Clinical trial NCT00576667: An Efficacy and Safety Study of Rimonabant for Treatment of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) in Patients Without Diabetes
Official title: A Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Parallel Group Study of Rimonabant 20 mg Daily for the Treatment of Non-diabetic Patients With Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: TERMINATED
Phase: PHASE3
Conditions: Fatty Liver
Keywords: NASH
chronic liver disease
Lead sponsor: Sanofi
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
First posted: 2007-12-19
Enrollment: 165
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of Rimonabant treatment on the histological features of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH).

Detailed description: The total duration per patient will be approximately 28 months including a 24-month double-blind treatment period.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients with diagnosis of NASH

Exclusion Criteria:

* Excessive alcohol use
* Presence of diabetes mellitus
* Other chronic liver disease
* Previous or current hepatocellular carcinoma
* Use of medication known to cause steatosis
* Previous bariatric surgery
* Pregnancy or breastfeeding
* Presence of any severe medical or psychological condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would compromise the patient's safe participation including uncontrolled serious psychiatric illness such a major depression within the last 2 years, and history of other severe psychiatric disorders.

The above information is not intended to contain all considerations relevant to a patient's potential participation in a clinical trial.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Mean change per year in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease [NAFLD] Activity Score (NAS)
timeFrame: Baseline to 24 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline in hepatic fibrosis score
timeFrame: Baseline to 24 months
measure: Change from baseline in serum hyaluronate (HA)
timeFrame: Baseline to 24 months
measure: Change from baseline in hepatic transaminases (AST/ALT)
timeFrame: Baseline to 24 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Bridgewater
country: United States
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
state: New Jersey
city: Buenos Aires
country: Argentina
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Cove
country: Australia
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
state: New South Wales
city: Diegem
country: Belgium
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Sao Paulo
country: Brazil
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Santiago
country: Chile
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Shangai
country: China
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Santafe de Bogota
country: Colombia
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Zagreb
country: Croatia
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Paris
country: France
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Berlin
country: Germany
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Budapest
country: Hungary
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Milan
country: Italy
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Kuala Lumpur
country: Malaysia
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Mexico
country: Mexico
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Makati City
country: Philippines
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Warszawa
country: Poland
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Porto Salvo
country: Portugal
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Puerto Rico
country: Puerto Rico
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Bucuresti
country: Romania
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Barcelona
country: Spain
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Geneva
country: Switzerland
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Taipei
country: Taiwan
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
city: Guildford
country: United Kingdom
facility: Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
state: Surrey
Study officials:
affiliation: Sanofi
name: ICD CSD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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