Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 3:54 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 3:54 AM
NCT ID:
NCT00207402
Brief Summary:
Genotype 1 hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients who did not respond (did not lose virus during treatment) or relapsed (virus went away on treatment but came back after treatment was stopped) after treatment with at least twelve weeks of a pegylated (long-acting) interferon and ribavirin will be considered for this study. There are two purposes to this study: first, to determine how rosiglitazone, a medicine used to treat diabetes, affects the HCV viral load; and second, to determine if treatment of insulin resistance with rosiglitazone prior to therapy for HCV will improve sustained virologic response (loss of virus that continues beyond six months after completion of HCV therapy) to HCV therapy.
Detailed Description:
This study will demonstrate the efficacy of treating insulin resistance with rosiglitazone in CHC, genotype 1 patients who have failed previous treatment with pegylated interferon and ribavirin. Pre-treatment with rosiglitazone may become the new standard of care prior to HCV therapy for those patients who are insulin resistant, increasing their chance for achieving an SVR on interferon alfacon-1 combination therapy and decreasing the morbidity and mortality associated with chronic hepatitis C.
Study:
NCT00207402
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00207402