AASLD 2025 Reflections: Key takeaways in late-onset genetic cholestasis

Dr Silvia Vilarinho and Dr Deepak Joshi share the highlights from AASLD The Liver Meeting 2025, with an emphasis on late-onset genetic cholestasis, and offer quick insights into new data on the growing utility of genetic testing and expanding therapeutic implications.
IBAT inhibitors may improve post-liver transplant pruritus

Treatment-refractory pruritus following liver transplant may be successfully treated with IBAT inhibitors, suggests a US case series.
IBAT inhibitor case studies point to adult intrahepatic cholestasis benefits

Ileal bile acid transporter inhibitors help treat adults with drug-induced or pregnancy-related intrahepatic cholestasis
Odevixibat update for adult PFIC, older Alagille syndrome patients

Updated results for adult participants of the PEDFIC2 trial and older children taking part in the ASSERT-EXT study.
Unmet needs in late-onset genetic cholestasis: an expert discussion

This CME-accredited expert discussion aims to highlight the unmet needs in late-onset genetic cholestasis and provide guidance on the use of genetic testing in the diagnostic workup and initial management steps for the different genotypes, with reference to key trials and updates from The Liver Meeting 2024: American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD).
IBAT trial updates confirm efficacy and safety for PFIC patients

Further findings on the efficacy and safety of ileal bile acid transporter inhibitors for patients with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis have been presented at the 2024 AASLD The Liver Meeting in San Diego, California, USA.
PFIC trial updates continue to support IBAT inhibitor efficacy and safety

Professor Richard Thompson shares his PFIC poster findings on the long-term efficacy and safety data of the PEDFIC 2 trial and the relationship between serum bile acid and event-free survival in the MARCH and MARCH-ON trials.
Oral contraceptive absorption unhindered by odevixibat in healthy women

Trial findings suggest that the IBAT inhibitor odevixibat does not prevent absorption of combined oral contraceptives in healthy women.
EASL guidelines direct genetic cholestatic liver management

An EASL expert panel has developed clinical practice guidelines for the management of progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis and other genetic cholestatic liver diseases.