Utility and variability of three non-invasive liver fibrosis imaging modalities to evaluate efficacy of GR-MD-02 in subjects with NASH and bridging fibrosis during a phase-2 randomized clinical trial.

BACKGROUND:Given the worldwide prevalence of NAFLD and NASH, there is a need to develop treatments to slow or reverse disease progression. GR-MD-02 (galactoarabino-rhamnogalaturonate) has been shown to reduce hepatic fibrosis in animal studies, and lower serum biomarkers of NASH fibrogenesis in huma...

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Main Authors: Stephen A Harrison, Andrea Dennis, Martine M Fiore, Matt D Kelly, Catherine J Kelly, Angelo H Paredes, Jennifer M Whitehead, Stefan Neubauer, Peter G Traber, Rajarshi Banerjee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6128474?pdf=render