View clinical trials related to Chronic Hepatitis C.
Filter by:Direct antiviral therapy (standard of care) administered to chronic hepatitis C-infected patients, in two hepatology clinics, who had used intravenous drugs in the past 6 months of signing informed consent (IC). This cohort was compared to concurrently treated chronic hepatitis C patients who were not intravenous drug users, who signed IC in these same clinics. Follow-up expected two years after cure and relapse rates recorded. Primary end point was SVR rate and secondary end points included reinfection rates in follow-up period.
This study investigates hepatitis C virus (HCV) outbreak in South West general population in Burkina Faso with three specific objectives: estimate HCV prevalence in South West Region general population in 2019; identify factors associated with recent HCV infection (in subjects younger than 20 years); and evaluate the pilot treatment strategy implemented by the national program for diagnosed cases during investigation.
The study is a non-randomized, single group clinical trial on monitoring hepatitis C therapy using telemedicine. Patients with chronic hepatitis C without cirrhosis will be treated with the pangenotypic regimen of direct acting antivirals sofosbuvir and velpatasvir for 12 weeks after a single visit to the clinic, in which treatment will be prescribed. Patients will be then monitored by telemedicine tools, like instant message application, telephone and video calls and by his or her primary physician when needed. Twelve weeks after treatment conclusion, hepatitis C virus RNA levels will be measured on a blood sample, indicating the cure rate and efficacy of this protocol on HCV treatment. The primary objective of the study is to address the feasibility and applicability of the usage of telemedicine tools to increase access and monitor HCV treatment with direct-acting antivirals in public health in Brazil.
In the current era of highly effective direct acting antiviral (DAA) therapy, the remaining obstacles to elimination of chronic HCV infection are identification of the high-risk groups, linkage to continued care and prevention of re-infection. It is estimated that 70-80% of patients with chronic HCV are unaware of their infection. Besides, public health education is limited and most patients are not aware that the current standard-of-care is highly effective, well tolerated and no longer require weekly subcutaneous injections. From a survey in Hong Kong in 2014, among 234 newly diagnosed HCV patients, only 20% agreed to undergo treatment. There is no universal screening programme for chronic hepatitis C infection in Hong Kong. and known high-risk patients include people who inject drugs (PWID), persons with certain medical conditions including those on hemodialysis, HIV infected, those with prior transfusion or organ transplantation. In this study, the investigators plan to reach out to PWIDs, people with substance abuse or prison inmates to provide rapid point-of-care screening for chronic hepatitis C infection, and to provide linkage to care for those diagnosed with chronic hepatitis C.
Chronic hepatitis C virus infection affects an estimated one hundred and seventy million people around the world with and approximate prevalence 0.2-2 % in the United State of America and European countries.
The study will assess the efficacy of PPI-668 (USAN: ravidasvir hydrochloride) in combination with sofosbuvir, with or without ribavirin, in the following Egyptian HCV gt-4 patient populations: 1. Treatment-naïve patients, with and without cirrhosis (Group 1) 2. Previous non-responders to interferon-based therapies, without cirrhosis (Group 2) 3. Previous non-responders to interferon-based therapies, with cirrhosis (Group 3)
The aim of the present trial is to evaluate whether the conversion of immunosuppression from tacrolimus to cyclosporine A induces changes in (i) hepatitis C-virus load, (ii) parameters of hepatic function and (iii) parameters of glucose tolerance in hepatitis C-positive renal transplant recipients.
Chronic hepatitis C is endemic in Egypt with a high prevalence of the resistant genotype 4. Conventional standard of care treatment has modest response with only 50% sustained virologic response. Recent reports have suggested an augmented response with the addition of vitamin D. This is a prospective randomized trial to assess the effectiveness of adding vitamin D to standard of care for chronic hepatitis C genotype 4.
An prospective / retrospective multicenter observational study whose objectives are to understand the interactions between hepatitis c virus and Non Hodgkin lymphomas. The characteristics , evolution and treatment of diseases will be observed from the study.
Pegylated interferon in combination with ribavirin is the current standard treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus infection, but is expensive and has several adverse effects. To modify this standard treatment by optimizing its therapeutic effect and decreasing its adverse events are important. Recent studies have identified a close link between metabolic profiles, insulin resistance and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection. Several pilot studies in western world have have found beneficial effects of oral hypoglycemic agents on chronic Hepatitis C (CHC) genotype 1 infected patients. Whether this concept still holds true in Taiwanese people remains unknown. The objective of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effect of oral hypoglycemic agents (daily for 4 weeks of run-in period and 8 weeks of combination treatment) on CHC genotype 1 infected Taiwanese patients receiving 48 weeks of Peg-IFN plus ribavirin (RBA), and the enrolled subjects will be randomized into 4 treatment groups (including Acarbose, Metformin, Pioglitazone and standard care control groups). During the trial and 24 weeks after the end of treatment, serial serum HCV RNA, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels, and other clinical data will be evaluated to determine the therapeutic response and adverse events of the CHC patients.