Christopher Bowlus
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2025
Baseline Characteristics and Risk Profiles of 1111 Patients With Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) in Need of Second-Line Therapy
Hirschfield G, Kowdley K, Kremer A, Vierling J, Bowlus C, Levy C, Mayo M, Crittenden D, Standen M, Yang K, Choi Y, McWherter C. Baseline Characteristics and Risk Profiles of 1111 Patients With Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) in Need of Second-Line Therapy. Zeitschrift Für Gastroenterologie 2025, 63: e19-e19. DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1801043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInsufficient control of cholestatic pruritus in primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) with current therapies: baseline data from the ongoing Phase 3 GLISTEN (Global Linerixibat Itch STudy of Efficacy and safety iN PBC) trial
Hirschfield G, Bowlus C, Jones D, Kremer A, Mayo M, Tanaka A, Andreone P, Jia J, Jin Q, Macías-Rodríguez R, Cobitz A, Currie B, Gorey C, Kang G, Lazic I, Podmore D, Ribeiro A, Shannon J, Swift B, Hohenester S, Troke P, McLaughlin M, Levy C. Insufficient control of cholestatic pruritus in primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) with current therapies: baseline data from the ongoing Phase 3 GLISTEN (Global Linerixibat Itch STudy of Efficacy and safety iN PBC) trial. Zeitschrift Für Gastroenterologie 2025, 63: e17-e17. DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1801037.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
OP-1 LONG-TERM EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF OPEN-LABEL SELADELPAR TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY BILIARY CHOLANGITIS: INTERIM 2-YEAR RESULTS FROM THE ASSURE STUDY
Trivedi P, Levy C, Kowdley K, Gordon S, Bowlus C, Hurtado M, Hirschfield G, Gulamhusien A, Lawitz E, Villamil A, de Guevara Cetina A, Mayo M, Younes Z, Shibolet O, Yimam K, Pratt D, Heo J, Morgera U, Andreone P, Kremer A, Corpechot C, Goel A, Peyton A, Elbeshbeshy H, Crittenden D, Heusner C, Proehl S, Zhou S, McWherter C. OP-1 LONG-TERM EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF OPEN-LABEL SELADELPAR TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY BILIARY CHOLANGITIS: INTERIM 2-YEAR RESULTS FROM THE ASSURE STUDY. Annals Of Hepatology 2024, 29: 101599. DOI: 10.1016/j.aohep.2024.101599.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrimary biliary cholangitisCrossover patientsBiliary cholangitisBiochemical markers of cholestasisBiochemical markersMarkers of cholestasisPhase 3 trialLong-term efficacyNumerical rating scaleLong-term usePlacebo patientsOpen-labelMethods PatientsAdverse eventsComposite endpointSafety resultsSeladelparUrsodeoxycholic acidPlaceboPhase 3 responsePruritusPatientsEndpointAssurance studyCholangitisCorrection to COBALT: A Confirmatory Trial of Obeticholic Acid in Primary Biliary Cholangitis With Placebo and External Controls.
Kowdley K, Hirschfield G, Coombs C, Malecha E, Bessonova L, Li J, Rathnayaka N, Mells G, Jones D, Trivedi P, Hansen B, Smith R, Wason J, Hiu S, Kareithi D, Mason A, Bowlus C, Muller K, Carbone M, Berenguer M, Milkiewicz P, Adekunle F, Villamil A. Correction to COBALT: A Confirmatory Trial of Obeticholic Acid in Primary Biliary Cholangitis With Placebo and External Controls. The American Journal Of Gastroenterology 2024 PMID: 39621001, DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000003153.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrimary Biliary Cholangitis: personalizing second-line therapies.
