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Register: German Clinical Trials Register
Last refreshed on: 8 April 2024
Main ID:  DRKS00000813
Date of registration: 27/04/2011
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: UKL Freiburg, Med. Klinik II
Public title: Comparison of selenium levels in HCV- infected patients at different stages of disease
Scientific title: Comparison of selenium levels in HCV- infected patients at different stages of disease
Date of first enrolment: 13/04/2011
Target sample size: 40
Recruitment status: Complete
URL:  http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00000813
Study type:  observational
Study design:  Allocation: ; Masking: ; Control: ; Assignment: ; Study design purpose: treatment  
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Germany
Contacts
Name: Hans Christian    Spangenberg
Address:  Hugstetter Str. 55 79106 Freiburg Germany
Telephone: +49 76127034010
Email: dominik.bettinger@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Affiliation:  UKL Freiburg
Name: Hans Christian    Spangenberg
Address:  Hugstetter Str. 55 79100 Freiburg Germany
Telephone: 0761-270-34010
Email: hans.spangenberg@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Affiliation:  UKL Freiburg, Med. Klinik II
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: a) patients with chronic hepatitis c- infection: no cirrhosis of the liver (= Desmet IV), no HCC - suspected lesion in the liver
b) patients with hcv- associated cirrhosis of the liver: - cirrhosis of the liver confirmed by ultrasound, CT/MRI imaging or biopsy, all child - stages
c) patients with hcv- associated HCC: diagnosis of HCC according to the AASLD criteria, HCC has not been treated at the time of enrollment, all BCLC- /UICC- stages.
d) for all three groups: diagnosis of the chronic hcv- infection with virus rna and serologic parameters (anti-hcv) and abnormal liver function for more than 6 months, no antiviral treatment during the last 6 months

Exclusion criteria: - application of dietary supplements
- excessive alcohol consumption
- all other etiologies leading to a liver injury
- patients with an acute-phase- reaction (SIRS, sepsis, patients in intensive care units)
- extrahepatic neoplasm
- rheumatic disease apart from hcv- associated immunologic phenomena
- diabetes mellitus I and II
- immunological diseases


Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Male
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

C22.0
K73.9
C22.0
K73.9
Liver cell carcinoma
Chronic hepatitis, unspecified
Intervention(s)
Group 1: observation group: patients with cronic hcv- infection without cirrhosis of the liver and without HCC (10 patients)
Group 2: observation group: patients with hcv- infection with cirrhosis of the liver, but without HCC (10 patients)
Group 3: observation group: patients with hcv- infection with HCC (10 patients)
Group 4: observation group: healthy controls (10 controls)
Primary Outcome(s)
comparison of the selenium levels in these 4 groups
Secondary Outcome(s)
- selenium levels and inflammatory activity
- selenium levels and stadium of HCC
- selenium levels and MELD(Na)score
Secondary ID(s)
NCT01355107
Source(s) of Monetary Support
UKL Freiburg, Med. Klinik II
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date: 13/04/2011
Contact:
ekfr.mpg@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Ethik-Kommission der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
+49-761-27072600
ekfr.mpg@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed: 30/06/2012
URL: http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00000813#studyResults
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