Management of primary biliary cholangitis prior to obeticholic acid availability

Minerva medica
Marilena DurazzoRinaldo Pellicano

Abstract

Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is an autoimmune cholestatic liver disease with unknown etiology. The prognosis of patients affected by PBC is heterogeneous, with a relevant improvement achieved after the introduction of ursodeoxycolic acid (UDCA). Since in the last years obeticholic acid (OCA) has been approved for the combined treatment of PBC, in patient non-responders to UDCA or as monotherapy in those intolerant to UDCA, we evaluated the response to UDCA in a cohort of patients with PBC managed in a specialistic setting. We included 38 UCDA-treated non-cirrhotic, early-PBC patients. Data were retrieved from documents compiled during the annual follow-up. The response to therapy was assessed comparing the parameters of our cohort with the inclusion criteria of the POISE Trial and the Paris I and Paris II criteria. The cohort included 34/38 female patients and the average age was 65.34±10.69 years. Over 50% of the patients were affected by at least one disease associated to PBC. Using the POISE criteria and the Paris I and Paris II criteria, we identified 5, 2 and 5 non-responders, respectively. All patients with severe fibrosis had a biochemical response to UDCA according to the three different criteria applied. No side e...Continue Reading

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