Levy C, Bowlus C. Primary Biliary Cholangitis: personalizing second-line therapies. Hepatology 2024 PMID: 39707635, DOI: 10.1097/hep.0000000000001166.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrimary biliary cholangitisSecond-line agentsUrsodeoxycholic acidInadequate response to UDCAResponse to UDCADiagnosis of primary biliary cholangitisDisease progressionTreatment of primary biliary cholangitisRisk of disease progressionLong-term clinical outcomesProgression to biliary cirrhosisCohort study of patientsPeroxisome proliferator-activated receptor agonistsSecond-line therapyOff-label therapyAnti-mitochondrial antibodiesIntralobular bile ductsSymptoms of pruritusStudy of patientsBile acid physiologyDelay disease progressionSerum alkaline phosphataseMiddle-aged womenImprove cholestasisLiver biochemistryAnti-integrin αvβ6 autoantibodies are increased in PSC patients with concomitant IBD and correlate with liver disease severity
Bloemen H, Livanos A, Martins A, Dean R, Bravo A, Bourgonje A, Tankelevich M, Herb J, Cho J, Santos A, Rodrigues C, Petralia F, Colombel J, Bowlus C, Schiano T, Torres J, Levy C, Mehandru S. Anti-integrin αvβ6 autoantibodies are increased in PSC patients with concomitant IBD and correlate with liver disease severity. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2024 PMID: 39490950, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2024.10.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrimary sclerosing cholangitis patientsPrimary sclerosing cholangitisLiver disease severityConcomitant inflammatory bowel diseaseInflammatory bowel diseaseHealthy controlsEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assayDisease severityAssociated with liver disease severityUlcerative colitisAssociated with markers of systemic inflammationMayo PSC risk scoreMarkers of systemic inflammationMarkers of liver disease severityLiver stiffness measurementMultivariate linear regression analysisAlkaline phosphatase levelsAssociated with markersInflammatory bowel disease subtypePSC patientsSclerosing cholangitisInflammation panelSystemic inflammationPSC-UCPSC-IBDP21 Improvement in lipid profiles with elafibranor treatment in primary biliary cholangitis during the phase III ELATIVE® trial
Mayo M, Antunes N, Pedersen M, Tonev D, Shu J, Bowlus C, Kowdley K, Zein C, Levy C. P21 Improvement in lipid profiles with elafibranor treatment in primary biliary cholangitis during the phase III ELATIVE® trial. 2024, a22.2-a23. DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2024-basl.32.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchS178 Obeticholic Acid Normalizes Inflammatory Biomarkers in Patients With Primary Biliary Cholangitis
Foston T, Jones D, Bowlus C, Thranian A, Erickson M, Li J, Gasink C, Gish R. S178 Obeticholic Acid Normalizes Inflammatory Biomarkers in Patients With Primary Biliary Cholangitis. The American Journal Of Gastroenterology 2024, 119: s129-s129. DOI: 10.14309/01.ajg.0001029080.26092.00.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchS1881 Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Open-Label Seladelpar Treatment in Patients With Primary Biliary Cholangitis: Interim Results for 2 Years From the ASSURE Study
Trivedi P, Levy C, Kowdley K, Gordon S, Bowlus C, Hurtado M, Hirschfield G, Gulamhusien A, Lawitz E, Villamil A, de Guevara Cetina A, Mayo M, Younes Z, Shibolet O, Yimam K, Pratt D, Heo J, Morgera U, Andreone P, Kremer A, Corpechot C, Goel A, Peyton A, Elbeshbeshy H, Crittenden D, Heusner C, Proehl S, Zhou S, McWherter C. S1881 Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Open-Label Seladelpar Treatment in Patients With Primary Biliary Cholangitis: Interim Results for 2 Years From the ASSURE Study. The American Journal Of Gastroenterology 2024, 119: s1351-s1352. DOI: 10.14309/01.ajg.0001036892.89042.29.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFecal deoxycholic acid associates with diet, intestinal microbes, and total bilirubin in primary sclerosing cholangitis
Chan C, Lemos M, Finnegan P, Gagnon W, Dean R, Yazdanafar M, Zepeda J, Vohl M, Trauner M, Korzenik J, Barbier O, Marco M, Bowlus C. Fecal deoxycholic acid associates with diet, intestinal microbes, and total bilirubin in primary sclerosing cholangitis. JHEP Reports 2024, 6: 101188. PMID: 39624235, PMCID: PMC11609371, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhepr.2024.101188.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrimary sclerosing cholangitisMarkers of BA synthesisFecal deoxycholic acidInflammatory bowel diseaseCholestatic liver diseaseFarnesoid X receptorFarnesoid X receptor activationSclerosing cholangitisDisease progressionFecal bile acidsTotal bilirubinDuct primary sclerosing cholangitisBile acidsLiver diseaseMarker of clinical outcomeBA synthesisChronic cholestatic liver diseaseRRNA gene sequencesUrsodeoxycholic acid useDeoxycholic acidAbundance of BlautiaMarkers of disease progressionVariable disease progressionAssociated with total bilirubinSerum total bilirubin