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A Clinical Research Study Designed To Determine If Treatment of Hepatitis C With Milk Thistle is More Effective Than No Treatment In Patients Infected With Both HIV And Hepatitis C

NCT00246363

RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blindTreatment

Summary

There is some information available that indicates that Milk Thistle is an effective treatment for liver disease. This study will compare Milk Thistle with a placebo, (a medicine that looks just like Milk Thistle but does not contain any Milk Thistle) to see if people with both Hepatitis C and HIV infections show improvement or cure of Hepatitis C. The study will last one year.

Timeline

Start
2005-01
Primary completion
2007-12
Completion
2007-12

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Silymarin Traditional medicine (herbal / TCM)