Chronic Hepatitis C
Conditions
Keywords
Genotype-1, Treatment-Naive
Brief summary
This study is being conducted in treatment-naive patients (no previous hepatitis C treatment) to evaluate the safety of valopicitabine (NM283) alone and together with pegylated interferon, a drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of hepatitis C infection. This study is also evaluating the ability of valopicitabine to decrease the amount of hepatitis C virus in the body. The results for patients taking valopicitabine alone will be compared with the results for patients taking valopicitabine together with pegylated interferon.
Interventions
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Documented clinical history compatible with genotype-1, chronic hepatitis C infection * Treatment-naive (patient has received no previous therapy for hepatitis C viral infection) Other protocol-defined inclusion criteria may apply.
Exclusion criteria
* Patient is pregnant * Patient is co-infected with hepatitis B or HIV Other protocol-defined
Countries
Puerto Rico, United States