New triple therapy aims to clear hepatitis c before liver transplant
NCT ID NCT01463956
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a combination of three drugs (pegylated interferon, ribavirin, and boceprevir) in 58 adults with genotype 1 hepatitis C and cirrhosis who were waiting for a liver transplant. The goal was to see if the treatment could clear the virus before surgery. The study measured how many patients had no detectable virus six months after stopping treatment or at the time of transplant.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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58 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Jan 2012
- Finished
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Jan 2015
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Adult 18 years and older * Chronic infection with hepatitis C virus proven with positive PCR for more than 6 months * Viral genotype 1 * Cirrhosis while awaiting liver transplantation * MELD score \< or equal to 18 * With or without hepatocellular carcinoma * Naive to antiviral C treatment * Failure on a previous treatment. Failure is defined as the persistence of detectable HCV RNA. The previous HCV failure treatment profile must be able to be documented according to the following terminology:- Relapsing patient: HCV RNA undetectable at the end of treatment, becoming detectable again after the discontinuation of treatment- Breakthrough: increase of viremia of 1 log or more during the treatment - Non-responding patient with partial response: HCV RNA detectable at W24 without ever having been undetectable and with a decrease in HCV RNA ≥ 2 log at W12 - Non-responding patient with nul response: decrease in HCV RNA \< 2 log at W12 * No need for prior treatment wash-out * Negative pregnancy test in women of child-bearing age * Double method of contraception in men and women of child-bearing age during the entire duration of treatment and the 6 months following its discontinuation * Free, informed, and written consent (signed on the day of pre-enrollment at the latest and before all exams required by the study) * Person enrolled in or a beneficiary of a social security/Universal Health Insurance Coverage * Inclusion approved by the Decision Support Committee Exclusion Criteria: * Previous HCV treatment with boceprevir or telaprevir * Alcohol consumption \> 40 g/day * Toxicomania constituting a barrier for starting therapy according to the opinion of the investigator. Patients included in a methadone or buprenorphine replacement program may be enrolled * MELD \> 18 * Non controlled sepsis * Platelets \< 50,000/mm3 * Neutrophil granulocyte levels \< 1000/mm3 * Creatinine clearance \< 50 mL/min (MDRD) * Hb \< 10 g/dL * Uncontrolled psychiatric problems * Contraindications to boceprevir * Contraindication to interferon or ribavirin * Subject with major complications of cirrhosis * HIV coinfection * HBV coinfection (unless this is treated effectively with analogues, as proven by undetectable viremia for at least 12 months) * Other infectious disease underway * Neoplastic disease other than hepatocellular carcinoma during the previous year, or neoplastic disease for which the prognosis is less than 3 years * Treatment with immunosuppressors (including corticosteroids), antivirals other than those for the study, except aciclovir * Consumption of St. John's wort * Associated treatments including a molecule or substance that could interfere with the pharmacokinetic characteristics of boceprevir * History of a lactose allergy * Person participating in another study including an exclusion period that is still underway during pre-enrollment * So-called vulnerable populations (minors, people under guardianship or protection, or a private individual under protection from making legal or administrative decisions) * Pregnancy, breast-feeding
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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A Michallon Hospital
Grenoble, 38700, France
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Archet Hospital
Nice, 06202 cedex 3, France
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Beaujon Hospital
Clichy, 92110, France
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Civil Hospital
Strasbourg, 67091 Cedex, France
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Claude Huriez hospital
Lille, 59037 cedex, France
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Cochin Hospital
Paris, 75014, France
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Haut-Lévêque Hospital
Bordeaux, 33601, France
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Henri Mondor Hospital
Créteil, 94010 Cedex, France
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La Conception Hospital
Marseille, 13285, France
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La Croix-Rousse
Lyon, 69 317 CEDEX, France
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La Pitié Salpétrière Hospital
Paris, 75013, France
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Nancy Hospital
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54500, France
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Paul Brousse Hospital
Villejuif, 94804 cedex, France
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Pontchaillou Hospital
Rennes, 35033 cedex 9, France
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Purpan Hospital
Toulouse, 31059 cedex, France
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Purpan Hospital Médecine interne
Toulouse, 31059 cedex, France
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Saint-Eloi Hospital
Montpellier, 34090, France
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Staint Antoine Hospital
Paris, 75571 Cedex 12, France
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Trousseau Hospital
Tours, 37044, France
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