Status:

TERMINATED

Plasma Ribavirin Assay During Combination Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C

Lead Sponsor:

Hopital A Michallon

Collaborating Sponsors:

University Hospital, Grenoble

Central Hospital, Nancy, France

Conditions:

Chronic Hepatitis C

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Investigation of the usefullness of therapeutical drug monitoring of ribavirin for dose adaptation during combination therapy of chronic hepatitis C patients. The correlation between ribavirin plasma...

Detailed Description

1. Background and rational The serum concentrationS of ribavirin commonly range from 1 to 5 in patients during the combination treatment " interferon+ribavirin " (Larrat et al. 2003). However, the bio...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with chronic hepatitis C related to genotype 1 or 4 virus and for which a combination therapy is needed will be eligible.

Exclusion

  • Patients with co-infection (either VHB or VIH) or with concomitant treatments expected to interact with the endpoints (hemoglobin, viral load, serum ribavirin) will be excluded.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2003

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

End Date :

July 1 2004

Estimated Enrollment :

40 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00209755

Start Date

October 1 2003

End Date

July 1 2004

Last Update

September 21 2005

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university hospital ; HGE dpt

Grenoble, France, 38043