Tolerability of Peginterferon Plus Ribavirin for Chronic Hepatitis C and HIV for Patients Receiving Antiretroviral Medication vs Not Receiving Antiretroviral Medication

Summary

The main purpose of this study is to compare the safety, effectiveness and tolerability of using Pegasys with Copegus in people who have both the hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 and HIV who continue taking HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy) to those who discontinue taking HAART. Canadian guidelines recommend that both HIV and HCV should not be treated at the same time as the medications needed to treat these two diseases may interact and that which disease to treat first is dependent on the CD4 count. In this study, the CD4 count must be over 350 cells and one must be stable on HAART before starting the study medication Pegasys in combination with Copegus.

Timeline

Start

2005-07

Primary completion

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Completion

2007-04

Drugs

Indications