FXR Effect on Severe Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis (FRESH) Study

Exclusion Criteria26

• Participants taking products containing obeticholic acid in the 30 days prior to randomization
• Participants taking >2 doses of systemic corticosteroids within 30 days prior to randomization.
• Participants who have been inpatient at a referral hospital for >7 days prior to transfer.
• Pregnancy, planned pregnancy, potential for pregnancy (e.g., unwillingness to use effective birth control during the study), or current or planned breast feeding.
• Abstinence from alcohol consumption for >2 months before Day 1.
• AST or ALT >400 U/L.
• Cohort 1 through Cohort 4: mDF <32 or >70.
• Cohort 5 and Cohort 6: mDF <32
• Cohort 1 through Cohort 4: MELD score <18 or >25.
• Cohort 5 and Cohort 6: MELD <21 or >30
• Other causes of liver disease including chronic hepatitis B (hepatitis B surface antigen \[HBsAg\] positive), chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA positive, drug-induced liver injury (DILI), biliary obstruction, and autoimmune liver disease.
• Current or previous history of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
• History of liver transplantation or currently listed for liver transplant
• Untreated infection (e.g., has not initiated appropriate medical treatment for infection)
• Known positivity for human immunodeficiency virus infection
• Uncontrolled gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding or controlled GI bleeding that was associated with shock or required transfusion of more than 3 units of blood within 7 days of Screening.
• Kidney injury defined as a serum creatinine >133 μmol/L (>1.5 mg/dL) or the requirement for renal replacement therapy whether prior to or after study screening.
• Portal vein thrombosis
• Acute pancreatitis or acute gallbladder disease (e.g., cholecystitis)
• Severe, on-going associated disease (e.g., cardiac failure, acute myocardial infarction, severe cardiac arrhythmias, severe pulmonary disease, neurologic disease)
• Malignancy within the 2 years prior to Screening, with the exception of specific cancers that have been cured by surgical resection (e.g., basal cell skin cancer). Participants under evaluation for possible malignancy are not eligible.
• Positive urine drug screen (amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cocaine, and opiates) except tetrahydrocannabinol or in the setting of documented prescription medications (e.g., opiates, benzodiazepines, amphetamines, barbiturates), which also include medications prescribed as part of in-patient management. Participants being treated for alcohol withdrawal may be exempt for this reason, verify with Medical Monitor.
• Participated in a clinical research study and received any active investigational product being evaluated for the treatment of sAH within 3 months before Day 1
• Participation in a study of another investigational medicine or device within 30 days before Screening
• Any other condition or clinical laboratory result that, in the opinion of the Investigator, might confound the results, or would impede compliance or hinder completion of the study
• Participants treated in the Dose Escalation Phase (Cohort 1 through Cohort 4) are not eligible for enrollment into an Extension Cohort (Cohort 5 and Cohort 6), and participants treated in Cohort 5 are not eligible for enrollment into Cohort 6.