Harvoni Treatment Porphyria Cutanea Tarda

Hepatitis C Clinical Trial

Official title: Newer Direct-Acting Anti-Viral Agents as Sole Therapy of Porphyria Cutanea Tarda in Subjects With Chronic Hepatitis C

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

In the medical literature there case reports that Harvoni improves symptoms in patients with PCT. However, this has never been systematically tested. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to assess whether Harvoni alone is an effective therapy of active PCT in patients with Chronic Hepatitis C.

Clinical Trial Description

This is a clinical trial, which means its purpose is to study an intervention or treatment. In this study all patients with PCT will be given a standard dose of Harvoni and monitored for two years. Currently there are two standard therapies for PCT, phlebotomies (removing certain amounts of blood at specific intervals), or low dose hydroxychloroquine (an oral pill). These treatments are used for patients with PCT whether or not they also have HCV. For patients with HCV however, we do not know whether treating the HCV first will also resolve the PCT symptoms. There will be an initial visit to determine whether participants are eligible to be in the study. If a participant is found to be eligible, he/she will be asked come to the study site once every month over the course of one year, and then once every 3 months for an additional year. There will be approximately 17 visits over the course of the whole study. At these visits the study doctors will check in with the participant and some blood and urine samples will be taken. Participants will not be charged for any of the lab tests that are being done as a part of this study alone. All participants in this study will receive the Harvoni pills at no cost to them. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hepatitis
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis C
• Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
• Porphyria, Erythropoietic
• Porphyrias

• NCT number: NCT03118674
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: September 6, 2017
• Completion date: March 4, 2022