Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of K-808 (Pemafibrate) in Participants With Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) With Inadequate Response to Ursodeoxycholic Acid (UDCA) and/or Obeticholic Acid (OCA) Treatment.

Last updated: September 9, 2025
Sponsor: Kowa Research Institute, Inc.
Overall Status: Active - Not Recruiting

Phase

2

Condition

Liver Disorders

Liver Disease

Primary Biliary Cholangitis

Treatment

Placebo

K-808 (Dose A)

K-808 (Dose B)

Clinical Study ID

NCT06247735
K-808-2.01
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

Study to investigate the efficacy and safety of two doses of K-808 (pemafribate) in subjects with PBC.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male or female participant who has a PBC diagnosis as demonstrated by the presenceof ≥2 of the following three diagnostic criteria:

  • History of ALP above ULN for at least 6 months

  • History of positive antimitochondrial antibody (AMA) titer or positivePBC-specific antinuclear antibody (ANA) titer

  • Historical liver biopsy consistent with PBC

  • Participant has the following qualifying biochemistry value at Screening:

  • ALP ≥1.5 × ULN

  • Participant is ≥18 years of age at consent.

  • Participant meets all other eligibility criteria outlined in the Clinical StudyProtocol.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Participant meets any one of the following criteria at Screening:

  • ALP>10 × ULN

  • ALT or AST >5 × ULN

  • Hepatitis C treatment within 5 years of Screening, or active hepatitis C asdefined by positive hepatitis C antibody with the presence of hepatitis C virusribonucleic acid; subjects with active hepatitis B (HBV) infection (hepatitis Bsurface antigen [HbsAg] positive) will be excluded. A subject with resolvedhepatitis A at least 3 months prior to the Screening Visit can be screened.

  • Primary sclerosing cholangitis and secondary sclerosing cholangitis (eg, due tocholangiolithiasis, ischemia, telangiectasia, vasculitis, infectious diseases)

  • Alcoholic liver disease

  • History of definite autoimmune hepatitis or PBC/autoimmune hepatitis overlap,defined as both of the following: 1) IgG >2 × ULN and/or positive anti-smoothmuscle antibodies, 2) liver histology revealing moderate or severe periportalor periseptal inflammation

  • Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)

  • Gilbert's Syndrome

  • Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, cystic fibrosis, Wilson's disease,hemochromatosis based on historically established diagnosis

  • Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) as defined by typical exposure and history

  • Known condition that involves bile duct obstruction or cholestasis other thanPBC, eg, vascular diseases (eg, Budd-Chiari syndrome, sinusoidal obstructionsyndrome, congestive hepatopathy), congenital conditions (ductal platemalformations, Caroli syndrome, congenital liver fibrosis), idiopathicductopenia

  • Hepatocellular carcinoma

  • Participant meets any other exclusion criteria outlined in the Clinical StudyProtocol.

Study Design

Total Participants: 46
Treatment Group(s): 3
Primary Treatment: Placebo
Phase: 2
Study Start date:
February 07, 2024
Estimated Completion Date:
June 30, 2026

Connect with a study center

  • (G.I,R,I) GI Research Institute

    Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 2K5
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • (G.I,R,I) GI Research Institute

    Vancouver 6173331, British Columbia 5909050 V6Z 2K5
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Office of Dr. Gauthier

    North Bay, Ontario P1B 2H3
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Toronto General Hospital

    Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Office of Dr. Gauthier

    North Bay 6089426, Ontario 6093943 P1B 2H3
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Toronto General Hospital

    Toronto 6167865, Ontario 6093943 M5G 2C4
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM)

    Montreal, Quebec H2X 0A9
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM)

    Montreal 6077243, Quebec 6115047 H2X 0A9
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • 306

