Active clinical trials for "Hepatitis C"

This multi-center, observational study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of dual and triple therapies based on Pegasys (peginterferon alfa-2a) in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Patients receiving treatment with either Pegasys plus ribavirin or Pegasys plus ribavirin plus telaprevir/boceprevir will be observed for the duration of their treatment and for up to 24 weeks of follow-up.

This study will define the substantial disease burden associated with viral hepatitis in India, and provide a foundation to understand the host and viral determinants of disease pathogenesis that may ultimately impact treatment decisions and outcome

The investigators believe that boceprevir's drug concentrations will be reduced when administered in combination with etravirine. The investigators believe that etravirine's drug concentrations will be increased when administered in combination with boceprevir. Additionally, the investigators believe that boceprevir and etravirine are safe when administered alone or in combination.

Acute cellular rejection is relatively common after liver transplantation, typically does not affect graft survival, and is not associated with the development of chronic rejection. Acute cellular rejection is diagnosed when liver enzymes and/or liver function tests are elevated when compared to baseline. The only means of differentiating acute rejection from other liver pathologies is with a liver biopsy. However, even with this invasive diagnostic procedure, it may be difficult to distinguish acute rejection from another disease process, such as injury caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) from the native liver. This study will evaluate whether certain patterns of biomarkers in the peripheral blood and/or liver tissue of a liver transplant recipient can be used to determine if the transplanted liver is being rejected by the recipient or sustaining HCV injury. Diagnostic biomarkers that are specific for acute rejection and informative of the severity of HCV recurrence could allow for modulation of immunosuppression therapy and treat the clinical condition without the need for invasive liver biopsies.

The purpose of this study is to compare the results for HIV and/or Hepatitis C Virus antibody testing when using routine plasma versus SMARTplasma from the same blood sample. SMARTplasma is enriched for antibodies via a stimulation step of whole blood in a SMARTube™ (SMARTstim™ in the USA).

The principal goal of this research project is to evaluate the natural history of HCV and liver disease and its treatment in HIV-infected persons who use drugs. Research procedures will focus on determining liver disease prevalence and severity within this population. This is an observational study without study specific interventions.

•The purpose of this study is to compare the performance between liver biopsy and non-invasive fibrosis assessments evaluating anti-fibrotic efficacy of peginterferon plus ribavirin in patients with hepatitis C pre- and post-treatment

Adherence to antiviral treatment in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is an important factor to achieve sustained virological response (SVR). The aim of our study is to evaluate the efficacy of a multidisciplinary support program (MSP) in adherence to and efficacy of pegylated interferon alfa-2a and ribavirin compared to the conventional approach. We assessed 447 patients with CHC receiving antiviral treatment distributed into 3 groups: control group (recruited 2002-2004, n= 147), MSP-pilot group (recruited 2005-2006, n=131), and MSP-validation group (recruited 2007-2009, n=169).

The purpose of this study is to collect information on the efficacy, safety and tolerability of telaprevir (in combination with other medications), in patients who have a history of intravenous drug use with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C, under substitution therapy (eg., methadone, buprenorphine) and/or followed in addiction centres.

Analysis of HCV-specific T cell responses in patients treated with boceprevir to assess whether therapy can induce restoration of the T cell function and to what extent this recovery can be achieved