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Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis — trial records

Trial records in the Institute's register bearing on metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis.

Document identifier
CEI-IN-05/3
Series
Indication assessment
Version
1.0
Published
18 Jan 2025
Last reviewed
18 Jan 2025
Next review
18 Jan 2027
Identifier
10.71829/cei.ind.5
Certainty
Not rated
Cycle
2025 Q1
ICD-11
DB92.1
Category
Hepatic

§3Trials in this indication

22 trial records in the Institute's register bear on this indication, of which 5 are published trials.

Table 2. Trial records bearing on metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis.

RecordCompoundPhaseDesignRandomisedYear
ESSENCESemaglutidePhase 3Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled1,1972025
SURVO-PH2-MASHSurvodutidePhase 2Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled2952024
SYNERGY-NASHTirzepatidePhase 2Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled1902024
LIVERAGELiraglutidePhase 2Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled522016
TESA-NAFLD-PH2TesamorelinPhase 2Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled612019
ESSENCE-PKprogramme recordSemaglutidePhase 1Phase 1 ascending dose2025
SURVO-PH2-MASH-PKprogramme recordSurvodutidePhase 1Phase 1 ascending dose2024
SYNERGY-NASH-REGIONAL-CNprogramme recordTirzepatidePhase 3Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled2024
LIVERAGE-BIOMARKERprogramme recordLiraglutidePhase 2Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled2016
TESA-NAFLD-PH2-PKprogramme recordTesamorelinPhase 1Phase 1 ascending dose2019
ESSENCE-RENAL-IMPprogramme recordSemaglutidePhase 1Phase 1 ascending dose2025
SURVO-PH2-MASH-RENAL-IMPprogramme recordSurvodutidePhase 1Phase 1 ascending dose2024
SYNERGY-NASH-QOLprogramme recordTirzepatidePhase 2Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled2024
LIVERAGE-ADHERENCEprogramme recordLiraglutidePhase 2Observational2016
TESA-NAFLD-PH2-RENAL-IMPprogramme recordTesamorelinPhase 1Phase 1 ascending dose2019
SYNERGY-NASH-BODY-COMPprogramme recordTirzepatidePhase 2Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled2024
LIVERAGE-OLEprogramme recordLiraglutidePhase 2Single-arm open-label2016
TESA-NAFLD-PH2-HEPATIC-IMPprogramme recordTesamorelinPhase 1Phase 1 ascending dose2019
ESSENCE-DDIprogramme recordSemaglutidePhase 1Randomised crossover2025
LIVERAGE-ELDERLYprogramme recordLiraglutidePhase 2Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled2016
LIVERAGE-RENAL-IMPprogramme recordLiraglutidePhase 1Phase 1 ascending dose2016
TESA-NAFLD-PH2-BODY-COMPprogramme recordTesamorelinPhase 2Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled2019
This facet in the trial register.

References cited on this page

References are numbered in order of first citation in this document. Each superscript in the text links to its entry below.

  1. Wilding JPH, Batterham RL, Calanna S, Davies M, Van Gaal LF, Lingvay I, McGowan BM, Rosenstock J, Tran MTD, Wadden TA, Wharton S, Yokote K, Zeuthen N, Kushner RF. Once-weekly semaglutide in adults with overweight or obesity. New England Journal of Medicine 2021;384(11):989–1002. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2032183 · PMID 33567185

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