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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02526641
Date of registration: 13/08/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University of Aarhus
Public title: Macrophages, Portal Hypertension, and Liver Function During AbbVie Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C
Scientific title: New AbbVie Direct Acting Antiviral (DAA) Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Infection - Effects on the Macrophage Activation Marker Soluble CD163, Portal Hypertension, and Metabolic Liver Function
Date of first enrolment: August 2015
Target sample size: 16
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02526641
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Denmark
Contacts
Name:     Henning Grønbæk, Professor
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Affiliation:  Aarhus University Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Chronic hepatitis C genotype 1 or 4 patients initiating the new AbbVie treatment
(paritaprevir, ritonavir, ombitasvir og dasabuvir sammen med ribavirin)

- Child-Pugh A liver cirrhosis

Exclusion Criteria:

- Severe liver dysfunction - Child-Pugh klasse B-C

- Life expectancy less than 6 months

- planned liver transplantation or TIPS procedure within 6 months

- non-compliance to treatment or study procedures

- allergy to the DAA drugs used (paritaprevir, ritonavir, ombitasvir, dasabuvir, and
ribavirin)

- pregnancy or expected pregnancy during the study (anti-conception has to be used)

- breast feeding

- portal vein thrombosis

- liver cancer or other malignancies

- alcohol consumption



Age minimum: 30 Years
Age maximum: 70 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hepatitis C
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Functional Hepatic Nitrogen Clearance (FHNC)
Procedure: Liver vein catheterization
Procedure: Galactose Elimination Capacity (GEC)
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in the hepatic venous pressure gradient determined by liver vein catheterization from baseline to 12 weeks [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Change in the hepatic venous pressure gradient determined by liver vein catheterization from baseline to 1 year [Time Frame: 1 year]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Changes in the levels of the macrophage specific activation marker sCD163 [Time Frame: Before, during and after treatment - 60 weeks]
Changes in metabolic liver function determined by the galactose elimination capacity (GEC) test [Time Frame: After 12 weeks treatment]
Changes in the functional hepatic nitrogen clearance (FHNC) [Time Frame: After 12 weeks treatment]
Secondary ID(s)
HCV sCD163 AbbVie
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Aarhus University Hospital
AbbVie
Ethics review
Results
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