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Treatment of Primary Biliary Cholangitis: First-Line and Second-Line Therapies
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Treatment of Primary Biliary Cholangitis: First-Line and Second-Line Therapies

Chung-Heng Liu and Christopher L Bowlus
Clinics in liver disease, v 26(4), pp 705-726
Nov 2022
PMID: 36270725

Abstract

Autoimmune Diseases Bezafibrate - therapeutic use Cholagogues and Choleretics - therapeutic use Cholangitis - drug therapy Humans Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary - drug therapy Ursodeoxycholic Acid - therapeutic use
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is an autoimmune disease of the interlobular bile ducts leading to secondary damage of hepatocytes and may progress to cirrhosis and liver failure. The first-line treatment is ursodeoxycholic acid; up to 40% of patients do not have an adequate response and remain at risk of disease progression. Obeticholic acid has been conditionally approved for the treatment of PBC as add-on therapy and bezafibrate has shown similar efficacy in this group of patients. Several new therapies are in development and may further add to the treatment options available to patients with PBC.

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