Status:

WITHDRAWN

Ursodeoxycholic Acid And Cholestasis Of Pregnancy

Lead Sponsor:

University of Bologna

Conditions:

Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The study is a multicenter randomized double blind placebo controlled trial. The study will be conducted on pregnant women with a diagnosis of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) in third leve...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Pregnant state (after week 20 of gestation)
  • Total Serum BA elevation (\>10 micromol/l)
  • Transaminases elevation (ALT\>40 UI/L and AST\>37 UI/L)
  • Occurrence of pruritus
  • Informed consent signed

Exclusion

  • Infectious diseases (HBV, HDV, HCV related liver disease, EBV, CMV, HIV infection)
  • Dermatologic diseases
  • Metabolic diseases (including alcohol abuse)
  • Other causes of cholestasis (i.e. PBC; PSC)
  • Autoimmune liver disease
  • Obstructive biliary diseases
  • Drug related pathologies
  • Known or suspected hyper-sensibility to the drug or the pharmacological class under study
  • Serious clinical conditions that, according to the judgment of the investigator, contraindicate the participation to the study (heart, kidney and liver disease)
  • Use of cholestyramine
  • Patients not able or not willing to follow the procedures of the protocol
  • Patients not signing the informed consent
  • Onset of ICP during of after the 36th week of pregnancy

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01226823

Start Date

November 1 2010

End Date

November 1 2013

Last Update

May 12 2016

Active Locations (7)

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1

Divisione di Gastroenterologia, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza

San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy, 71013

2

Dept. of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padova

Padua, Italy, Italy, 34100

3

UOC Ostetricia e Ginecologia, Ospedale Maggiore

Bologna, Italy, 40100

4

S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital

Bologna, Italy, 40138