Chronic hepatitis C patients
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: HCV genotype 1 (subtype 1a or 1b) infected patients
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Hemoglobin <12g/dl, Neutrophil < 1500/mm3, or Platelet count <100000/mm3 2) Drug allergy to telaprevir, interferon, ribavirin or nucleoside analogues 3) Past-history of dermatological reaction of teraprevir 4) Pregnant women, etc. 5) Women cannot prevent conception. 6) Men cannot prevent conception. 7) Severe heart diseases 8) Abnormal hemoglobinemia 9) Severe renal dysfunction 10) Uncontrolable mental illness 11) Severe liver diseases 12) Uncontrolable autoimmune diseases 13) Past-history of hypersensitivity against vaccination, etc. 14) Patients take prohibited drugs, which interacts with telaprevir. 15) Doctors judged patients as inappropriate persons in this trial
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Anti-viral effects against HCV | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) Association between IL28SNP and treatment response 2) Treatment response and HCV RNA dynamics 3) HCV genome and treatment response | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Chiba University, Graduate School of Medicine Department of Gastroenterology and Nephrology