Active clinical trials for "Hepatitis, Chronic"

The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy of telbivudine in Blacks/African Americans and Hispanics/Latinos with compensated chronic hepatitis B during 52 weeks of treatment

The primary purpose of the study is to compare the safety and effectiveness of standard treatment for chronic hepatitis C using peginterferon alpha-2a (Pegasys) and ribavirin (Copegus) to those same medications plus a dietary supplement called betaine when added for the first 12 weeks of treatment. Peginterferon alpha-2a (Pegasys) and ribavirin (Copegus) are approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C. Betaine is a dietary supplement and occurs naturally in the body. It is not a medication regulated by the FDA or an approved drug for chronic hepatitis C.

The purpose of this study is to show the superiority of a 4 weeks lead-in phase of Vitamin D followed by a 48 weeks combination of Vitamin D with PEG-IFN plus RBV in comparison with standard PEG-IFN + RBV in untreated Egyptian patients with chronic hepatitis C, on the sustained virological response (SVR) at 3 months after end of treatment (week 60).

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and chronic viral hepatitis due to hepatitis B virus (HBV) are both major public health problems. Treatment of chronic HBV infection in CKD patients, however, is not well defined because of insufficient data from clinical trials. Telbivudine is a new antiviral that provides effective and sustained viral suppression in patients with compensated chronic hepatitis B infection. Unlike other nucleotide and nucleoside analogues, renal toxicity is uncommon in telbivudine, and dosage adjustment is not required in patients with mild renal impairment. We propose to conduct an open-label single-arm study to evaluate the effect of telbivudine on renal function and proteinuria in patients with chronic HBV infection and mild-to-moderate renal impairment. Twenty patients with chronic HBV infection and chronic kidney disease (estimated glomerular filtration rate 15 to 60 ml/min) will be recruited. They will be treated with telbivudine, with the dosage adjusted according to thei renal function, for 5 years. Serum HBV DNA, proteinuria, renal function, and urinary inflammatory markers will be monitored.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of sustained virological response in liver and spleen stiffness in patients with HCV compensated advanced chronic liver disease treated with new all oral antiviral drugs in order to determine factors implicated in stiffness change and its implications for long-term follow-up.

During hepatitis B virus(HBV) infection host immune plays important role.Recently there are many different antiviral therapy methods.Different antiviral therapy methods showed different effector.In order to investigate whether these antiviral therapy methods especially methods directly inhibit viral replication have some effect on host immune the investigators designed these study. The investigators want to observe the change of host immune during antiviral therapy in patients with chronic HBV infection, and analyze the relationship between these changes and the antiviral effector of these drugs.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of JNJ-440 in healthy and Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB) participants after single and multiple doses; and to evaluate the pharmacokinetic (PK) of JNJ-440 in healthy participants and in CHB participants following single and multiple dose regimens, administered alone (healthy participants and CHB participants).

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of renal impairment on pharmacokinetics (PK) of BMS-914143.

Hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) is a major cause of cirrhosis and death from liver disease worldwide. Current therapy for HCV with interferon based therapies results in cure rates of around 5055% which leaves a significant number of patients without effective therapy. HCV induces (can bring on) insulin resistance and insulin resistance is a factor known to reduce the response to antiHCV therapy. This finding stimulated initial studies looking at agents that may reduce insulin resistance as additional therapy in HCV infection. A study using metformin in addition to interferon and ribavirin showed a nonsignificant increase in cure rates (53% vs. 42%), but this was limited to patients with type 1 infection AND demonstrable insulin resistance. The assumption was made that the potential effect of metformin was likely to be on insulin resistance and thus by modulating this enhances response. The investigators (Prof M Harris, University of Leeds) have data (currently unpublished)suggesting that metformin may have an antiviral effect independent of its effect on insulin resistance, thus raising the possibility that metformin may have a direct antiviral effect in vivo. Given that the development of specific antiHCV agents which target viral proteins such as its polymerase and protease are in trial development but have so far proved either highly toxic or are likely to have a huge cost there is considerable rationale for looking at alternative potential antiHCV agents and in this context metformin is cheap, readily available and has an excellent safety profile. This pilot study therefore addresses the question "Does metformin therapy result in a significant drop in HCV viral load in chronically infected patients?"

The purpose of this study is to evaluate pharmacokinetics and safety data including serious and other adverse events, physical examinations, vital signs, 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) and clinical laboratory results (including biochemistry, hematology, and urine).