Featured Studies & Research Sites

A hand-picked selection of noteworthy clinical studies and active research sites — curated by our team and updated regularly.

Featured Studies

Actively recruiting studies our team thinks deserve a closer look — with a note on why each one made the list.

Phase 3 (Comparison)NCT06632444

LIVERAGE™: A Study to Test Whether Survodutide Helps People With a Liver Disease Called NASH/MASH Who Have Moderate or Advanced Liver Fibrosis

Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatohepatitis (MASH), Liver Fibrosis

Why we featured this

A Phase 3 study testing survodutide for MASH (fatty liver disease) with fibrosis — one of the most watched liver-disease programs, recruiting locally at OM Research in Lancaster and at sites nationwide.

525 locations in Alabama, Arizona, California +39 more statesAccepting PatientsAges 18+ · All sexes

About This Study

This study is open to adults who are at least 18 years old living with obesity and have: * a confirmed liver disease called non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)/metabolic associated steatohepatitis (MASH) and * moderate or advanced liver fibrosis People with a history of acute or chronic liver diseases other than MASH or chronic alcohol intake cannot take part in this study. The purpose of this study is to find out whether a medicine called survodutide helps people with MASH and moderate or advanced liver fibrosis improve their liver function. This study has 2 parts. The purpose of the first part of this study is to find out the effect of survodutide on MASH and liver fibrosis. The purpose of the second part is to find out how safe and effective survodutide is in improving liver function. Participants are put into 2 groups randomly, which means by chance. 1 group gets survodutide and 1 group gets placebo. Placebo looks like survodutide but does not contain any medicine. Each participant has twice the chance of getting survodutide. Participants and doctors do not know who is in which group. Participants inject survodutide or placebo under their skin once a week. The survodutide doses are slowly increased until the target dose is reached. All participants receive counselling to make changes to their diet and to exercise regularly. Participants are in the study for up to 7 years. During this time, they regularly visit the study site or have remote visits by video call. For about the first year of the study, participants have these visits every 2 weeks, increasing to every 4 weeks and then every 6 weeks. After being in the study for a little over a year participants will then alternate between visiting the study site or having a remote visit every 3 months until the end of the study. The doctors check participants' health and take note of any unwanted effects. The participants' body weight and effects on the stomach and intestines are regularly measured. At some visits the liver is measured using different imaging methods. At 2 or 3 visits doctors take a small sample of liver tissue (biopsy). The participants also fill in questionnaires about their symptoms and quality of life. The results are compared between the groups to see whether the treatment works.

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Featured Research Sites

Research facilities our team is watching — with the studies each one is recruiting for right now, straight from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry.

Registry Site

OM Research Group

Lancaster, California

18 studies recruiting now

Why we featured this

An independent research group in Lancaster, in the Antelope Valley, with a deep gastroenterology and metabolic-disease program — recruiting now for studies in MASH, celiac disease, IBS, and ulcerative colitis.

Registry Site

Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA)

Los Angeles, California

129 studies recruiting now

Why we featured this

One of the nation's leading pediatric research hospitals, with actively recruiting studies spanning childhood cancers, cardiology, endocrinology, and rare disease.

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