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Terminated Phase 2Phase 3 Interventional Results available

Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Belapectin for the Prevention of Esophageal Varices in NASH Cirrhosis

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04365868

Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04365868. 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 Seamless, Adaptive, Phase 2b/3, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter, International Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Belapectin (GR MD-02) for the Prevention of Esophageal Varices in NASH Cirrhosis

Brief summary

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

This seamless, adaptive, two-stage, Phase 2b/3, randomized, double-blind, multicenter, parallel-groups, placebo-controlled study will assess the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of belapectin compared with placebo in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) cirrhosis and clinical signs of portal hypertension but without esophageal varices at baseline.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT04365868
Recruitment status
Terminated
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2, Phase 3
Lead sponsor
Galectin Therapeutics Inc.
Industry
Enrollment
357 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 75 Years
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
Jun 25, 2020 (Actual)
Primary completion
Mar 11, 2025 (Actual)
Completion
Apr 10, 2025 (Actual)
Last update posted
Jun 30, 2026

2020 – 2025

United States locations

U.S. sites
81
U.S. states
28
U.S. cities
72
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham Alabama 35294 —
Digestive Health Specialists Dothan Alabama 36305 —
The Institute for Liver Health Chandler Arizona 85224 —
Arizona Liver Health - Glendale Glendale Arizona 85306 —
Institute for Liver Health - Tucson Tucson Arizona 85712 —
Liver Wellness Center - Little Rock Little Rock Arkansas 72205-6414 —
Hope Clinical Research, Inc. Canoga Park California 91303 —
Southern California GI & Liver Centers Coronado California 92118 —
University of California San Diego Medical Center -La Jolla Multi-Specialty Clinics- Perlman Offices La Jolla California 92037 —
Om Research LLC Lancaster California 93534 —
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles California 90048 —
inSite Digestive Health Care - Orange Orange California 92868 —
California Liver Research Institute Pasadena California 91105 —
Inland Empire Liver Foundation Rialto California 92377 —
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Aurora Colorado 80045 —
Peak Gastroenterology Associates Colorado Springs Colorado 80907-6262 —
Integrity Clinical Research, LLC (ICR SITES) - Doral Doral Florida 33166 —
Nature Coast Clinical Research, LLC Inverness Florida 34452 —
Mayo Clinic Hospital - Florida Jacksonville Florida 32224-1865 —
Florida Research Institute Lakewood Rch Florida 34211 —
ClinCloud LLC Maitland Florida 32751-3320 —
Advanced Pharma CR, LLC Miami Florida 33147 —
Genoma Research Group, Inc. Miami Florida 33165 —
Sensible Healthcare Ocoee Florida 34761 —
Guardian Angel Health Services, Inc. Tampa Florida 33614 —
Florida Medical Center & Research Zephyrhills Florida 33542 —
Digestive Healthcare of Georgia, P.C. Atlanta Georgia 30309 —
Gastroenterology Associates of Central Georgia, LLC Macon Georgia 31201 —
Gastrointestinal Specialists of Georgia, PC Marietta Georgia 30060 —
Loyola University Health System Maywood Illinois 60153 —
IU Health University Hospital Indianapolis Indiana 46202 —
Michiana Gastroenterology, Inc. South Bend Indiana 46635 —
Kansas Medical Clinic PA Topeka Kansas 66606 —
University of Louisville Physicians - Cardiovascular Medicine Physicians Outpatient Center Louisville Kentucky 40202-2046 —
Tandem Clinical Research, LLC Marrero Louisiana 70072 —
Tulane Cancer Center New Orleans Louisiana 70112-2600 —
Mercy Medical Center - The Institute for Digestive Health and Liver Disease Baltimore Maryland 21202 —
Tufts Medical Center Boston Massachusetts 02111-1552 —
University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan 48109 —
Henry Ford Health System - Hemophilia and Thrombosis Treatment Center Detroit Michigan 48202 —
Gastroenterology Associates of Western Michigan Wyoming Michigan 49519 —
Southern Therapy and Advanced Research (STAR) - Jackson Jackson Mississippi 39216 —
Kansas City Research Institute Kansas City Missouri 64131 —
Excel Clinical Research - Las Vegas Las Vegas Nevada 89109-6209 —
Mount Sinai Beth Israel New York New York 10003 —
NYU Langone Medical Center New York New York 10016-6402 —
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center New York New York 10021 —
Columbia University Medical Center New York New York 10032 —
UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine Chapel Hill North Carolina 273302 —
Cumberland Research Associates, LLC Fayetteville North Carolina 28304-3571 —
Lucas Research Morehead City North Carolina 28557 —
Consultants for Clinical Research Cincinnati Ohio 45249 —
University of Cincinnati Physicians Company, LLC Cincinnati Ohio 45267-0595 —
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Cleveland Ohio 44016 —
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Columbus Ohio 43210 —
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey Pennsylvania 17033 —
The Jefferson Digestive Health Institute - Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19107 —
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) - The Center for Liver Diseases Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15213 —
Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Charleston South Carolina 29425 —
Galen Medical Group - Ziegler Plaza Chattanooga Tennessee 37343-5470 —
University Diabetes & Endocrine Consultants Chattanooga Tennessee 37411 —
Gastro One - GI Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy Center - 1310 Wolf Park Germantown Tennessee 38138 —
Associates in Gastroenterology Hermitage Tennessee 37067 —
East Tennessee Research Institute - Gastrointestinal Associates of Northeast Tennessee, P.C. Johnson City Tennessee 37604-6063 —
Texas Clinical Research Institute, LLC Arlington Texas 76012 —
Liver Specialists of Texas Austin Texas 78757 —
Methodist Transplant Physicians Dallas Texas 75203 —
Texoma Liver Center PLLC. - Denison Denison Texas 75020 —
South Texas Research Institute Edinburg Texas 78539 —
Baylor College of Medicine - Baylor Clinic - Abdominal Transplant & Liver Disease Clinic Houston Texas 77030 —
Pioneer Research Solutions Inc - Houston - Stancliff Rd Houston Texas 77099 —
The Texas Liver Institute, Inc. San Antonio Texas 78215 —
Pinnacle Clinical Research San Antonio Texas 78229 —
Impact Research Institute Waco Texas 76710-2582 —
University of Utah Health Care - UUHC - Kidney & Liver Clinic Salt Lake City Utah 84132-0001 —
University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville Virginia 22908 —
Gastroenterology Associates of Fredericksburg Fredericksburg Virginia 22401-8425 —
Bon Secours Liver Institute of Virginia - Newport News Newport News Virginia 23602 —
Bon Secours Liver Institute of Virginia - Richmond Richmond Virginia 23226 —
Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center Richmond Virginia 23249-0001 —
Velocity Clinical Research, Spokane Spokane Washington 99202-3462 —

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

This page focuses on the U.S. directory. The official record also lists 75 non-U.S. sites.

About this trial record page

What this page shows
Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04365868, 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
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