drugset / Trial / NCT00158522
Efficacy of Pegylated Interferon Alone in Egyptian Patients With Acute Hepatitis C (ANRS 1213)
Phase 3
Completed
31 enrolled
French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis
Hoffmann-La Roche · collab
Non-randomizedSingle-groupOpen-labelTreatment
Summary
Acute hepatitis C is a liver disease related to a virus: hepatitis C virus (HCV). The type of Hepatitis C Virus present in Egypt (genotype 4), has the reputation to respond poorly to treatment at the chronic hepatitis stage. Without treatment, 85% of patients with acute hepatitis C become chronically HCV infected which means that the virus stays present in the body. Pegylated Interferon is a new form of Interferon that stays in the body for longer time and allows the patient to take less injection per week. It has also proved to be more effective than standard Interferon in treatment of chronic hepatitis C.
Timeline
- Start
- 2003-02
- Primary completion
- 2007-12
- Completion
- 2007-12
Publications
- Background Bakr I, Rekacewicz C, El Hosseiny M, Ismail S, El Daly M, El-Kafrawy S, Esmat G, Hamid MA, Mohamed MK, Fontanet A. Higher clearance of hepatitis C virus infection in females compared with males. Gut. 2006 Aug;55(8):1183-7. doi: 10.1136/gut.2005.078147. Epub 2006 Jan 24.
- Background El Gaafary MM, Rekacewicz C, Abdel-Rahman AG, Allam MF, El Hosseiny M, Hamid MA, Colombani F, Sultan Y, El-Aidy S, Fontanet A, Mohamed MK. Surveillance of acute hepatitis C in Cairo, Egypt. J Med Virol. 2005 Aug;76(4):520-5. doi: 10.1002/jmv.20392.
Drugs
| Evaluation | Drug | Modality | Dose | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Peginterferon alfa-2a | Protein / enzyme biologic | 180 ug | Subcutaneous |