A Clinical Study of Efinopegdutide in in Participants With Precirrhotic Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) (MK-6024-013)

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2025-12-05
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to learn how well efinopegdutide works compared to placebo in people who have non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Researchers will also learn about the safety and benefit of efinopegdutide and how well people tolerate the medicine. The main goal of the study is to compare how many people taking efinopegdutide or placebo stop showing evidence of NASH without liver scarring getting worse.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Histological confirmation of NASH, defined as NAFLD Activity Score (NAS) ≥4 with a score ≥1 point in each component (steatosis, ballooning, and lobular inflammation) AND NASH clinical research network (CRN) fibrosis score of Stage 2 or 3

• No history of Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with an A1C ≤9% OR a history of T2DM that is controlled by diet or stable doses of antihyperglycemic agents (AHAs)

• Participants in South Korea are eligible between the ages of 19 to 70 years of age (inclusive)

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of liver disease other than NASH

• History or evidence of cirrhosis

• History of pancreatitis

• History of Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), diabetic ketoacidosis, or diabetes secondary to pancreatectomy

• History of a bariatric surgical procedure ≤5 years before study entry, or a known clinically significant gastric emptying abnormality

• Major illnesses less than 6 months before starting the study.