Japanese Phase II Study of SB-497115-GR in Hepatitis C Virus Infected Patients

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the ability of SB-497115-GR to raise platelet counts in thrombocytopenic patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection (platelet count \<80,000 /μL, suggestive of compensated cirrhosis) to a level desirable to initiate antiviral therapy and to assess the ability of SB-497115-GR to maintain platelet counts at a level sufficient to minimise dose reductions of pegylated interferon (Peg-IFN) and ribavirin (RBV) therapy with the expectation that a lower rate of Peg-IFN dose reduction and omission will translate to a higher rate of sustained viral response.

Timeline

Start

2012-07

Primary completion

2014-05

Completion

2014-11

Publications

• Kawaguchi T, Komori A, Fujisaki K, Nishiguchi S, Kato M, Takagi H, Tanaka Y, Notsumata K, Mita E, Nomura H, Shibatoge M, Takaguchi K, Hattori T, Sata M, Koike K. Eltrombopag enables initiation and completion of pegylated interferon/ribavirin therapy in Japanese HCV-infected patients with chronic liver disease and thrombocytopenia. Exp Ther Med. 2019 Jul;18(1):596-604. doi: 10.3892/etm.2019.7616. Epub 2019 May 24.

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