A Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of an Investigational Drug Named Volixibat in Patients With Itching Caused by Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)

Last updated: May 23, 2025
Sponsor: Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

2

Condition

Liver Disorders

Connective Tissue Diseases

Primary Biliary Cholangitis

Treatment

Volixibat

Placebo

Clinical Study ID

NCT04663308
VLX-301
2020-003027-41
2023-505764-11-00
  • Ages > 12
  • All Genders

Study Summary

The purpose of this clinical research study is to learn more about the use of the study medicine, volixibat, for the treatment of pruritus (itching) associated with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC), and to assess the possible impact on the disease progression of PSC.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Provide freely signed informed consent and assent (as applicable) and be willing tocomply with all study visits and requirements through end of study, including thefollow-up period.

  2. Subjects aged ≥12 years for eligible regions; otherwise ≥18 years

  3. Confirmed diagnosis of large duct or small duct PSC based on American Associationfor the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) guidelines.

  4. Pruritus associated with PSC as assessed by Adult ItchRO.

  5. Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) and anti-pruritic medication use will be allowed ifmeeting additional criteria.

  6. Concomitant Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is allowed if meeting additionalcriteria.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Pruritus associated with an etiology other than PSC

  2. Evidence or clinical suspicion of decompensated cirrhosis, or a history ofdecompensation events

  3. History of ileostomy or small bowel surgery/resection or other surgeries that mayhave disrupted the enterohepatic circulation

  4. Evidence, history, or suspicion of other liver disease; PSC patients with AIH arenot excluded.

  5. Bile duct stent or percutaneous bile duct drain placement, or balloon dilatationprocedure of a stricture within 12 weeks of Screening

  6. Exceeding pre-defined biochemical values for alanine aminotransferase/aspartateaminotransferase (ALT/AST), estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR),serumcreatinine (sCr), platelet count, international normalized ratio (INR) and totalbilirubin

  7. History of liver transplantation

Study Design

Total Participants: 200
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Volixibat
Phase: 2
Study Start date:
December 18, 2020
Estimated Completion Date:
December 31, 2025

Connect with a study center

  • Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

    Buenos Aires, C1199
    Argentina

    Active - Recruiting

  • Glenny Corp S.A.

    Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C1430
    Argentina

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hospital El Cruce

    Florencio Varela, B1888
    Argentina

    Active - Recruiting

  • Royal Adelaide Hospital

    Adelaide, 5000
    Australia

    Active - Recruiting

  • Northern Health

    Epping, VIC 3076
    Australia

    Active - Recruiting

  • Liverpool Hospital

    Liverpool, 2170
    Australia

    Active - Recruiting

  • Austin Health

    Melbourne, 3084
    Australia

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of the Sunshine Coast

    Sippy Downs, 4556
    Australia

    Active - Recruiting

  • Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc

    Brussels, 1200
    Belgium

    Active - Recruiting

  • Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen (UZA)

    Gent, 9000
    Belgium

    Active - Recruiting

  • University Hospital Ghent

    Gent, 9000
    Belgium

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hospital das Clinicas da UFMG

    Belo Horizonte, 30140-080
    Brazil

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hospital Das Clínicas Da Ufg

    Goiânia, 74535-170
    Brazil

    Active - Recruiting

  • Instituto Goiano de Gastroenterologia e Endoscopia Digestiva

    Goiânia, 74535-170
    Brazil

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

    Porto Alegre, 90035-903
    Brazil

    Active - Recruiting

  • Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saude Publica

    Salvador, 40290-000
    Brazil

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hospital do Rim e Hipertensao

    São Paulo, 04038-002
    Brazil

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2R3
    Canada

    Active - Recruiting

  • McMaster University Hospital

    Hamilton, Ontario L8L 0A4
    Canada

    Active - Recruiting

  • The Ottawa Hospital - General Campus

    Ottawa, Ontario
    Canada

    Terminated

  • University Health Network - Toronto General Hospital

    Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4
    Canada

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Calgary

    Calgary, T2N 4Z6
    Canada

    Active - Recruiting

  • London Health Sciences Centre University Hospital

    London, N6A 5A5
    Canada

    Active - Recruiting

  • McGill University Health Centre - Royal Victoria Hospital

    Montréal, H4A 3J1
    Canada

    Active - Recruiting

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes (CHU Grenoble Alpes)

    Grenoble, 38043
    France

    Active - Recruiting

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille

    Lille Cedex, 59037
    France

    Active - Recruiting

  • APHP-Hôpital Saint Antoine

    Paris Cedex 12, 75571
    France

    Active - Recruiting

  • CHU Bordeaux - Haut Lévêque

    Pessac, 33600
    France

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hannover Medical School

    Hannover, Lower Saxony 30625
    Germany

    Active - Recruiting

  • Universitaetsklinikum Bonn

    Bonn, Nordrhine-Westphalia 53127
    Germany

    Terminated

  • Charité Universtitätsmedizin - Campus Virchow-Klinikum

    Berlin, 13353
    Germany

    Active - Recruiting

  • Universitaetsklinikum Erlangen

    Erlangen, 91054
    Germany

    Terminated

  • Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Kiel

    Kiel, 24105
    Germany

    Terminated

  • Universitatsklinikum Leipzig

    Leipzig, 04103
    Germany

    Active - Recruiting

  • Otto-von-Guericke-Universitat Magdeburg

    Magdeburg, 39120
    Germany

    Active - Recruiting

  • University Hospital Tubingen Medical Clinic

    Tübingen, 72076
    Germany

    Active - Recruiting

  • St. Josefs-Hospital Wiesbaden

    Wiesbaden, 65189
    Germany

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

    Hadera, 38100
    Israel

    Active - Recruiting

  • Carmel Medical Center

    Haifa, 3434104
    Israel

    Active - Recruiting

  • Rambam Medical Center

    Haifa, 3109601
    Israel

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hadassah Medical Center - Ein Karem

