Active clinical trials for "Hepatitis C"

This observational study will evaluate the predictive value of rapid virological response (RVR) and early virological response (EVR) on sustained virological response (SVR) by stage of liver fibrosis in treatment-naïve patients with chronic hepatitis C genotype 1 initiated on treatment with Pegasys (peginterferon alfa-2a) and Copegus (ribavirin). Patients will be followed for 48 weeks of treatment and up to 24 weeks of follow-up.

Hepatitis C virus is one of the leading causes of liver failure and liver cancer worldwide. Current treatment of hepatitis C infection is only successful in about half of those who are eligible. The current treatment aims to boost the host immune system but does not directly act on the virus. Many drugs are in various stages of development that target the virus directly - their specific mode of action is confirmed by showing the virus is forced to adapt in the presence of the drug. As with many viruses, treating with only one specific drug would quickly lead to the virus adapting and becoming resistant. We therefore need to find new combinations of directly acting drugs. Rimantadine has already been shown in the laboratory to target hepatitis C directly. We have designed this study to see if it happens in real life as well. If so, we could use rimantadine to help fight hepatitis c more effectively.

The efficacy of combination antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis C is influenced by many factors. Important patient-specific factors include, age, gender, race, body weight. Important virus-specific factors include HCV genotype and serum HCV RNA level. Finally, important treatment-related factors include the type of interferon, dose of ribavirin and the duration and adherence to treatment. Despite the importance of patient- and virus-specific factors, the most important indicator of treatment success is a rapid, profound and sustained decrease in serum HCV RNA levels after the start of treatment. The on-treatment virological response can thus be used to predict the probability that a given patient will achieve an SVR if they remain on therapy. It can also be used to individualize the duration of treatment. In this study, treatment for patients with chronic hepatitis C was individualized on the basis of clinical characteristics and the on-treatment virological response. The aim was to investigate the usefulness of undetectable HCV RNA levels at week 4 (RVR) and 12 in tailoring the duration of treatment and predicting SVR in Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis C.

The primary purpose of this study is to determine whether the hepatitis C virus continues to remain unable to be detected in subjects who were previously treated with Asunaprevir (BMS-650032) and/or Daclatasvir (BMS-790052) and achieved sustained virologic response.

The interferon-free combination regimen of paritaprevir/r - ombitasvir with or without dasabuvir (ABBVIE REGIMEN) ± ribavirin (RBV) for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) has been shown to be safe and effective in randomized controlled clinical trials with strict inclusion and exclusion criteria under well controlled conditions. This observational study is the first effectiveness research examining the ABBVIE REGIMEN ± RBV, used according to local label, under real world conditions in Kuwait in a clinical practice patient population.

This study is designed to obtain and store samples of serum and liver tissue in HCV (HepC Virus)-infected patients being treated with direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy, and to determine the effect of new DAA therapies on HCV-related responses in the liver and peripheral blood. The introduction of new DAAs regimens that do not include IFN provides unique and novel opportunities to examine whether successful treatment-induced eradication of viral antigen results in reconstitution of T cell immunity. serum and liver tissue samples will be collected and stored in hopes of improving treatment and outcomes for future patients.

In this Slovenian, multi-center, observational study, the effectiveness of standard of care Peginterferon alfa-2a + ribavirin treatment in adult patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is examined. Patients were treated for 24- or 48-weeks, as prescribed by the treating physician, followed by a 24-week follow-up period.

This study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of Harvoni® (ledipasvir/sofosbuvir (LDV/SOF) fixed-dose combination (FDC)) treatment under real world use in Japan. Among adult patients with chronic genotype 1 hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and treated with Harvoni in routine clinical use, the primary objective of this study is to evaluate the incidence of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) under real world settings.

The interferon-free combination regimen of ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir with or without dasabuvir (ABBVIE REGIMEN) ± ribavirin (RBV) for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) has been shown to be safe and effective in randomized controlled clinical trials with strict inclusion and exclusion criteria under well-controlled conditions. This observational study was the first effectiveness research examining the ABBVIE REGIMEN ± RBV, used according to the local label, under real world conditions in Ireland in a clinical practice patient population.

This prospective, multi-center, observational study is designed to assess the real world effectiveness of paritaprevir/r - ombitasvir with dasabuvir (3DAA [direct-acting antiviral agent] ABBVIE REGIMEN) without ribavirin (RBV) and to describe baseline characteristics of participants with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1b (GT1b) infection and compensated liver cirrhosis in Russia.