Inventiva Revises Phase III NASH Plans For Broader Indication

While plans to obtain accelerated approval of lanifibranor remain unchanged, Inventiva now plans to conduct the confirmatory Phase III in cirrhotic patients, meaning a shorter trial duration and possibly broader label.

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Inventiva's revised Phase III NASH plans involve testing drug in cirrhotic patients • Source: Shutterstock

Inventiva S.A. has restructured its pivotal Phase III program for lanifibranor in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) so that a planned confirmatory study to support full approval will be shorter in duration and require only two liver biopsies for patients, rather than the previously planned three.

Lanifibranor is a pan-PPAR agonist that demonstrated the ability in a Phase IIb study to reduce fibrosis, resolve NASH and...

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