• Emerging Therapies for Pruritus in PBC

  • Dec 18 2024
  • Length: 24 mins
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Emerging Therapies for Pruritus in PBC

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  • Summary

  • Clinical gaps in the treatment of pruritus in primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) remain. In this episode, taken from a recent symposium, Marlyn J. Mayo, MD; Stuart C. Gordon, MD; and Pam Rivard, RN, a person living with PBC, discuss emerging therapies currently in clinical trials for the management of this disease that can dramatically affect patients’ quality of life.

    Listen as they discuss:

    • Gaps in current management
    • Patient perspectives: why we should not dismiss itching as an underlying psychologic problem
    • PPAR agonists and how they affect pruritus
    • BEZURSO and FITCH
    • ELATIVE
    • ENHANCE and RESPONSE
    • IBATs (inhibitors of bile acid transport)
    • GLIMMER
    • Common questions

    Presenters:

    Marlyn J. Mayo, MD
    Professor of Internal Medicine
    Division of Digestive & Liver Diseases
    UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Dallas, Texas

    Stuart C. Gordon, MD
    Professor of Medicine
    Wayne State University School of Medicine
    Director, Division of Hepatology
    Henry Ford Health
    Detroit, Michigan

    Pam Rivard, RN
    Person living with PBC

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