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IQIRVO® (elafibranor) therapeutic indication1

IQIRVO is indicated for the treatment of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) in combination with ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) in adults with an inadequate response to UDCA, or as monotherapy in adults unable to tolerate UDCA.1

IQIRVO ELATIVE trial

Efficacy

The IQIRVO effect: now you can offer 13x more patients a cholestasis response with IQIRVO + UDCA vs treatment with placebo + UDCA*1,2

Cholestasis response was analysed across patient subgroups3

The cholestasis response of IQIRVO + UDCA was observed across subgroups irrespective of age, pruritus symptoms, ALP level and advanced disease stage*†3

ALP reduction and normalisation¶1,2

ALP reduction from baseline in just 4 weeks –sustained through to 52 weeks†1,2

ALP normalisation was achieved with 15% of patients treated with IQIRVO + UDCA vs Placebo + UDCA†1,2

Mean reduction to achieve ALP normalisation with IQIRVO + UDCA was 218 U/L1,2

Mean baseline ALP: 322 U/L1,2
ULN definition: 104 U/L for women 154/161 (96%)# participants1

IQIRVO: Impact of pruritus on patients’ quality of life¶1,2

IQRIVO + UDCA demonstrated an observed mean change in pruritus from baseline through Week 52 and Week 24 as measured by PBC WI-NRS in those with moderate-to-severe pruritus at baseline when compared to placebo + UDCA (this result was non-significant)**1,2

IQIRVO + UDCA reduced the impact of pruritus on QoL vs placebo + UDCA as measured by the PBC-40 itch domain and 5-D itch scale**1,2

The PBC-40 is a patient-derived, disease specific QoL measure developed and validated for use in PBC4

The 5-D Itch scale is a measure of itching that has been validated in patients with chronic pruritus5

BASELINE ALP SUBGROUP ANALYSIS

Cholestasis response was achieved in 71% of patients with ALP ≤3 x ULN and 21% of patients with ALP >3x ULN at baseline*6

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Footnotes

*Cholestasis response is defined in the trial as ALP <1.67 x ULN, and ALP decrease ≥15% and TB ≤ULN at 52 weeks.1
Patients either received IQIRVO on a background of UDCA (102/108, 94%) or received UDCA plus a placebo (51/53, 96%).1
Defined as liver stiffness at baseline >10.0 kPa and/or bridging fibrosis or cirrhosis on histology.3
§Risk difference corresponds to difference (%) in response (IQIRVO + UDCA vs placebo + UDCA). If the subgroup at baseline included fewer than 20 patients across treatment groups or fewer than 5 patients for a treatment group, the subgroup was omitted.3
Key secondary endpoints (normalisation of ALP at Week 52, and the change from baseline in the WI-NRS score through Week 52 and through Week 24) were assessed with the use of a pre-specified fixed sequence testing approach, at a two-sided alpha of 0.05, until a non-significant result was encountered. Other secondary endpoints are reported as point estimates and 95% confidence intervals, which were not adjusted for multiple testing.1
#Percent of the study population.1
**In patients with moderate-to-severe pruritus (defined as PBC WI-NRS Score ≥4).1
††Nominal p value.

Abbreviations

ALP, alkaline phosphatase; CI, confidence interval; kPa, kilopascals; LLN, lower limit of normal; mg, milligram; PBC WI-NRS, primary biliary cholangitis worst itch numeric rating scale; QoL, quality of life; TB, total bilirubin; UDCA, ursodeoxycholic acid; upper limit of normal; U/L, units per litre.

References

  1. Kowdley KV et al. N Engl J Med. 2024;390(9):795–805.
  2. IQIRVO® (elafibranor) Summary of product characteristics (SmPC). 2024.
  3. Kowdley KV et al. Supplement to: N Engl J Med. 2024;390(9):795–805.
  4. Jacoby A et al. Gut. 2005;54(11):1622–1629.
  5. Elmen S et al. Br J Dermatol 2010;162:587–59.
  6. Ipsen Data on File ELA-ALL-000985.