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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 26, 2016 (Actual)
Primary completion
Jan 29, 2019 (Actual)
Completion
Feb 28, 2019 (Actual)
Last update posted
Aug 19, 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 —

Site contact phone numbers, emails, and investigator names are intentionally not displayed here. Open the official ClinicalTrials.gov record for site contact information.

Non-U.S. locations

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About this trial record page

What this page shows
Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02686762, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
What this page does not do
No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
Where the data comes from
Sourced from the official ClinicalTrials.gov public API. The official record is the source of truth.
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