Efficacy of Vitamin D on Top of Pegylated Interferon and Ribavirin in Patients With Chronic Viral Hepatitis C Null-Responders

Summary

Vitamin D deficiency is commonly found in patients with chronic hepatitis C. The investigators hypothesize that the correction of hypovitaminosis D before the initiation of anti-HCV combination therapy and the maintenance of an optimal vitamin D status during antiviral therapy could improve the antiviral efficacy

Timeline

Start

2010-11

Primary completion

2012-02

Completion

2013-01

Publications

• Terrier B, Lapidus N, Pol S, Serfaty L, Ratziu V, Asselah T, Thibault V, Souberbielle JC, Carrat F, Cacoub P. Vitamin D in addition to peg-interferon-alpha/ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C virus infection: ANRS-HC25-VITAVIC study. World J Gastroenterol. 2015 May 14;21(18):5647-53. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i18.5647.

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