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Study of Viramidine to Ribavirin in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Who Are Treatment Naive

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Chronic Hepatitis C
Registration Number
NCT00093093
Lead Sponsor
Bausch Health Americas, Inc.
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and effectiveness of viramidine to ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C patients who have never before received treatment.

Detailed Description

Compare the efficacy and safety of viramidine 600 mg twice a day (BID) versus ribavirin 1000/1200 mg/day, both drugs administered in combination with pegylated interferon alfa-2a to treatment-naive patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC)

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
900
Inclusion Criteria
  • Treatment-naive patients with compensated chronic hepatitis C.
  • HCV RNA >2000 copies/mL (780 IU/mL) as determined by NGI SuperQuant serum HCV RNA quantification, with a lower limit of detection of 100 copies/mL (39 IU/mL).
Exclusion Criteria
  • Severe neuropsychiatric disorders
  • History or clinical manifestations of significant metabolic, hematological, pulmonary, ischemic heart disease, significant or unstable heart disease, gastrointestinal, neurological, renal, urological, endocrine, ophthalmologic disorders including severe retinopathy, or immune mediated disease
  • Pregnant or breast-feeding patients

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
- Efficacy: Undetectable plasma HCV RNA (less than 100 copies/mL) at the end of the 24-week post-treatment follow-up period.
- Safety: The proportion of patients with hemoglobin less than 10 g/dL at any time during treatment or at least 2.5 g/dL drop from baseline.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
- Efficacy: Undetectable plasma HCV RNA at treatment week 24
- Efficacy: Undetectable or at least a 2-log drop from baseline at treatment weeks 12 and 24
- Safety: Monitoring of adverse events
- Safety: Monitoring of abnormal changes in laboratory parameters that are not disease-related

Trial Locations

Locations (100)

University of Arizona

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Tucson, Arizona, United States

UCSF Fresno- Internal Medicine

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Fresno, California, United States

Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

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Los Angeles, California, United States

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

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Los Angeles, California, United States

Orange Coast Medical Group

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Newport Beach, California, United States

University of California Davis Medical Center

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Sacramento, California, United States

Research and Education, Inc.

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San Diego, California, United States

California Pacific Medical Center

🇺🇸

San Francisco, California, United States

University of California San Francisco

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San Francisco, California, United States

San Mateo Medical Center

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San Mateo, California, United States

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University of Arizona
🇺🇸Tucson, Arizona, United States

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