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Filter by:This study aims to demonstrate that patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) and B (CHB) experiencing regression of liver cirrhosis after effective antiviral therapy have decreased risk for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Primary aim is to determine the incidence of HCC in patients with cirrhosis secondary to CHC and CHB, after treatment is provided, and to identify the magnitude of the decreased risk for HCC in patients experiencing regression of fibrosis. As a secondary aim, environmental risk factors for HCC development will be sought, in order to determine a subset of patients in whom it will be safe to stop surveillance.
Although infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) can result in acute hepatitis; it more commonly progresses to chronic hepatitis. The acute process is most often asymptomatic. Acute HCV typically leads to chronic infection. Chronic HCV infection is usually slowly progressive. Approximately 5 to 20 percent of chronically infected individuals develop cirrhosis over a 20-30 year period of time. Chronic HCV is the most common cause of chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and the most frequent indication for liver transplantation in the United States. Screening for chronic HCV infection is crucial because chronic HCV infection is often asymptomatic, effective treatment is available, and untreated disease carries a high risk of morbidity and mortality. Expert opinion, recommendations, and guidelines for HCV screening do not all agree. All guidelines recommend screening patients at increased risk for HCV (ie: typical risk factors). In 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended screening all persons born between 1945 and 1965. At least two studies suggest that screening persons born between 1945 and 1964 or 1946 to 1970, respectively, is cost-effective. The studies estimated that if patients found to be HCV positive were treated with pegylated interferon, ribavirin, and direct acting antiviral therapy (for patients with HCV genotype 1), it would cost $35,700 to 37,700 per quality adjusted life-year. Screening based upon a birth cohort in patients without risk factors may lead to more false positive results. Currently only 1 % of patients in the birth cohort of 1945-1965 who cared for by Intermountain Healthcare providers have been screened. Ambulatory care physicians are not effectively screening patients. It is unclear whether screening based on risk factors alone versus screening based upon risk factors and birth cohort most effectively manages the burden of chronic HCV infection for patients managed by Intermountain Healthcare providers. It is possible that the Intermountain Healthcare population differs in risk from the U.S. population,making guideline application less certain. A well-designed prospective cohort study is needed to understand the risks and benefits of different HCV screening strategies on diagnostic yield and clinical outcomes. The investigators hypothesize that screening based on a person's history of risk factors will detect chronic HCV infection in 2.7 % of the population tested; this would be according to national average. The investigators further hypothesize that screening based on birth cohort and risk factors will identify roughly the same percentage in the tested population. The investigators anticipate usable data within three months which should give us data to describe and publish the effectiveness of different screening strategies. The investigators will identify patients with chronic HCV infection through this initial study who now require treatment and management. The investigators believe this group could be followed inexpensively for clinical endpoints for many years. This would then definitively define the effectiveness of screening strategies based on good evidence. No study has evaluated clinical outcomes associated with the different screening strategies for chronic hepatitis c virus infection.
Subjects are being asked to participate in this study because they have genotype 1 Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and will be taking the standard of care drugs pegylated interferon, ribavirin, and telaprevir as part of their routine care. The purpose of this study is to see if the SIMpill automated pill dispensing device can help subjects take their medications at the times the doctor has instructed them to take it. The SIMpill device is an automated pill dispensing device that records a time stamp each time the device is opened and a dose of medication is taken. Physicians can download this data and generate a precise account of when you have taken your medication. In addition, if a dose is missed, the SIMpill device can be set to automatically notify you by text message if a dose is overdue. The Simpill device is a new way to keep track of when you take your HCV medications and will also help remind you when you forget to take a dose. In addition, this information will help your doctors understand how taking medication on time effects the success of the therapy.
This study is designed to assess the safety and tolerability of boceprevir dosed 800 mg three times daily (TID) orally (PO) in combination with Peginterferon alfa-2b (PEG2b) 1.5 mcg/kg once a week (QW) administered subcutaneously (SC) plus ribavirin (RBV) (800 to 1400 mg/day) PO in Response Guided Therapy (RGT) in adult Vietnamese subjects with Chronic Hepatitis C, Genotype 1 (CHC GT1) who failed prior treatment with any interferon and ribavirin in Vietnam.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of BMS-986094 and Daclatasvir (DCV) when given in combination with or without Ribavirin
The objectives of this study are: 1. To evaluate the efficacy and safety of two different treatment regimens with BI 201335 (high dose given for 12 weeks or low dose given for 24 weeks both in combination with Pegylated interferon-a and Ribavirin (PegIFN/RBV) as compared to PegIFN/RBV alone in treatment-naïve (TN) chronic genotype 1 hepatitis C virus infected patients. 2. Evaluate the efficacy and the safety of BI 201335 high dose given for 12 weeks in combination with PegIFN/RBV given for 24 to 48 weeks as compared to PegIFN/RBV alone in chronic GT-1 hepatitis C virus infected relapser patients who failed a prior PegIFN/RBV treatment.
This is a three-part (Part A, Part B, and Part C), open-label, multicenter study of boceprevir in pediatric participants with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) genotype 1 (GT1). In Part A and Part B, efficacy and safety will be evaluated in participants with CHC GT1 who are non-cirrhotic, treatment naïves (Part A) or who are non-cirrhotic, treatment failures to (peg)interferon/ribavirin or who are cirrhotics (whether treatment naïve or treatment failure) (Part B). Part C is long-term follow up and no study treatment will be administered during this period, but participants who do not achieve viral clearance will be allowed to receive other treatments for CHC.
This randomized, double blind, phase II study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of two doses of RO5024048 in combination with ritonavir-boosted danoprevir and Pegasys (peginterferon alpha-2a) and Copegus (ribavirin) in patients who failed a prior protease inhibitor containing regimen with or without pegylated interferon. Patients will be randomized to receive either a 2-week lead-in of RO5024048 (1500 mg or 1000 mg orally twice daily) in combination with Pegasys (180 mcg subcutaneously weekly) and Copegus (1000 mg or 1200 mg orally daily) followed by 24 weeks of therapy with RO5024048 in combination with danoprevir (100 mg orally twice daily) plus ritonavir (100 mg orally twice daily) and Pegasys and Copegus (QUAD therapy), or 24 weeks of therapy with RO5024048 in combination with danoprevir plus ritonavir and Pegasys and Copegus (QUAD therapy). Anticipated time on study treatment is 24 or 26 weeks, with a treatment-free follow-up of 24 weeks.
This study is divided into 2 segments, and proposes to qualify fine needle aspiration (FNA) as a platform to evaluate the hepatic pharmacokinetics of low and high oral doses of Grazoprevir (MK-5172) in non-cirrhotic participants chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). The first segment, is a procedural pilot conducted prior to the main study, that is aimed at ensuring optimal execution of the FNA procedure. During the procedural pilot, core needle biopsy (CNB) will be performed on participants as part of their standard of care, but no study drugs will be administered, nor will any procedures other than FNA be conducted. The second segment, the main study, is designed to evaluate the feasibility of measuring Grazoprevir by FNA. During the main study, drugs will be administered, and other additional procedures will be conducted.
The purpose of this study is to determine the change from baseline in HCV Ribonucleic acid (RNA) on Day 4 following three days of dosing with BMS-929075 in chronically genotype subtype 1a and 1b HCV infected subjects