    Fukui,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • 306

    Fukui 1863986,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • 313

    Fukuoka,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • 313

    Fukuoka 1863967,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • 305

    Hamamatsu,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • 305

    Hamamatsu 1863289,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • 308

    Hirakata,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • 308

    Hirakata 1862540,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • 309

    Hiroshima,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • 309

    Hiroshima 1862415,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • 304

    Isehara,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • 304

    Isehara 1861449,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • 303

    Itabashi-ku,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • 312

    Kanazawa,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • 312

    Kanazawa 1860243,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • 307

    Matsumoto,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • 307

    Matsumoto 1857519,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • 311

    Omura,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • 302

    Sapporo,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • Teine Keijinkai Hospital

    Sapporo,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • 302

    Sapporo 2128295,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • Teine Keijinkai Hospital

    Sapporo 2128295,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • 314

    Yokohama,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • 314

    Yokohama 1848354,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • 311

    Ōmura 1854093,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • UA Thomas D. Boyer Liver Institute

    Tucson, Arizona 85724
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • UA Thomas D. Boyer Liver Institute

    Tucson 5318313, Arizona 5551752 85724
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Southern California Research Center - Coronado

    Coronado, California 92118
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California 90048
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Velocity Clinical Research

    Santa Ana, California 92704
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Southern California Research Center - Coronado

    Coronado 5339663, California 5332921 92118
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Los Angeles 5368361, California 5332921 90048
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Velocity Clinical Research

    Santa Ana 5392900, California 5332921 92704
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Peak Gastroenterology Associates Colorado Springs

    Colorado Springs, Colorado 80921
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Peak Gastroenterology Associates Colorado Springs

    Colorado Springs 5417598, Colorado 5417618 80921
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Florida Hepatology Research at CTRB

    Gainesville, Florida 32610
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Florida Research Institute

    Lakewood Ranch, Florida 34211
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

    Miami, Florida 33136
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Florida Hepatology Research at CTRB

    Gainesville 4156404, Florida 4155751 32610
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Florida Research Institute

    Lakewood Rch 7255365, Florida 4155751 34211
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

    Miami 4164138, Florida 4155751 33136
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Springfield Clinic

    Springfield, Illinois 62702
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Springfield Clinic

    Springfield 4250542, Illinois 4896861 62702
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Mercy Medical Center - Mcauley Plaza

    Baltimore, Maryland 21202
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Mercy Medical Center - Mcauley Plaza

    Baltimore 4347778, Maryland 4361885 21202
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • CommonSpirit Health Research Institute

    Omaha, Nebraska 68124
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • CommonSpirit Health Research Institute

    Omaha 5074472, Nebraska 5073708 68124
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • New York University Hepatology Associates

    New York, New York 10016
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • New York University Hepatology Associates

    New York 5128581, New York 5128638 10016
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

    Winston-Salem 4499612, North Carolina 4482348 27157
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Cincinnati

    Cincinnati, Ohio 45267
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Cincinnati

    Cincinnati 4508722, Ohio 5165418 45267
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Einstein Medical Center

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19141
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Einstein Medical Center

    Philadelphia 4560349, Pennsylvania 6254927 19141
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Rapid City Medical Center

    Rapid City, South Dakota 57701
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Rapid City Medical Center

    Rapid City 5768233, South Dakota 5769223 57701
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Vanderbilt Digestive Disease Center

    Nashville, Tennessee 37232
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Vanderbilt Digestive Disease Center

    Nashville 4644585, Tennessee 4662168 37232
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Pioneer Research Solutions

    Houston, Texas 77099
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Pioneer Research Solutions

    Houston 4699066, Texas 4736286 77099
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • UVA Health - University of Virginia Health System

    Charlottesville, Virginia 22908
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Gastrointestinal and Liver Specialists of Tidewater - Digestive and Liver Disease Specialists

    Norfolk, Virginia 23502
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • UVA Health - University of Virginia Health System

    Charlottesville 4752031, Virginia 6254928 22908
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Gastrointestinal and Liver Specialists of Tidewater - Digestive and Liver Disease Specialists

    Norfolk 4776222, Virginia 6254928 23502
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Liver Institute Northwest

    Seattle, Washington 98105
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Liver Institute Northwest

    Seattle 5809844, Washington 5815135 98105
    United States

    Site Not Available

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