completion
Sep 9, 2022
Completion
Sep 9, 2022
Results posted
Nov 2, 2023
Last update
Nov 2, 2023

Oversight

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