The Efficacy and Safety of Seladelpar for Primary Biliary Cholangitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Publication/Presentation Date

9-1-2025

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Seladelpar is an oral, once-daily medication that improves cholestasis through its selective peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR-δ) agonism. It shows promising efficacy in treating primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) patients.

METHODS: A systematic review and meta-analysis synthesizing evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) obtained from PubMed, Cochrane, Scopus, and WOS until July 19th, 2025. Dichotomous outcomes were reported using risk ratio (RR) and continuous outcomes using mean difference (MD), with a 95% confidence interval (CI).

RESULTS: Three RCTs with 499 patients were included. Seladelpar was significantly associated with an increased ALP normalization (RR: 21.12 with 95% CI [4.14, 107.58],

CONCLUSION: Seladelpar improved liver biomarkers of cholestasis and reduced pruritus in patients with PBC without significantly increasing the adverse effects. This makes seladelpar a promising addition to the treatments available for PBC.

Volume

9

Issue

9

First Page

70265

Last Page

70265

ISSN

2397-9070

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

40893425

Department(s)

Fellows and Residents

Document Type

Article

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