    Jerusalem, 91120
    Israel

    Active - Recruiting

  • Shaare Zedek Medical Center

    Jerusalem, 9103102
    Israel

    Active - Recruiting

  • Galilee Medical Center

    Nahariyya, 2210001
    Israel

    Active - Recruiting

  • Rabin Medical Center

    Petach Tikva, 4941492
    Israel

    Terminated

  • Sheba Medical Center

    Ramat Gan, 52621
    Israel

    Active - Recruiting

  • Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

    Tel Aviv, 6423906
    Israel

    Terminated

  • Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna - Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi

    Bologna, 40138
    Italy

    Active - Recruiting

  • ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda

    Milan, 20162
    Italy

    Active - Recruiting

  • Fondazione IRCCS Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

    Milan, 20122
    Italy

    Active - Recruiting

  • Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori

    Monza, 20900
    Italy

    Active - Recruiting

  • A.O.U. Federico II

    Napoli, 80131
    Italy

    Active - Recruiting

  • Azienda Ospedale Universita Padova

    Padova, 35100
    Italy

    Active - Recruiting

  • Amsterdam UMC - VU Medisch Centrum (VUmc)

    Amsterdam, 1081 HV
    Netherlands

    Active - Recruiting

  • Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen

    Groningen, 9713 GZ
    Netherlands

    Active - Recruiting

  • Radboud University Medical Centre (MC)

    Nijmegen, 6525 GA
    Netherlands

    Active - Recruiting

  • Erasmus University Medical Center

    Rotterdam, 3015 GD
    Netherlands

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hospital Clinic Barcelona

    Barcelona, 08036
    Spain

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon

    Madrid, 28007
    Spain

    Active - Recruiting

  • University Hospital Zurich

    Zürich, 8091
    Switzerland

    Active - Recruiting

  • Royal Free Hospital

    London, Hampstead NW3 2QG
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • John Radcliffe Hospital

    Oxford, Headington OX3 9DU
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • Royal Victoria Hospital

    Belfast, BT12 6BA
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust - Wellcome Trust Birmingham Clinical Research Facility

    Birmingham, B15 2TH
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Addenbrooke's Hospital

    Cambridge, CB2 0QQ
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • Lothian NHS Board

    Edinburgh, EH164SA
    United Kingdom

    Terminated

  • St James' University Hospital Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

    Leeds, LS9 7TF
    United Kingdom

    Terminated

  • King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    London, SE5 9RS
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Royal Victoria Infirmary

    Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 4LP
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust

    Nottingham, NG7 2FT
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

    Southampton,
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • Southern California Research Center

    Coronado, California 92118
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Science 37, Inc (Remote-homebased Telemedicine)

    Culver City, California 90230
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Cedars Sinai Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California 90048
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of California, Davis

    Sacramento, California 95817
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute

    San Francisco, California 94109
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Colorado - Anschutz Medical Campus

    Aurora, Colorado 80045
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

    Washington, District of Columbia 20007
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Florida Research Institute

    Lakewood Ranch, Florida 34211
    United States

    Terminated

  • University of Miami - Schiff Center for Liver Diseases

    Miami, Florida 33136
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Tampa General Hospital

    Tampa, Florida 33606
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Indiana University School of Medicine University Hospital

    Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts 02215
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Henry Ford Hospital

    Detroit, Michigan 48202
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Mayo Clinic

    Rochester, Minnesota 55905
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Jackson Liver and GI Specialists

    Jackson, Mississippi 39216
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Southern Therapy and Advanced Research LLC

    Jackson, Mississippi 39216
    United States

    Terminated

  • Northwell Health

    Manhasset, New York 11030
    United States

    Terminated

  • Columbia University Irving Medical Center - Research Pharmacy

    New York, New York 10032
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Columbia University Medical Center - Presbyterian Hospital and Vanderbilt Clinic

    New York, New York 10032
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • New York University Langone Health

    New York, New York 10016
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Weill Cornell Medical College

    New York, New York 10021
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Rochester Medical Center

    Rochester, New York 14642
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Rochester Medical Center - Strong Memorial Hospital

    Rochester, New York 14642
    United States

    Terminated

  • Duke Health - Duke University Medical Center

    Durham, North Carolina 27710
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Science 37, Inc (Remote-homebased Telemedicine)

    Morrisville, North Carolina 27560
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Cleveland Clinic

    Cleveland, Ohio 44195
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Einstein Healthcare Network - Einstein Medical Center

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19141
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
    United States

    Terminated

  • Galen Medical Group

    Hixson, Tennessee 37343
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Nashville, Tennessee 37232
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • The Liver Institute At Methodist Dallas Medical Center

    Dallas, Texas 75203
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    Dallas, Texas 75390
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Houston Methodist Hospital

    Houston, Texas 77030
    United States

    Terminated

  • Liver Associates of Texas

    Houston, Texas 77030
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Utah Health Care

    Salt Lake City, Utah 84132
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

    Fairfax, Virginia 22031
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Bon Secours Liver Institution of Hampton Roads Mary Immaculate Hospital Office

    Newport News, Virginia 23603
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Richmond Community Hospital LLC

    Richmond, Virginia 23226
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Liver Institute Northwest

    Seattle, Washington 98105
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Washington - Harborview Medical Center

    Seattle, Washington 98104
    United States

    Terminated

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