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Filter by:The overall objective of this project is to assess whether Silymarin therapy shortens illness or prevents complications in patients with acute hepatitis. We will specifically compare responses in acute hepatitis patients treated with Silymarin to those given a control preparation of a vitamin supplements in a double blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.
This exploratory study is designed to determine the early viral kinetic profile during treatment with telbivudine or entecavir at multiple time points over 12 weeks.
This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of 4 regimens of PEGASYS plus Copegus, in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) genotype 1 who have failed to respond to previous treatment with standard doses of PEGASYS plus ribavirin. Patients will be randomized to one of 4 groups, to receive a)PEGASYS 360 micrograms/week plus Copegus 1000-1200mg/day, b)PEGASYS 180 micrograms twice weekly plus Copegus 1000-1200mg/day, c)PEGASYS 360micrograms/week plus Copegus 1200-1600mg/day, or d)PEGASYS 180 micrograms twice weekly plus Copegus 1200-1600mg/day. Following 48 weeks treatment, there will be a 24 week period of treatment-free follow-up. The anticipated time on study treatment is 3-12 months, and the target sample size is 100-500 individuals.
The purpose of this study is to determine at 5 years of age the persistence of immunity to hepatitis B that was conferred by infant vaccination with Infanrix hexa™. The Protocol Posting has been updated in order to comply with the FDA Amendment Act, Sep 2007.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of entecavir plus adefovir combination therapy versus entecavir monotherapy or therapy with adefovir plus lamivudine
The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of entecavir plus tenofovir combination therapy with that of entecavir monotherapy. Safety will also be studied.
The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate a 9-month psychosocial intervention that will assist patients with hepatitis C in overcoming barriers that prevent them from becoming appropriate candidates for interferon therapy.
This is an open label, single-arm, multi-centre extension study for Korean patients with chronic hepatitis B and compensated liver disease who have completed one-year adefovir dipivoxil treatment in ADF103814. The objective is to assess clinical efficacy and safety of long term (up to 3 years) adefovir dipivoxil 10mg therapy.
We hypothesize that atorvastatin will decrease HCV viral load in patients taking the medication. Cholesterol is needed for HCV virion production. Cell culture studies have shown that atorvastatin (an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor) decreases HCV viral replication. As atorvastatin has been proven to decrease heart attack and stroke in patients with high cholesterol, this medication is indicated for the treatment of elevated cholesterol in at risk individuals. Therefore we propose to study the effect atorvastatin has on the viral load of patients initiated on atorvastatin therapy for their elevated cholesterol.
Iron excess is increasingly regarded as an important cofactor in the morbidity attributed to many disorders. Assessment of body iron stores by measurement of serum ferritin concentrations has poor specificity and the most reliable method is histological or biochemical assessment from a liver biopsy. Because liver biopsy is an invasive procedure, imaging methods have been developed to detect and quantify hepatic iron content. The aim of the study is to use a simplified magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique to quantify simultaneously iron and fat contents in the liver and to compare the results to the quantification obtained biochemically.