Lipocine Inc. announced positive topline results from its LiFT (Liver Fat intervention with oral Testosterone) Phase 2 clinical study (NCT04134091), investigating LPCN 1144 in biopsy-confirmed non-cirrhotic non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) male subjects. Currently, there are no approved treatments for NASH, a silent killer that affects 30 million Americans. LPCN 1144 is an oral prodrug of endogenous testosterone. In the ongoing randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled 36-week treatment LiFT study, subjects with F1-F3 fibrosis were randomized 1:1:1 to one of three arms (Treatment A is a twice daily oral dose of 142 mg testosterone equivalent, Treatment B is a twice daily oral dose of 142 mg testosterone equivalent formulated with 217 mg of d-alpha tocopherol equivalent, and the third arm is twice daily matching placebo). The primary endpoint is change in hepatic fat fraction via Magnetic Resonance Imaging Proton Density Fat Fraction (MRI-PDFF) and exploratory liver fat/marker end points post 12 weeks of treatment. Additionally, key secondary endpoints post 36 weeks of treatment include assessment of histological change for NASH resolution and/or fibrosis improvement as well as liver fat data. Subjects will have access to LPCN 1144 through an open label extension study (NCT04685993). The extension study will enable the collection of additional data on LPCN 1144 for up to a total of 72 weeks of therapy. Treatments with LPCN 1144 post 12 weeks of treatment resulted in robust liver fat reduction, assessed by MRI-PDFF, and showed improvement of liver injury markers with no observed tolerability issues. Inclusion of d-alpha tocopherol formulated with the testosterone prodrug resulted in additional liver benefits, notably improved key liver markers without compromising tolerability. During the 12 weeks of treatment, the observed rate and severity of Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) in both the treatment arms were comparable to the placebo arm. Three subjects in the placebo group and one subject in the combined treatment arms discontinued study drug due to TEAEs.