Efficacy and Safety of Recombinant Human FGF21-Fc Fusion Protein for Injection (TQA2225/AP025) in Adult Subjects With Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-75
SponsorChia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Nanjing Shunxin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

About this trial

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase II study,to evaluate the efficacy and safety of TQA2225/AP025 in Patients With Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Must be willing to participate in the study and provide written informed consent.

Male or female aged 18 ≤ age < 75 at the time of signing the informed consent.

Must have had prior liver biopsy within 180 days of randomization with fibrosis stage 1 to 3 and a NAS of ≥4 with at least a score of 1 in each of the lobular inflammation and ballooning degeneration.

Confirmation of ≥10% liver fat content on Magnetic resonance imaging-derived proton density fat fraction (MRI-PDFF).

Disqualifiers

Documented causes of chronic liver disease other than NASH

Type 1 diabetes or uncontrolled Type 2 diabetes defined as:Hemoglobin A1c ≥9% at screening,Fasting blood glucose≥13.9mmol/l

Uncontrolled hypertension at Screening (values ≥160/100 mm Hg)

History or presence of cirrhosis

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • TQA2225/AP025 or TQA2225/AP025 Placebo 25mg

    Drug

    To evaluate the efficacy and safety of TQA2225/AP025 (25mg) in patients with Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)

  • TQA2225/AP025 or TQA2225/AP025 Placebo 50mg

    Drug

    To evaluate the efficacy and safety of TQA2225/AP025 (50mg) in patients with Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)

Treatment groups

120 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: TQA2225/AP025 or TQA2225/AP025 Placebo 25mgExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: TQA2225/AP025 or TQA2225/AP025 Placebo 50mgExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

To determine the effect of 25 or 50mg TQA2225 vs matching placebo on liver biopsy (NASH CRN score) at Week 48 compared with Baseline

1. Proportion with resolution of NASH (ballooning 0, inflammation 0,1) associated with at least 2-point reduction in NAFLD Activity Score (NAS) without worsening of fibrosis stage OR 2. Proportion with at least a 1-point improvement in fibrosis stage with no worsening of NAS

Time frame
After week 48 of TQA2225/AP025 treatment

Secondary outcomes

1

Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)

Number and percentage of adverse events and serious adverse events

Time frame
Baseline to week 48

Other outcomes

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