Madhumita Premkumar, Patrick S Kamath, Thomas Reiberger, K Rajender Reddy
{"title":"Recompensation in decompensated cirrhosis","authors":"Madhumita Premkumar, Patrick S Kamath, Thomas Reiberger, K Rajender Reddy","doi":"10.1016/s2468-1253(25)00095-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-1253(25)00095-0","url":null,"abstract":"Recompensation of decompensated cirrhosis has been defined by the Baveno consensus as control or cure of the main underlying cause; resolution of clinical manifestations, including ascites and hepatic encephalopathy, without the use of prophylactic medications, and without variceal bleeding for 12 months; and restoration of hepatic function. Cure and recompensation are usually associated with regression of liver fibrosis. Recompensation can occur when hepatitis C virus is eradicated, if hepatitis B virus infection (without hepatitis D co-infection) is suppressed, and following persistent alcohol abstinence in patients with alcohol-associated cirrhosis. Although cirrhosis related to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease can improve following lifestyle or pharmacotherapy-assisted weight loss, and autoimmune liver disease can respond to immunosuppression, it is unclear if true recompensation can be achieved in such patients. Recompensation of cirrhosis could be an achievable clinical target, offsetting costs of management of advanced liver disease, and decreasing the need for liver transplantation. Consequently, public health policies should pursue programmes that promote alcohol cessation, eliminate viral hepatitis, and address obesity.","PeriodicalId":56028,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":35.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144787650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nine de Graaf, Sebastiaan Festen, Marc G Besselink, Misha D Luyer, Jony van Hilst
{"title":"Nationwide practice change after early termination of a randomised trial of laparoscopic pancreatoduodenectomy","authors":"Nine de Graaf, Sebastiaan Festen, Marc G Besselink, Misha D Luyer, Jony van Hilst","doi":"10.1016/s2468-1253(25)00199-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-1253(25)00199-2","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":56028,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":35.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144792247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Can targeting de novo lipogenesis improve liver health?","authors":"Manuel Castro Cabezas, Vivian D de Jong","doi":"10.1016/s2468-1253(25)00161-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-1253(25)00161-x","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":56028,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":35.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144756369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vincent Wai-Sun Wong, Neeta B Amin, Hirokazu Takahashi, Amanda Darekar, Frank Tacke, Jan Kiszko, Hector Rodriguez, Atsushi Nakajima, Naim Alkhouri, Michael Charlton, Quentin M Anstee
{"title":"Efficacy and safety of ervogastat alone and in combination with clesacostat in patients with biopsy-confirmed metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis and F2–F3 fibrosis (MIRNA): results from a phase 2, randomised, double-blind, double-dummy study","authors":"Vincent Wai-Sun Wong, Neeta B Amin, Hirokazu Takahashi, Amanda Darekar, Frank Tacke, Jan Kiszko, Hector Rodriguez, Atsushi Nakajima, Naim Alkhouri, Michael Charlton, Quentin M Anstee","doi":"10.1016/s2468-1253(25)00128-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-1253(25)00128-1","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Background</h3>Ervogastat, a diacylglycerol acyltransferase 2 (DGAT2) inhibitor, and clesacostat, an acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase (ACC) inhibitor, have shown promise in reducing hepatic steatosis. Increased circulating triglycerides, a mechanistic consequence of ACC inhibitors, has been shown to be downregulated by DGAT2 inhibitor co-administration. We assessed the efficacy and safety of ervogastat alone and ervogastat plus clesacostat in adults with biopsy-confirmed metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) and fibrosis stage 2 or 3.<h3>Methods</h3>This phase 2 double-blind, double-dummy, randomised study was conducted at 198 clinical sites across 11 countries. A computer-generated randomisation code (random permuted blocks method) was used to allocate patients to treatment groups in equal ratios, and stratified based on degree of fibrosis (F2 <em>vs</em> F3), using an interactive response technology system to ervogastat (25 mg, 75 mg, 150 mg, or 300 mg), ervogastat plus clesacostat (150 mg plus 5 mg or 300 mg plus 10 mg), or placebo, twice daily for 48 weeks. The primary endpoint was the proportion of patients achieving MASH resolution without fibrosis worsening, at least 1 stage fibrosis improvement without MASH worsening, or both, at week 48. Patients were analysed according to the treatment group they were assigned to. The primary endpoint was analysed based on the full analysis set (all randomly assigned patients who took at least one dose of study treatment who provided evaluable baseline biopsy data) in which patients missing a week 48 biopsy were considered non-responders. This completed trial was registered with <span><span>ClinicalTrials.gov</span><svg aria-label=\"Opens in new window\" focusable=\"false\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 8 8\"><path d=\"M1.12949 2.1072V1H7V6.85795H5.89111V2.90281L0.784057 8L0 7.21635L5.11902 2.1072H1.12949Z\"></path></svg></span> (<span><span>NCT04321031</span><svg aria-label=\"Opens in new window\" focusable=\"false\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 8 8\"><path d=\"M1.12949 2.1072V1H7V6.85795H5.89111V2.90281L0.784057 8L0 7.21635L5.11902 2.1072H1.12949Z\"></path></svg></span>).<h3>Findings</h3>Recruitment began June 15, 2020; randomisation was completed Feb 22, 2023, with 255 patients randomly assigned and given treatment (73% of planned sample size; ervogastat 25 mg: N=35; ervogastat 75 mg: N=48; ervogastat 150 mg: N=42; ervogastat 300 mg: N=31; ervogastat 150 mg plus clesacostat 5 mg: N=35; ervogastat 300 mg plus clesacostat 10 mg: N=30; placebo: N=34). 13 (38%) patients in the placebo group achieved the composite primary endpoint, as did 16 (46%) in the ervogastat 25 mg group (difference from placebo in the proportion of patients achieving the primary endpoint 0·08 [90% CI –0·11 to 0·27]), 25 (52%) in the ervogastat 75 mg group (0·14 [–0·04 to 0·32]), 21 (50%) in the ervogastat 150 mg group (0·12 [–0·07 to 0·30]), and 14 (45%) in the ervogastat 300 mg group (0·07 [–0·12 to 0·27]). 23 (66%) patients in the er","PeriodicalId":56028,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":35.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144756574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ahmed Sabry Alaama, Muhammad Shahid Jamil, Nevin Wilson, Benedetta Allegranzi
{"title":"Breaking barriers to hepatitis C elimination in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region","authors":"Ahmed Sabry Alaama, Muhammad Shahid Jamil, Nevin Wilson, Benedetta Allegranzi","doi":"10.1016/s2468-1253(25)00240-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-1253(25)00240-7","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":56028,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":35.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144710919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"World Hepatitis Day 2025: elimination at a critical juncture","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/s2468-1253(25)00237-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-1253(25)00237-7","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":56028,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology","volume":"706 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":35.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144694084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}