A Phase 1 interventional study of Saroglitazar Magnesium 1 mg and Saroglitazar Magnesium 2 mg in Hepatic Impairment, Cirrhosis and Cholestatic Liver Disease, sponsored by Zydus Therapeutics Inc.. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 80 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-14.
Sponsored by Zydus Therapeutics Inc. (part of Zydus Lifesciences Limited) · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment
A Phase 1, Open-label Extension Groups Study in Subjects having Hepatic Impairment with Cirrhosis due to Cholestatic Liver Disease
Hepatic impairment study in subjects with cirrhosis secondary to cholestatic disease at a single and multiple once daily doses of Saroglitazar Magnesium needs to be conducted per discussion with FDA. Thus, an extension study has been added.
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For all subjects:
Ability to swallow and retain oral medication.
For Subjects in Groups 8 and 9 (Hepatic impairment group but with cirrhosis from cholestatic liver disease):
Laboratory test values for hepatic impairment subjects Groups 8 (8A, 8B, 8C) and 9 (9A, 9B, 9C) must be clinically acceptable to the Investigator and meet all the following parameters at Screening:
For Subjects in Groups 8D and 9D (normal hepatic function groups):
Exclusion Criteria:
For all subjects:
(HIV) type 1 antibody positive at screening for all groups.
For Subjects in Groups 8 and 9 (Hepatic impairment group but with cirrhosis from cholestatic liver disease):
Subjects having -
Subjects who use or intend to use any over the counter (vitamins, minerals, and phytotherapeutic/herbal/plant-derived preparations) or prescription medications within 30 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) prior to enrolment, with the exception of hormone replacement therapy and therapies for hepatic disease and treatments of associated disorders that have been stable for at least 30 days prior to screening and until Day 1, unless deemed acceptable by the Investigator (or designee).
For Subjects in Group 8A (Mild hepatic impairment group) and 8B (Moderate impairment group)
Total > 5×
For Control with Normal Hepatic Function:
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.
Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.
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.
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.
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.
The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.
It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.
Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.
The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).
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.
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.
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.
A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.
It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.
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.
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.
A condition in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease.
Immunotherapy studies often leave out active autoimmune disease, and some name exceptions, such as thyroid disease on replacement hormone. Check the exceptions this study lists.
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.
BMI (body mass index)
Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.
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.
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.
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.
Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)
The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.
It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Platelets
Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Hemoglobin (Hb)
The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).
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.
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.
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.
Investigational drug or device
A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.
It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.
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.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Autoimmune disease
A condition in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease.
Immunotherapy studies often leave out active autoimmune disease, and some name exceptions, such as thyroid disease on replacement hormone. Check the exceptions this study lists.
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.
The study drug will be administered from Day 1 to Day 28 once daily in the morning before breakfast without food. Study drug -Saroglitazar Magnesium tablets; Dosage form- Tablets (immediate release); Dose- 1 mg/day; Frequency- One tablet per day (in the morning before breakfast without food); Duration of treatment- 28 consecutive days
Drug: Saroglitazar Magnesium 1 mg
The study drug will be administered from Day 1 to Day 28 once daily in the morning before breakfast without food. Study drug -Saroglitazar Magnesium tablets: Dosage form- Tablets (immediate release); Dose- 2 mg/day; Frequency- One tablet per day (in the morning before breakfast without food); Duration- 28 consecutive days
Drug: Saroglitazar Magnesium 2 mg
Group-8: Total of 18 subjects will be enrolled in the Group-8. Group 8A (n=6, consist of mild hepatic impairment subjects); Group 8B (n=6, consist of moderate hepatic impairment), Group 8C (n=3, consist of severe hepatic impairment and Group 8D (n=3, consist of control subjects with normal hepatic functions).
Also known as: Subjects will be domicile in clinic from Day -1 till Day 5 or Day 7 and from Day 27 through day 29 for PK sampling procedures.
Group-9: Total of 12 subjects will be enrolled in the Group-9. Group 9A (n=3, consist of mild hepatic impairment subjects); Group 9B (n=3, consist of moderate hepatic impairment), Group 9C (n=3, consist of severe hepatic impairment and Group 9D (n=3, consist of control subjects with normal hepatic functions).
Also known as: Subjects will be domicile in clinic from Day -1 till Day 5 or Day 7 and from Day 27 through day 29 for PK sampling procedures.
