Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 4:54 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 4:54 PM
NCT ID:
NCT06975150
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Male or female subjects aged ≥ 18 years.
* Subjects and their sexual partner(s) who do not plan to become pregnant and agree to use at least one effective, appropriate contraceptive method (defined below) during the study period and up to 30 days after the last dosing of study drug
* Contraception method: 1) hormonal contraceptives, 2) intrauterine contraceptive device or implantation of intrauterine system, 3) double-barrier method (combined use of spermicides and condoms, diaphragm, contraceptive sponge, or FemCap), or 4) sterilization (e.g., vasectomy, tubal ligation)
* Women who are post-menopausal (have amenorrhea for 12 months or over 6 weeks after bilateral oophorectomy) and unlikely to become pregnant
2. Subjects who have a diagnosis of PSC:
* Serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP) of \> 2.0 x upper limit of normal (ULN) at screening
* Subjects who have sclerosing cholangitis due to multifocal bile duct in magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) or endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) within 6 months from screening
3. Subjects who are able to understand information provided directly or via his/her representative and to give voluntary, written consent to participate in the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Subjects with an average alcohol intake of more than 20g per day within 2 years prior to screening.
2. Subjects who have a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes or uncontrolled type 2 diabetes (HbA1c ≥ 9%) prior to screening.
3. Subjects who have chronic liver diseases other than PSC: non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, viral chronic hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease, primary biliary liver cholangitis, biliary obstruction, autoimmune hepatitis, hemoglobin deposition, Wilson's disease, α-1 antitrypsin deficiency, etc.
4. Subjects who have a diagnosis of primary biliary cholangitis or secondary sclerosing cholangitis in MRCP or ERCP prior to screening.
5. Subjects who have obstacles to MRCP implementation (e.g., cardiac pacemakers, clipped cerebral aneurysms, metallic foreign objects in the eyeball, claustrophobia).
6. Subjects who have ALT or AST \> 5 x ULN.
7. Subjects who have serum creatinine ≥ 2 mg/dl.
8. Subjects who are deemed unsuitable for participation in the study at Screening, at the discretion of the investigator, due to the following: cirrhosis, severe metabolic disease, severe renal failure, severe lung disease, severe neuro/psychiatric disease, muscle disease, etc.
9. Subjects who have any clinically significant cardiovascular diseases.
10. Subjects who have uncontrolled thyroid diseases including hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism. However, subjects who have been stably managed with thyroid disease treatment for at least 6 months prior to Screening may be included at the discretion of the investigator.
11. Subjects who have a history of immune diseases: autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura, systemic lupus erythematosus, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, severe psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, etc. However, at the discretion of the investigator, patients with atopic dermatitis that is mild or can be stably managed with topical atopic dermatitis treatment may be included.
12. Subjects who had bariatric surgery within 6 months prior to screening.
13. Subjects who have undergone or are planned for liver transplantation or with current model of end stage liver disease (MELD).
14. Subjects who have positive results at the Screening visit for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), or hepatitis C virus (HCV).
15. Subjects who have a history of chronic infections or have severe or life-threatening infections, or symptoms that may be considered related to infections (e.g., fever, cough). However, subjects with mild-to-moderate inflammatory bowel diseases (e.g., ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease) who can be stably managed with 5-aminosalicylic acid, azathioprine or topical steroids may be included at the discretion of the investigator. Subjects on biologics (e.g. infliximab, adalimumab, vedolizumab, ustekinumab) or JAK inhibitors (e.g. tofacitinib) for IBD treatment are allowed if the dose has been stable for at least 12 weeks before Screening and is expected to remain stable throughout the study.
16. Subjects with evidence of an active infection during the screening period.
17. Subjects diagnosed with a malignant tumor without complete cure within 5 years prior to screening.
18. Subjects whose medication history includes any of the following drugs, within a period of 5 times the half-life of the respective drug prior to screening:
* Therapeutics agents for steatohepatitis: thiazolidinediones, high-dose vitamin E (800 IU/day), pentoxifylline
* Medications possibly related to PSC: high-dose ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA; doses smaller than 28 mg/kg/day may be permitted if administered stably without change in dosage from 3 months prior to screening), immunosuppressants, obeticholic acid (OCA), budesonide, docosahexaenoic acid, methotrexate, metronidazole, minocycline, mycophenolate mofetil, nicotine, pentoxifylline, pirfenidone, prednisolone, systemic glucocorticoids, tacrolimus (If a patient is on any of the following medications and/or supplements, he or she can participate only expected to remain on the same daily dose through the treatment period: UDCA, vancomycin, azathioprine, prednisone \[or an equivalent steroid compound\]).
19. Subjects who administered herbal medicine or folk remedies to improve fatty liver disease within 2 weeks prior screening.
20. Subjects who have a history of alcohol or drug abuse within 5 years prior to screening.
21. Subjects who have a hypersensitivity to any excipients of the study drug.
22. Subjects who participated in another drug trial within 30 days prior to screening.
23. Subjects who are considered inappropriate to participate in clinical trials at the discretion of the investigator.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT06975150
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT06975150