Assessment of health-related quality of life in Japanese patients with chronic hepatitis C

UMIN ID: UMIN000001145

Registered date:01/05/2014

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Complete: follow-up complete
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: chronic hepatitis C
• Date of first enrollment: 2008/05/01
• Target sample size: 250
• Countries of recruitment: Japan
• Study type: Interventional

Intervention(s)

patients with chronic hepatitis C
healthy adult volunteers

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: 1.The difference of quality of life between various stages of chronic hepatitis C and healthy adult volunteers
• Secondary Outcome: 2. The difference of quality of life between IFN-treated patients and IFN-untreated patients

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: 20years-old
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Male and Female
• Exclude criteria: 1) patients with complications of another hepatitis virus or HIV 2) patients with complication of alcoholic liver disease 3) patients with complications of other liver diseases (PBC, AIH, and so on) 4) patients receiving antipsychotic 5) patients with drug abuse 6) patients with hepatic coma that are unable to answer the questionnaire

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Gunma Liver Study Group
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Gunma Liver Study Group