2024
Patient-focused drug development in primary sclerosing cholangitis: Insights on patient priorities and involvement in clinical trials
Li M, Pai R, Gomel R, Vyas M, Callif S, Hatchett J, Bowlus C, Lai J. Patient-focused drug development in primary sclerosing cholangitis: Insights on patient priorities and involvement in clinical trials. Hepatology Communications 2024, 8: e0433. PMID: 38727680, PMCID: PMC11093571, DOI: 10.1097/hc9.0000000000000433.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary sclerosing cholangitisClinical trialsSclerosing cholangitisDrug trialsTrial participantsMultivariate logistic regressionAssociated with willingnessInflammatory bowel diseaseLong-term riskReferral of patientsDrug developmentTherapy trialsDisease progressionTrial interestBowel diseasePatient-focused drug developmentTreatment trialsPatientsBiopsy requirementsPruritusPatient interestPredictors of patients' willingnessLogistic regressionCholangitisPatients' willingness
2023
Seladelpar treatment reduces IL-31 and pruritus in patients with primary biliary cholangitis
Kremer A, Mayo M, Hirschfield G, Levy C, Bowlus C, Jones D, Johnson J, McWherter C, Choi Y. Seladelpar treatment reduces IL-31 and pruritus in patients with primary biliary cholangitis. Hepatology 2023, 80: 27-37. PMID: 38117036, PMCID: PMC11191048, DOI: 10.1097/hep.0000000000000728.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnti-pruritic effectsIL-31 levelsPrimary biliary cholangitisBile acid levelsIL-31PBC patientsBile acidsPruritus improvementBiliary cholangitisInterleukin-31Acid levelsIL-31 signalingSerum IL-31Pruritic skin diseaseDaily oral dosesSerum bile acidsNumerical rating scaleTotal bile acidsDose-dependent reductionPPAR-delta agonistOral dosesENHANCE studyPruritusHealthy volunteersPatients