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Merimepodib (MMPD) in Triple Combination for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C

NCT00088504 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 315

Last updated 2007-12-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This trial is designed to test whether or not the addition of merimepodib (MMPD) to the standard therapy of pegylated interferon and ribavirin will result in a positive treatment response for people who have not previously responded to this therapy. Approximately 315 subjects will be enrolled in this research study at approximately 55 clinical sites in the United States. There will be three study groups. Everyone in the study will receive Pegasys® (pegylated interferon) and Copegus® (ribavirin) at the normally prescribed doses. Two of the groups will also receive the study drug merimepodib (MMPD) twice a day, one group at each dose level being tested. The third group will take a placebo instead of MMPD, with the Pegasys® and Copegus®.

After the first 24 weeks of treatment, blood tests will be done to see if subjects are responding to treatment. If they are responding, they will continue receiving study treatment in the study for another 24 weeks. If they are not responding, they will stop study treatment. Everyone who is responding will be monitored for 24 weeks after the last dose of medication, to see how long the response lasts.

Evaluations will be performed during the study to look at the safety of the Pegasys®/Copegus® and MMPD or placebo combination, and to see how the combination is working by measuring Hepatitis C Virus in the blood.

At some of the clinical sites performing the study, some subjects may also participate in additional testing to look at the metabolism of the drugs, or to look at the immune response to Hepatitis C virus infection and treatment.

Conditions

  • Hepatitis C
  • Hepatitis

Interventions

DRUG

Merimepodib

DRUG

PEG-Interferon-alpha 2a (Pegasys®)

DRUG

Ribavirin (Copegus®)

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Robert Kauffman, MD, PhD · Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-07-31
Completion
2006-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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