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ArticleJournal of clinical and experimental hepatology

Ryohei Tanigawa, Rohit Loomba, Yuichiro Eguchi, Hirokazu Takahashi, Hideki Suganami, Masaya Tanahashi, Andrey Belous, Atsushi Nakajima

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Article in Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Ryohei TanigawaGlobal Clinical Development Department, Kowa Company Ltd., 4-14, 3-Chome, Nihonbashi-Honcho Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8433, Japan.
Rohit LoombaMASLD Research Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Yuichiro EguchiLoco Medical General Institute, 1-1178 Saga, Mikazukichokanada, Ogi, Saga 845-0032, Japan.
Hirokazu TakahashiDepartment of Hepatology, Division of Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, 1-1, 5-Chome, Nabeshima, Saga, Saga 849-8501, Japan.
Hideki SuganamiClinical Data Science Department, Kowa Company Ltd., 4-14, 3-Chome, Nihonbashi-Honcho Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8433, Japan.
Masaya TanahashiClinical Data Science Department, Kowa Company Ltd., 4-14, 3-Chome, Nihonbashi-Honcho Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8433, Japan.
Andrey BelousClinical Development, Kowa Pharmaceutical Development, Inc., 500 Boylston Street, 17th Floor, Boston, MA, 02116, USA.
Atsushi NakajimaDepartment of Gastroenterology, International University of Health and Welfare Atami Hospital, 13-1 Higashikaigancho, Atami, Shizuoka 413-0012, Japan.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background/Aims: Portal hypertension is a major complication in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). In the PEMA-FL (PEMAfibrate randomised placebo-controlled study in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) phase 2 trial, this Methods: This 72-week, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 study enrolled 118 patients with high-risk MASLD, randomized 1:1 to pemafibrate 0.4 mg/day or placebo. Platelet count, liver stiffness, and spleen volume were assessed at baseline and during follow-up. Percent changes and parameter associations were evaluated in an exploratory Results: Pemafibrate administration was associated with an early and sustained increase in platelet count during follow-up. Liver stiffness showed a gradual decline from week 24 in the pemafibrate group and stabilized after week 48. At week 72, spleen volume decreased in the pemafibrate group, whereas no reduction was observed in the placebo group. In patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), changes in platelet count, liver stiffness, and spleen volume were more pronounced than in those without MASH. At week 72, changes in spleen volume correlated positively with changes in liver stiffness and negatively with platelet count, with a stronger association observed for liver stiffness. In contrast, platelet count changes did not correlate with liver stiffness. Conclusion: In this exploratory

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metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)pemafibrateplatelet countportal hypertensionspleen volume

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PMID41953251
PMCPMC13054038

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