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Obeticholic Acid for Primary Biliary Cholangitis

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Floreani, Annarosa, Gabbia, Daniela, De Martin, Sara·2022·Biomedicines

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Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a rare autoimmune cholestatic liver disease that may progress to fibrosis and/or cirrhosis. Treatment options are currently limited. The first-line therapy for this disease is the drug ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), which has been proven to normalize serum markers of liver dysfunction, halt histologic disease progression, and lead to a prolongation of transplant-free survival. However, 30–40% of patients unfortunately do not respond to this first-line therapy. Obeticholic acid (OCA) is the only registered agent for second-line treatment in UDCA-non responders. In this review, we focus on the pharmacological features of OCA, describing its mechanism of action of and its tolerability and efficacy in PBC patients. We also highlight current perspectives on future therapies for this condition.

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Authors
Floreani, A., Gabbia, D., & De Martin, S.
Affiliations
  • University of Padua (IT)
  • Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
Corresponding author
Floreani, Annarosa
Venue
Biomedicines
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2022-10-02
Volume
10
Issue
10
Pages
2464
ISSN
2227-9059 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4303614203
Cited by
41
References
54
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 7
FWCI
1.50
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Biomedicines (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Padua Research Archive (University of Padova) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver Diseases and Immunity
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments
Keywords
obeticholic acid, primary biliary cirrhosis, ursodeoxycholic acid, second-line therapy, mechanism of action, drug tolerability, treatment efficacy, autoimmune cholestatic liver disease, fibrosis, liver cirrhosis, transplant-free survival

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