Status:

COMPLETED

Rapid HCV Treatment Access for Persons Who Use Drugs

Lead Sponsor:

Johns Hopkins University

Collaborating Sponsors:

AbbVie

Conditions:

Hepatitis C Virus Infection, Response to Therapy of

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This study is being done to compare two strategies to deliver HCV treatment to persons with hepatitis C virus (HCV) who also use drugs and are participating in an outpatient opioid treatment program (...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Ability and willingness of participant to provide written informed consent
  • Men and women age ≥18 to ≤70 years at study entry
  • HCV antibody positive/detectable HCV RNA
  • HCV treatment naïve (no prior treatment with an approved or investigational oral Direct-Acting Antivirals (DAA) therapy
  • Negative pregnancy test at screening or at the day of treatment initiation (females of childbearing potential only)
  • If co-infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is documented, the subject must be anti-retroviral treatment (ART) naïve with CD4 T cell count \>500 cells/mm3 OR on a stable ART regimen (containing only permissible ART - Raltegravir; dolutegravir; Rilpivirine; Elvitegravir/cobicistat; Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate; Tenofovir alafenamide; Emtricitabine; Lamivudine and/or Abacavir, bictegravir)

Exclusion

  • Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, or considering becoming pregnant during the study and for 30 days after the last dose of study drug
  • Known allergy/sensitivity or any hypersensitivity to components of study drugs or their formulation
  • Current or history of decompensated liver disease (including but not limited to encephalopathy, variceal bleeding, or ascites) prior to study entry
  • History of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
  • Any history of active Hepatitis B or positive HBsAg test
  • Platelet count \< 150,000/mm3
  • HCV RNA undetectable
  • History of clinically significant abnormalities or co-morbidities that make the subject an unsuitable candidate for this study, in the opinion of the investigator.
  • Women of childbearing potential that are not practicing at least one specified method of birth control that is effective from Study Day 1 through at least 30 days after the last dose of study drug.
  • Subject is currently taking any of the following prohibited medications: red yeast rice (monacolin K), St. John's Wort, carbamazepine, dabigatran, efavirenz, phenytoin, pentobarbital, phenobarbital, primidone, rifabutin, rifampin.
  • Subject is not able or willing to safely discontinue the prohibited medications or supplements listed below at least 14 days prior to the first dose of GLE/PIB: some HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, astemizole, cisapride, terfenadine, ethinyl estradiol.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 6 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 23 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

124 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04677153

Start Date

August 6 2021

End Date

September 23 2024

Last Update

December 3 2025

Active Locations (4)

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University of Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294

2

University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, California, United States, 94143

3

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287

4

University Health Network Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2C4