Status:

COMPLETED

A Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of TMC435 Along With Pegylated Interferon Alpha-2a (Pegasys) and Ribavirin (Copegus) Triple Therapy in Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype-1 Infected Patients Co-infected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Type 1

Lead Sponsor:

Janssen R&D Ireland

Conditions:

Hepatitis C Virus Genotype-1

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of TMC435 along with pegylated interferon alpha-2a (PegIFNα-2a) and ribavirin (RBV) triple therapy in hepatitis C virus genotype-1 ...

Detailed Description

This is an open-label (all the people know the identity of the intervention), single arm (study will be conducted in a single group) clinical study, to evaluate the safety, tolerability and efficacy o...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • A liver biopsy required within 3 years prior to screening unless the patient has a contraindication for a liver biopsy
  • Patients with bridging fibrosis or cirrhosis and without a liver biopsy result within 2 years prior screening must have an ultrasound taken within 2 months prior to the screening visit or during screening with no findings suspicious for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
  • Genotype-1 hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection
  • Plasma HCV ribonucleic acid (RNA) of more than 10,000 IU per mL
  • Documented human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1) infection at least 6 months prior to screening

Exclusion

  • Patient showing evidence of hepatic decompensation (ie, history or current evidence of ascites, bleeding varices or hepatic encephalopathy, albumin serum concentration less than 3.3 gm per dL, prolonged prothrombin time \[PT\] expressed as international normalized ratio \[INR\] more than 1.5)
  • Any liver disease of non-HCV etiology
  • Co-infection with hepatitis B virus (hepatitis B surface antigen \[HBsAg\] positive)
  • An acute HIV-1 infection; or HIV-2 infection
  • Change in antiretroviral (ARV) regimen within the last 4 weeks prior screening

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

109 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01479868

Start Date

October 1 2011

End Date

August 1 2013

Last Update

October 29 2014

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Los Angeles, California, United States

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Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

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Orlando, Florida, United States

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Atlanta, Georgia, United States