Status:

WITHDRAWN

Study the Relationship Between Obesity and Hepatitis C Replication

Lead Sponsor:

University of California, San Diego

Conditions:

Hepatitis C

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Patients with chronic hepatitis C viral infection (HCV) and with a BMI greater than 25Kg/m2 are refractory to medical treatment. Also, HCV replication seems to be affected when modeling insulin resist...

Detailed Description

This is a randomized, two arm clinical trial. The investigators performing the primary and secondary endpoints are blinded to subject identifiers and arm identifiers. Subject's screening for HCV Geno...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Infection with HCV genotype 1 or 4 (subjects infected with multiple genotypes are not eligible)
  • BMI greater than 25 Kg/m2
  • HCV-infected subjects naïve to treatment: subjects who either have never been treated for HCV infection or who previously received HCV treatment ending more than 3 months prior to enrollment for not longer than 2 weeks
  • Plasma HCV RNA concentration of \>10,000 IU/mL at the screening evaluation

Exclusion

  • Previous intolerance to Pioglitazone, Rosiglitazone, Troglitazone or corticosteroids
  • Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding
  • History of diabetes mellitus requiring treatment other than diet
  • Decompensated liver disease or other known causes of liver disease including, but not limited to autoimmune hepatitis, Wilson's disease, hemochromatosis, primary biliary cirrhosis, schistosomiasis, sclerosing cholangitis, alcohol- or drug-induced liver disease, or alpha-one antitrypsin deficiency
  • Concurrent hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection
  • Known immunodeficiency disease, autoimmune disorders or active gastrointestinal disease
  • Abuse of alcohol or illicit drugs within 6 months before enrollment
  • Use of an investigational drug within 4 weeks before the screening visit or during the screening period.
  • Use of systemic immunosuppressants
  • History of poorly controlled psychiatric disease or poorly controlled pulmonary disease

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01157975

Start Date

October 1 2008

End Date

September 1 2014

Last Update

December 2 2019

Active Locations (2)

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University of California at San Diego Hospitals

San Diego, California, United States, 92037

2

Agouza Hospital

Giza, Egypt