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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT03099278
Date of registration: 28/03/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Ziauddin Hospital
Public title: Ezetimibe for Patients With Chronic Hepatitis D
Scientific title: Ezetimibe for Patients With Chronic Hepatitis D
Date of first enrolment: January 2017
Target sample size: 20
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03099278
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Pakistan
Contacts
Name:     Zaigham Abbas
Address: 
Telephone: 922135862937
Email: drzabbas@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name:     Zaigham Abbas
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Treatment experienced patients; non-responders of relapsers of pegylated interferon
therapy

- Age 18 years or above

- Presence of anti-HDV in serum

- Presence of quantifiable HDV RNA in serum

- Elevated ALT > ULN

Exclusion Criteria:

- Decompensated liver disease

- Patients with ALT levels greater than 10 times ULN (400 U/L)

- Pregnancy or inability to practice adequate contraception.

- Significant systemic or major illnesses other than liver disease, including, but not
limited to, congestive heart failure, renal failure (eGFR<50 ml/min), organ
transplantation, serious psychiatric disease or depression and active coronary artery
disease.

- Systemic immunosuppressive therapy

- Evidence of another form of liver disease in addition to viral hepatitis

- Active substance abuse, such as alcohol or injection drugs

- Hepatocellular carcinoma

- Concurrent hepatitis C infection or HIV coinfection

- Diagnosis of malignancy in the five years

- Concurrent usage of statins

- Concurrent use of any other drug known to inhibit NTCP

- Inability to understand or sign informed consent

- Any other condition, which in the opinion of the investigators would impede the
patient's participation or compliance in the study



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Chronic Hepatitis D
Intervention(s)
Drug: Ezetimibe
Primary Outcome(s)
• Decline of HDV RNA quantitative measurements of >1 logs from baseline [Time Frame: 12 weeks of therapy]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
00281116ZAGE
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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