Active clinical trials for "Hepatitis A"

The purpose of the study is to investigate if the duration of treatment of hepatitis C with pegylated interferon and ribavirin can be individualized on the basis of how fast the hepatitis C virus concentration in the blood decreases, and if this is more cost-efficient than standard treatment.

The purpose of the study is to investigate the safety and the antiviral activity of ascending multiple oral doses of LB80380 for 12 weeks in adults with lamivudine-refractory chronic hepatitis B infection.

This study assessed the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and antiviral activity of multiple oral doses of ABT-450/ritonavir (r), ABT-333 (also known as dasabuvir), or ABT-072 in hepatitis C virus (HCV), genotype 1-infected, treatment-naïve adults.

Background: Reactivation of hepatitis B is a well-characterized syndrome marked by the abrupt reappearance or rise of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in the serum of a patient with previously inactive or resolved HBV infection. Reactivation can be spontaneous, but is most commonly triggered by cancer chemotherapy, immune suppression, or alteration in immune function. Spontaneous acute exacerbation of chronic hepatitis B infection is seen with a cumulative probability of 15±37% after 4 years of follow-up.2 Significant number of patients of spontaneous acute exacerbation of chronic hepatitis B may present with very high ALT levels, jaundice and liver failure.3 This condition should be defined as acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) according to a recent Asia-Pacific consensus recommendation. The short term prognosis of patients of spontaneous acute exacerbation of chronic hepatitis B leading to ACLF like presentation is extremely poor, with a mortality of 30-70% in different series.8,9,10 Liver transplantation has been the only definitive therapy available to salvage this group of patients. However ,this is not readily available and affordable. Another therapeutic option is antiviral therapy but has limited data. The efficacy of lamivudine was evaluated and compared by historical control but was not found to be beneficial.8,9,10 However ,a study from Taiwan showed a survival benefit in a subgroup of patients who were on lamivudine and had baseline bilirubin below 342 mmol/L (20 mg/dL).11 Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) is a potent, rapidly acting, oral acyclic nucleotide analogue, reverse transcriptase inhibitor that has been shown to be highly effective in suppressing hepatitis B virus replication.12 Tenofovir has also shown excellent activity against HBV in both LAM- naïve and LAM-resistant patients.13,14. Its efficacy has not been evaluated in patients of reactivation of hepatitis B who present as ACLF Hypothesis: The investigators hypothesis that Tenofovir reduces the morbidity and mortality in patients with Spontaneous reactivation of hepatitis B by reducing HBV DNA.

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and tolerability of TMC647055 both after increasing single oral doses from 100 mg up to maximum 3000 mg in fed conditions, and after multiple oral doses in fed conditions at increasing dose levels administered for 6 days, as well as to assess the pharmacokinetics of TMC647055 after increasing single oral doses from 100 mg up to maximum 3000 mg in fed conditions, and after multiple oral doses in fed conditions at increasing dose levels administered for 6 days and to assess the effect of food on a single oral dose of TMC647055 at one dose level, all in healthy participants. In addition, the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and the antiviral activity of TMC647055 will be determined after 6 days of consecutive dosing and of TMC647055 and TMC435 after 10 days of co-administration in chronic hepatitis C virus infected patients. Pharmacokinetics means how the drug is absorbed into the bloodstream, distributed in the body and eliminated from the body. TMC647055 is being investigated for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C infection.

This 2-arm study will compare the efficacy and safety of treatment with Pegasys (180 µg weekly) plus Copegus (800 mg daily) and Pegasys (180 µg weekly) plus Copegus (1000-1200 mg daily) in interferon-naive patients with CHC genotype 1 co-infected with HIV-1. Treatment will be administered for 48 weeks, and this will be followed by 24 treatment-free weeks. 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 compare PEG-interferon alfa-2b and two different doses of rivavirin for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C in previously untreated adult subjects

The goal of this study is to validate the BreathID 13C-methacetin breath test (MBT) as a non-invasive simple-to-use metabolic test, which could be utilized to detect severe liver fibrosis (>2 in METAVIR) in patients with chronic HCV liver disease.The test is a breath-test using a free-standing device (BreathID®) that measures metabolization of a 13C-labeled substrate (13C-methacetin) in real time.

The aim is to investigate whether Lamivudine 100mg daily is effective in the long term treatment of HBeAg negative chronic HBV infected patients with active liver disease in Asia

This study is a 24-week multicenter, randomized, double-blind control trial with ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) in patients with chronic hepatitis C in Japan. The primary objectives of this study are to verify the superiority of efficacy of UDCA 600 or 900mg/day to that of 150mg/day and the safety of UDCA treatment.