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Completed Phase 2 Interventional

Emricasan, a Caspase Inhibitor, for Evaluation in Subjects With Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) Fibrosis

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02686762

Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02686762. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.

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Official title

A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-controlled Trial of Emricasan (IDN-6556-12), an Oral Caspase Inhibitor, in Subjects With Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) Fibrosis

Brief summary

Reproduced verbatim from the official ClinicalTrials.gov record. Not medical advice.

This is a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial involving subjects with a diagnosis of "definite NASH" with fibrosis (excluding cirrhosis) as determined by the central histopathologist. Upon successful screening, subjects will be randomized to receive either emricasan 50 mg BID or emricasan 5 mg BID or matching placebo BID.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02686762
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Lead sponsor
Conatus Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Industry
Enrollment
318 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Jan 25, 2016
Primary completion
Jan 28, 2019
Completion
Feb 27, 2019
Last update posted
Aug 18, 2019

2016 – 2019

United States locations

U.S. sites
83
U.S. states
32
U.S. cities
66
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham Alabama 35233
University of Arizona Clinical and Translational Sciences Research Center Tucson Arizona 85724
Preferred Research Partners, Inc. Little Rock Arkansas 72211
Fresno Clinical Research Center Freestone California 93701
UCLA The Pfleger Liver Institute Los Angeles California 90024
Gastrointestinal Biosciences Los Angeles California 90067
Surinder Singh Saini, M.D., Inc. Newport Beach California 92660
California Liver Research Institute Pasadena California 91105
Inland Empire Liver Foundation Rialto California 92377
University of California Davis Medical Center Sacramento California 95817
University of California San Diego Medical Center San Diego California 92103
Cedars Sinai Medical Center West Hollywood California 90048
Yale University School of Medicine New Haven Connecticut 06510
Sibley Memorial Hospital Washington D.C. District of Columbia 20016
Howard University Washington D.C. District of Columbia 20059
UF Hepatology Research at CTRB Gainesville Florida 32610
Florida Digestive Health Specialist Lakewood Rch Florida 34211
Miami Veterans Administration Healthcare System Miami Florida 33125
University of Miami/Schiff Center for Liver Diseases Miami Florida 33136
Florida Hospital Orlando Transplant Institute Orlando Florida 32804
Tampa General Medical Group Tampa Florida 33606
iResearch Atlanta LLC Decatur Georgia 30030
Gastrointestinal Specialists of Georgia Marietta Georgia 30060
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago Illinois 60611
Rush University Medical Center Chicago Illinois 60612
The University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago Illinois 60637
Aquiant Research New Albany Indiana 47150
Iowa Digestive Disease Center, P.C Clive Iowa 50325
UnityPoint Clinic Center For Liver Disease Des Moines Iowa 50309
University of Louisville Louisville Kentucky 40202
Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans Louisiana 70121
Louisiana Research Center, LLC Shreveport Louisiana 71105
Mercy Medical Center Baltimore Maryland 21202
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda Maryland 20889
Massachusetts General Hospital Boston Massachusetts 02114
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston Massachusetts 02215
Lahey Clinic Medical Center Burlington Massachusetts 01803
Henry Ford Health System Detroit Michigan 48202
Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota 55905
Kansas City VA Medical Center Kansas City Missouri 64128
Kansas City Research Institute Kansas City Missouri 64131
Washington University School of Medicine-Infectious Disease Clinical Research Unit St Louis Missouri 63110
Doctors Office Center Newark New Jersey 07103
State University of New York Buffalo New York 14203
Northwell Health, Inc. Manhasset New York 11030
Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center New York New York 10003
NYU Langone Medical Center New York New York 10016
Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) New York New York 10032
Weill Cornell Medical College New York New York 10065
Montefiore Medical Center The Bronx New York 10467
Asheville Gastroenterology Associates, PA Asheville North Carolina 28801
Carolinas Healthcare System, Center for Liver Disease Charlotte North Carolina 28204
Duke University Medical Center, Duke South Clinics Durham North Carolina 27710
Rex Healthcare Raleigh North Carolina 27607
Consultants for Clinical Research Cincinnati Ohio 45249
University Hospitals Case Medical Center Cleveland Ohio 44106
Options Health Research, LLC Tulsa Oklahoma 74104
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104
Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19107
Temple University Hospital Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19140
Albert Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19141
University Gastroenterology Providence Rhode Island 02905
Medical University of South Carolina Charleston South Carolina 29425
PMG Research at Charleston Charleston South Carolina 29461
ClinSearch, LLC Chattanooga Tennessee 37421
Gastro One Germantown Tennessee 38138
Methodist University Hospital Memphis Tennessee 38104
Vanderbilt University Medical Center - Digestive Disease Center Nashville Tennessee 37232
Texas Clinical Research Institute Arlington Texas 76012
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas Texas 75390
Baylor All Saints Medical Center Fort Worth Texas 76104
Baylor College of Medicine Houston Texas 77030
Liver Associates of Texas, P.A. Houston Texas 77030
Research Specialists of Texas Houston Texas 77030
Pinnacle Clinical Research, PLLC Live Oak Texas 78233
American Research Corporation at the Texas Liver Institue San Antonio Texas 78215
Brooke Army Medical Center San Antonio Texas 78219
University of Utah Health Sciences Center Salt Lake City Utah 84132
University of Vermont Burlington Vermont 05405
Bon Secours Richmond Health System Newport News Virginia 23602
Digestive and Liver Disease Specialists Norfolk Virginia 23502
McGuire VA Medical Center Richmond Virginia 23249
University of Washington Harborview Medical Center Seattle Washington 98104

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Non-U.S. locations

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About this trial record page

What this page shows
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What this page does not do
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