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JAPANESE
国立保健医療科学院
UMIN ID: UMIN000000897

Registered date:17/11/2007

A comparison of peginterferon ribavirin combination therapies for chronic hepatitis C

Basic Information

Recruitment status Complete: follow-up complete
Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studiedchronic hepatitis C with high viral load (>100KIU/ml) and serogroup I
Date of first enrollment2007/11/01
Target sample size320
Countries of recruitmentJapan
Study typeInterventional
Intervention(s)peginterferon alfa-2b in combination with ribavirin peginterferon alfa-2a in combination with ribavirin

Outcome(s)

Primary OutcomeSVR(sustained virologic response:no detectable hepatitis C virus in their blood 6 months after treatment has ended) rate
Secondary Outcome

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Age minimum20years-old
Age maximumNot applicable
GenderMale and Female
Include criteria
Exclude criteriaThe exclusion criteria are as follows: 1.liver disease such as autoimmune hepatitis, coinfection with hepatitis B, 2.severe renal disease, Ccr <50ml/min 3.poorly controlled heart disease 4.depression or psychosomatic disorders 5.Sho-saiko-to treatment within 30 days before interferon administration 6.pregnant or lactating women and women who may be pregnant 7.a man who can not avoid conception during administration of ribavirin and until 6 month after the end ribavirin treatment 8.drug allergy against interferon or ribavirin 9.allergy against biological drugs 10.no prior therapy of peginterferon in combination with ribavirin 11.on other clinical trial 12.any reason which medical doctor regard the patient as unsuitable for this test

Related Information

Contact

public contact
Name Tadashi Goto
Address 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan Japan
Telephone 03-3815-5411
E-mail tadagotou-gi@umin.ac.jp
Affiliation University of Tokyo Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine
scientific contact
Name Haruhiko Yoshida
Address 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan Japan
Telephone 03-3815-5411
E-mail yoshida-2im@h.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Affiliation University of Tokyo Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine