drugset / Trial / NCT00237484

Effect of Infliximab on the Efficacy of Peg-Intron/Ribavirin in Patients With Hepatitis C (Study P04257AM4)(COMPLETED)

NCT00237484

Phase 3 Completed 89 enrolled Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

This is a Phase IIIB, randomized, prospective, multicenter, single-country, open-label, controlled pilot trial designed to evaluate the effect of infliximab induction therapy on sustained virologic response (SVR) to treatment with pegylated interferon alfa-2b plus ribavirin in a group of 96 therapy-naïve subjects with genotype 1 hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and high serum tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha values.

Timeline

Start
2005-07-18
Primary completion
2011-06-30
Completion
2011-06-30

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Infliximab Monoclonal antibody 5 mg/kg Intravenous
Background Peginterferon alfa-2b Protein / enzyme biologic 1.5 ug/kg Subcutaneous
Background Ribavirin Small molecule 800 mg Oral
Background Ribavirin Small molecule 1400 mg Oral