Clinical Trial: Treatment of HCV-Infected Recent Injection Drug Users in U.S. Liver Clinics
Study Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Recruit Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Condition: Chronic Hepatitis C
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Treatment of Recent Injection Drug Use With Chronic HCV Infection in U.S. Liver Referral Clinics: A Prospective, Observational Cohort Study And Contemporaneous Therapy Cohort Without Injection Drug Us
Brief Summary:
Direct antiviral therapy (standard of care) administered to chronic hepatitis C-infected patients, in two hepatology clinics, who had used intravenous drugs in the past 6 months of signing informed consent (IC).This cohort was compared to concurrently treated chronic hepatitis C patients who were not intravenous drug users, who signed IC in these same clinics.Follow-up expected two years after cure and relapse rates recorded.Primary end point was SVR rate and secondary end points included reinfection rates in…
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