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Clinical Trials/NL-OMON39260
NL-OMON39260CompletedNot Applicable

Effect of Telaprevir in triple therapy for chronic hepatitis C patients on Intrahepatic immunological Mechanisms - ETIM

Stichting Maag-, Darm- en Leveronderzoek0 sites25 target enrollmentStarted: TBDLast updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Enrollment
25

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Observational

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 to 99 (—)

Inclusion Criteria

  • Patients between 18 and 70 years of age, with a chronic hepatitis C - genotype 1 infection.
  • Patients are naive, non-responders or relapsers to previous treatment with peginterferon or conventional interferon plus ribavirin combination therapy.
  • High viral load (>400,000 IU/ml)
  • Indication for antiviral therapy of hepatitis C according to current clinical guidelines.
  • Written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Signs of progressive liver disease, beyond generally accepted criteria for HCV antiviral therapy
  • History or other evidence of severe illness, malignancy or any other condition which would make the patient, in the opinion of the investigators, unsuitable for the study
  • Co-infections with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or Hepatitis B virus (HBV).
  • Presence of contra-indications for antiviral therapy with telaprevir, peginterferon or ribavirin.
  • Interfering substance abuse, such as alcohol (indicator: 28 drinks/ week).
  • Earlier treatment with a protease/polymerase inhibitor or treatment with peginterferon/ ribavirin within 6 months before start of therapy
  • Any other condition which in the opinion of the investigator would make the patient unsuitable for enrollment, or could interfere with the patient participating and completing in the study.

Investigators

Sponsor
Stichting Maag-, Darm- en Leveronderzoek

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