Investigational Dual PPAR Agonist, FXR Agonist With Fibrate, and Hyperlipidemia in People With PBC: Conference Coverage of AASLD

During the 2023 American Association of the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) conference, exciting and important results from many primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) clinical trials were reported, including 3 late-breaking studies on the PPAR-delta agonist seladelpar, the dual PPAR agonist elafibranor, and the combination of the FXR agonist obeticholic acid and a fibrate.

In this episode, Marlyn J. Mayo, MD, discusses topline results from several of these studies and more, including: 

• A phase III study of an investigational dual PPAR α/δ agonist (elafibranor) in people with PBC who did not respond to or were intolerant of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA)
• A study that evaluated the effectiveness and safety of second-line therapy in PBC where obeticholic acid with or without a fibrate was added to the treatment regimen of people with PBC with an incomplete response to UDCA
• A retrospective review of the rates of hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, and/or hepatic steatosis in patients with PBC

Presenter: 

Marlyn J. Mayo, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine
Division of Digestive & Liver Diseases
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

Link to commentary:
https://bit.ly/47PmGdc

Link to reviews of other PBC studies from AASLD 2023: 
https://bit.ly/3RvXXEI