A Study to Evaluate the Use of Resmetirom in Participants With MASLD and HIV
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Resmetirom, Placebo Control.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: MASLD - Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease, HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Trial of Resmetirom for the Treatment of Metabolic Dysfunction- Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) in People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Overview
The purpose of this research study is to test the safety and effectiveness of the study drug, resmetirom, in participants with MASLD and HIV. This is a research study to test a drug that is already on the market with a population that was not included in the original clinical trials. Participants will be people over age 18 with HIV who are on antiretroviral therapy and have been diagnosed with MASLD. Researchers will compare resmetirom to placebo (a look-alike substance that contains no drug) to see if resmetirom decreases the amount of fat in the liver. Participants will: * Complete 3 screening visits to determine eligibility. * Take resmetirom or placebo every day for 24 weeks if eligible. * Have 2 MRI scans to measure the amount of fat on the liver. One will be before treatment starts and one will be at the end of 24 weeks of treatment. * Attend 3 scheduled clinic visits while on treatment for bloodwork and safety assessments. * Participate in 3 phone calls while on treatment and one phone call 4 weeks after treatment is completed to check for safety and any health changes.
Interventions
- Drug Resmetirom
Resmetirom - 80mg or 100mg based on participant weight - Drug Placebo Control
Placebo - an identical looking tablet with no medicinal properties
Primary outcome measures
- Change from baseline in hepatic fat content at week 24 [Time frame: From baseline to the end of treatment at 24 weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Proportion of participants with reduction of at least 30% in hepatic fat content from baseline to week 24 [Time frame: Baseline to the end of treatment at week 24]
- Change from baseline in liver enzyme parameters, lipid profile and fasting glucose [Time frame: From baseline to end of treatment at week 24]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Adults (≥18 years of age) with documented HIV.
- Documented diagnosis of MASLD established by imaging (ultrasound, CT scan or MRI) or vibration-controlled transient elastography (VCTE) or liver biopsy within 12 months before screening.
- Hepatic fat fraction ≥8% by MRI-PDFF.
- Liver stiffness by VCTE ≥8 kPa and CAP≥263 dB/m
- HIV-1 RNA <200 copies/mL for ≥6 months on antiretroviral therapy (ART) (must have screening HIV-1 RNA value and one clinical care value within 6 months prior to screening and up to the randomization that meet the criteria).
- Stable ART regimen for ≥3 months prior to screening and stable up to the randomization and no active plans to change ART while on study.
- Willingness to participate in the study.
Exclusion criteria
- History of significant alcohol consumption (defined as >2 drinks/day on average for men, >1 drinks/day on average for women) for at least 3 consecutive months (12 consecutive weeks) within 5 year before screening
- History of other acute or chronic liver disease, including, but not limited to autoimmune, primary biliary cholangitis, Wilson's disease, alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency, hemochromatosis, hepatitis B virus (HBV), and ongoing or recent (within the past 3 years) hepatitis C RNA positivity.
- History of liver transplant.
- Liver biopsy or radiologic imaging consistent with the clinical presence of cirrhosis or portal hypertension at screening.
- Participants whose Visit 2 ALT, AST, or alkaline phosphatase (ALP) values exceed their Visit 1 values by more than 50%.
- Inability to undergo MRI testing
- Uncontrolled T2DM defined as glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) >9.5% at screening.
- Any of the following laboratory values at screening:
- ALT or AST >250 U/L.
- Total bilirubin (TBL) >1.5 mg/dL and direct bilirubin > 0.5 mg/dL (unless due to Gilbert's disease or atazanavir use, per the opinion of the site investigator).
- Platelet count <150,000/mm3.
- Estimated glomerular filtration rate (e-GFR) <60 mL/min/1.73m2 using the chronic kidney disease-epidemiology collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation
- International normalized ratio (INR) >1.3.
- Albumin < 3.6 g/dL
- Liver stiffness measurement (LSM) by VCTE > 20 kPa
- Further exclusion criteria apply
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Triple blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
United States · 10 centers
- University of Alabama Birmingham — Birmingham
- UC San Diego Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute — La Jolla
- University of California, San Francisco — San Francisco
- Atlantic Clinical Research Institute — West Palm Beach
- Indiana University — Indianapolis
- Johns Hopkins University — Baltimore
- Mt Sinai Health System — New York
- Duke University Medical Center — Durham
- … and 2 more centers
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07143968 · HCRN005