Antiviral & Antifibrotic Liver Therapy in HCV + Drinkers and Non-Drinkers
Completed · Phase 2
Conditions studied: Hepatitis C
In brief
The primary aim of this investigation is to evaluate the effect of a combined antiviral, antifibrotic and antioxidant treatment on the progression of liver disease in patients with hepatitis C who either abstain from alcohol or continue to drink. All subjects are given state-of-the-art antiviral treatment (pegylated interferon + ribavirin), supplemented with either placebo or polyenylphosphatidylcholine (PPC), a purified soybean extract consisting of 95-96% polyunsaturated phosphatidylcholines (PC) and which has both antifibrotic and antioxidant properties. Secondary aims are to verify whether moderate alcohol consumption interferes with the antiviral effect of pegylated interferon + ribavirin on HCV and to validate the reliability of various circulating markers as substitute for liver biopsies to indicate the stage of liver pathology and its propensity for progression.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00211848
- Run by
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- People needed
- 207
- Starts
- 2000-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2005-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-01-27
Who can join
Age: 21 and older, up to 67. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Adult patients (up to 67 years old) are eligible for the study if they are positive for HCV RNA on testing with the polymerase chain reaction (quantitative test), or qualitative test positive if quantitative negative, have undergone a liver biopsy within one year before entry, available for analysis (vide infra) and whose results are consistent with a diagnosis of chronic hepatitis with at least moderate inflammation, a fibrosis score of at least 2/6 according to Ishak et al (1995), and excluding complete cirrhosis. In terms of drinking, the men comprise "abstainers" (less than 12 drinks in the past year), those who drink lightly (1-13 drinks per month) or moderately (4-14 drinks per week) (Dufour, 1999). For women below the age of 50 years, these levels are reduced in half. A drink is defined as: 12 ounces of regular beer, 5 ounces of wine or 1.5 ounces of distilled spirits (80 proof) (Nutrition and Your Health, 1990).
Where it is running
- Bronx VA — The Bronx, New York, United States
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