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Clinical Trial Summary

Combination therapy with pegylated interferon-alpha plus ribavirin has greatly improved the treatment efficacy and is the mainstream of treatment for chronic hepatitis C infection. The efficacy and safety of pegylated interferon-alpha plus ribavirin combination therapy and its impact on the outcome in older patients with chronic hepatitis C deserve to be elucidated.

The purposes of this study are:

1. To evaluate the efficacy of pegylated interferon-alpha 2a plus ribavirin combination therapy in older patients with chronic hepatitis C

2. To investigate the safety of pegylated interferon-alpha 2a plus ribavirin combination therapy in older patients with chronic hepatitis C


Clinical Trial Description

A prospective, hospital-based, case-control study enrolling 70 chronic hepatitis C patients who are 65 to 80 years of age and other sex- and HCV genotype-matched 140 chronic hepatitis C patients who are 50 to 64 years of age will be conducted for comparison. The 210 patients chronic hepatitis C patients will receive pegylated interferon-alpha plus ribavirin combination therapy. Genotype 1 infected patients will received 48 weeks of treatment and genotype non-1 patients will received 24 weeks of treatment. Another 40 HCV-1 infected patients who are 65-80 years of age and have a rapid virological response ( defined as seronegative of HCV RNA at week 4 of treatment) will receive 24 weeks of treatment and are enrolled for comparison since Jan 2008. The primary outcome measurement is sustained virological response and safety. ;


Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment


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NCT number NCT00629824
Study type Interventional
Source Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
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Status Completed
Phase Phase 4
Start date February 2007
Completion date April 2009

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