此前,该药物曾在美国进行的一项2期临床研究中接受检验,该研究名为EVIDENCES IV,是一项随机,双盲,含安慰剂对照组的研究,共有106名患者参与。该试验的主要研究终点是在第16周时,与安慰剂组相比,接受saroglitazar magnesium治疗患者的肝脏丙氨酸转氨酶(ALT)水平较基线时的变化。试验的次要终点包括通过无创核磁共振质子密度脂肪分数(MRI-PDFF)测量的肝脂肪含量变化等多项指标。试验结果表明,与安慰剂组相比,saroglitazar magnesium使患者的ALT水平下降了44.39%。此外,通过MRI-PDFF定量评估患者的肝脂肪含量也达到了统计学意义上的显著降低。
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