To evaluate the plasma PK of Saroglitazar (parent compound)
To measure the plasma concentration of Saroglitazar (parent compound) and estimate the AUCt following single and once a daily multiple oral doses of 1 mg and 2 mg in subjects with mild, moderate and severe hepatic impairment with cirrhosis due to cholestatic liver disease based on Child-Pugh-Turcotte score compared to subjects with normal hepatic function.
Time frame: Serial PK blood samples will be collected on Day1 and Day 28 (1 pre-dose sample and serial post dose sampling till 24 hours post dose on both days)
To assess the safety and tolerability of Saroglitazar
Percentage of subjects with clinical \& laboratory AEs/SAEs and Treatment emergent AEs/SAEs, coded using the MedDRA following single and once a daily multiple oral doses of 1 mg and 2 mg of Saroglitazar Magnesium in subjects with mild, moderate and severe hepatic impairment with cirrhosis due to cholestatic liver disease based on Child-Pugh-Turcotte score compared to subjects with normal hepatic function
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 9 weeks
To evaluate plasma PK of Saroglitazar metabolite (Saroglitazar sulfoxide)
To measure the plasma concentration of Saroglitazar metabolite (Saroglitazar sulfoxide) and estimate the AUCt following single and once a daily multiple oral doses of 1 mg and 2 mg in subjects with mild, moderate and severe hepatic impairment with cirrhosis due to cholestatic liver disease based on Child-Pugh-Turcotte score compared to subjects with normal hepatic function.
Time frame: Serial PK blood samples will be collected on Day 1 and Day 28 (1 pre-dose sample and serial post dose sampling till 24 hours post dose on both days)
To evaluate the impact of hepatic impairment with cirrhosis due to cholestatic liver disease on the unbound concentration of Saroglitazar in systemic circulation
To measure the differences (between day-01 and Day-28) on unbound concentration of Saroglitazar in systemic circulation following single and once a daily multiple oral doses of 1 mg and 2 mg in subjects with mild, moderate and severe hepatic impairment with cirrhosis due to cholestatic liver disease based on Child-Pugh-Turcotte score compared to subjects with normal hepatic function
Time frame: The blood samples will be collected on Day 1 and Day 28 at pre-dose, 2.0 h and 24.0 h post dose.
To evaluate the trough plasma concentration of Saroglitazar (parent compound)
To evaluate the trough plasma concentration of Saroglitazar following single and once a daily multiple oral doses of 1 mg and 2 mg in subjects with mild, moderate and severe hepatic impairment with cirrhosis due to cholestatic liver disease based on Child-Pugh-Turcotte score compared to subjects with normal hepatic function
Time frame: Trough plasma sample will be collected at pre-dose on Visit 3 (on day 8), Visit-4 (On day 15) and at Visit 5 (on day 22). Additional PK sample will be collected at 168.0 hours post dose of day 28 (i.e. on Day 35 ±3D)
To determine the plasma PK of Saroglitazar (parent compound)
The plasma concentration of Saroglitazar (parent compound) will be measured to estimate the Cmax following single and once a daily multiple oral doses of 1 mg and 2 mg in subjects with mild, moderate and severe hepatic impairment with cirrhosis due to cholestatic liver disease based on Child-Pugh-Turcotte score compared to subjects with normal hepatic function.
Time frame: Serial PK blood samples will be collected on Day1 and Day 28 (1 pre-dose sample and serial post dose sampling till 24 hours post dose on both days)
To determine the plasma PK of Saroglitazar metabolite (Saroglitazar sulfoxide)
The plasma concentration of Saroglitazar metabolite (Saroglitazar sulfoxide) will be measured to estimate the Cmax following single and once a daily multiple oral doses of 1 mg and 2 mg in subjects with mild, moderate and severe hepatic impairment with cirrhosis due to cholestatic liver disease based on Child-Pugh-Turcotte score compared to subjects with normal hepatic function.
Time frame: Serial PK blood samples will be collected on Day 1 and Day 28 (1 pre-dose sample and serial post dose sampling till 24 hours post dose on both days)
Started Oct 2021 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Dec 2026, 62 months after the start.
Of 41 phase 1 interventional studies under Fibrosis, half reached primary completion within 28 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 15 and three quarters within 58. This study's planned 62 months is above that.
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