chronic hepatitis C
Conditions
Interventions
Mosapride group: pegylated (Peg) interferon (IFN) (Pegintron
Schering-Plough Co., Inc., NJ, USA) 60-100 microgram per week and 5 miri gram of mosapride citrate (Gasmotin
Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Inc., Tokyo, Japan) orally three times daily
Control group: PegIFN 60-100 microgram per week with no mosapride citrate
Sponsors
Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: histologically confirmed chronic active hepatitis, presence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: presence of gastrointestinal disease and history of gastric surgery
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| total gastric T1/2, proximal gastric T1/2, distal gastric T1/2, and digestive symptoms scored at the time of gastric emptying scintigraphy | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactEtsushi Kawamura
Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University Dept. of nuclear medicine
Outcome results
None listed