Selected FXR Agonist PBC Studies: Conference Coverage of AASLD

During the 2023 American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases conference, exciting and important results from many primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) clinical trials were reported, including 3 late-breaking studies on the PPAR-δ agonist seladelpar, the dual PPAR agonist elafibranor, and the combination of the FXR agonist obeticholic acid and a fibrate.In this episode, Kris V. Kowdley MD, FAASLD, FACP, FACG, discusses topline results from several of these studies and more, including: A combination of 3 studies—HEROES, COBALT, and COBALT EC—that evaluated the real-world effectiveness and safety of second-line therapy in PBC where OCA was added to the treatment regimen of people with PBC with an incomplete response to ursodeoxycholic acid Lessons learned from a long-term outcomes study of people with PBCResults from 2 phase II studies of obeticholic acid plus bezafibrate in people with PBC who did not respond to or were intolerant of ursodeoxycholic acidPresenter:Kris V. Kowdley MD, FAASLD, FACP, FACGProfessor, Elson S. Floyd College of MedicineWashington State UniversityDirector, Liver Institute NorthwestSeattle, Washington      Link to reviews of other PBC studies from AASLD 2023: https://bit.ly/3RvXXEI