Using a proteomics-based cardiovascular risk test to identify systemic changes in a clinical trial of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Background
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is associated with increased cardiovascular outcomes. Assessment of the impact of NASH therapy on cardiovascular risk is an important element of NASH drug development but is challenging particularly in early phase trials. Aptamer-based proteomic profiles (Somalogic®) in serum have been used to develop and validate a risk score as a surrogate for
cardiovascular (CV) risk.
Methods
A post-hoc analysis of proteomic profiles of serum samples, using the Somalogic® platform, from the Pioglitazone vs. Vitamin E vs. Placebo for Treatment of Nonalcoholic FaWy Liver Disease (PIVENS) trial was conducted. PIVENS was a 96-week trial of nondiabetic participants with (NASH). We applied the proteomic CV risk scores to samples from baseline, on therapy and end of treatment visits (n=7) visits and received liver histology results at baseline and 96 weeks on N = 209 (84.6%) study participants. Generalized linear and mixed models were used to assess the association between CV risk score, treatment arm and change in liver biopsy results.
Results
Baseline scores were similar across groups (mean 0.19, SD 0.14). There was no association between treatment arms and changes in scores during therapy and end of treatment. However, improvement in histological markers of activity (lobular inflammation and NAFLD activity score) and fibrosis were associated with improved cv risk scores (Figure) (p< 0.05 for all).
Conclusions
Improvement in hepatic inflammation, NAFLD activity score and fibrosis were associated with improved proteomic CV risk scores regardless of treatment provided. Additional prospective validation of these findings is warranted. Proteomic profiling can potentially be used to track changes in cardiovascular risk profile changes in response to therapy in the short term NASH treatment trials.
Authors
Arun Sanyal
Missy Simpson
Michael A. Hinterberg
Erin Hales
Clare Paterson
Brent Neuschwander-Tetri
Anna Mae Diehl
Srinivasan Dasarathy
Rohit Loomba
Naga Chalasani
Kris Kowdley
Bilal Hameed
David E Kleiner
Cynthia Behling
James Tonascia
Katherine Yates
Stephen A. Williams
SomaLogic Operating Co., Inc., Boulder, CO, USA
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