Effects of Personalized Physical Activity and Psycho-Education Program on Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Infection

National Taiwan University Hospital1 site in 1 country300 target enrollmentDecember 2011

ConditionsHepatitis C Virus Infection, Response to Therapy of

Overview

Phase: N/A
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Hepatitis C Virus Infection, Response to Therapy of
Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital
Enrollment: 300
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Effects of Activity and Education Program on Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Infection
Last Updated: 13 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

This 4-year project will be guided by a biobehavioral model for the study of exercise interventions in two phases with the purposes to :

explore the patients' physical activity preferences and develop doable activity lists during treatment period
examine the changes of health-related physical fitness component over interferon treatment
develop the Personalized Physical Activity and Psych-Education (PPAPE) Program and test its effects on decreasing fatigue, physical and psychological distress, and improving their health-related physical fitness and quality of life in patients with chronic hepatitis C receiving Interferon with Ribavirin Combination Therapy
evaluate the outcome of the PPAPE program on increasing adherence to therapy, the sustained virological response (SVR) in 24 weeks after the end of treatment, and the time-consuming for education program during intervention.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

December 2011

End Date

June 2018

Last Updated

13 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

National Taiwan University Hospital

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Infection Receiving Interferon Therapy
•Aged above 18

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Effects of Activity and Education Program on Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Infection

Time Frame: 4-year project

Phase I of this project, the first and second year, the measurement time will be collected on the baseline (before treatment, T0), the 8 weeks (T1), 16 weeks (T2), and 24 weeks (T3) during treatment.