Hepatitis C virus-related chronic liver diseases
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) 20 years old of age or more 2) HCVRNA-positive results prior to DAA treatment 3) Curative treatment for patients who had HCC 4) Informed consent for DAA treatments 5) Eligible for each DAA used in this study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) (Potentially) pregnant woman and lactating woman 2) Allergic reaction for DAAs and biological agents including vaccines 3) Difficult-to-control heart diseases 4) Severe liver injury, including Child-Pugh class B and C 5) Contraindicated drugs for combination with DAAs 6) Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus 7) Inappropriate patients who are judged by study-managing doctors
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Characteristics of liver cancer developed after DAA-induced SVR (tumor size, number of tumor, gross appearance, location, vascular invasion, and tumor markers) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) Patient characteristics and background liver when liver caner occurs 2) Liver cancer incidence 3)Possible inhibitory effect of SVR on liver cancer recurrence in patients receiving curative therapy for primary liver cancer 4) Patients' prognosis 5) Adverse effects of DAA treatments | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Kurume University School of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine