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ACCELERATE Study - A Study of PEGASYS (Peginterferon alfa-2a (40KD)) in Combination With COPEGUS (Ribavirin) in Interferon-Naive Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C (CHC) Infection.

Status: Completed

Protocol number: NV17317

Sponsor: Hoffmann-La Roche

Company division: Pharmaceutical

Official Scientific Title: A randomized, open-label study of the effect of PEGASYS and ribavirin combination therapy on sustained virologic response in interferon-naïve patients with chronic hepatitis C genotype 2 or 3 infection

Brief summary: This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of different durations of treatment with PEGASYS combined with ribavirin in patients with CHC genotype 2 or 3 infection who have never previously received interferon (IFN) therapy. The anticipated time on study treatment is 3-12 months and the target sample size is 500+ individuals. Target sample size is 1400.

Study phase: IV

Study type: Interventional; Treatment; Randomized; Open Label; Active; Parallel; Safety/Efficacy study

Condition: Hepatitis C, Chronic

Intervention type: Drug

Intervention name: peginterferon alfa-2a (40KD) [PEGASYS]

Primary outcome: 1. SVR Time frame: 24 weeks post-treatment (ie week 40 or week 48)

Key secondary outcomes: 1. Virological response Time frame: End of treatment (ie week 16 or week 24) 2. Virological response Time frame: 12 weeks post-treatment (ie week 28 or week 36) 3. AEs, laboratory parameters, vital signs. Time frame: Throughout study

Inclusion criteria:

  • patients >=18 years of age;
  • CHC infection (genotype 2 or 3);
  • liver biopsy (in <24 calendar months of first dose), with results consistent with CHC infection;
  • use of 2 forms of contraception during study and 6 months after the study in both men and women.

Exclusion criteria:

  • women who are pregnant or breastfeeding;
  • male partners of women who are pregnant;
  • conditions associated with decompensated liver disease;
  • other forms of liver disease, including liver cancer;
  • human immunodeficiency virus infection;
  • previous treatment with an IFN, pegylated IFN, ribavirin, viramidine, levovirin, or amantadine.

Gender: Males or Females

Age limits: Min: 18 Years Max: N/A (No limit)

Accepts healthy volunteers: No

Trial registration date: 07/26/2005

Date last updated: 8/19/2008


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This trial was conducted at the following locations:

Australia

  • Adelaide
  • Brisbane
  • Kingswood
  • Melbourne
  • Woolloongabba

Canada

  • Edmonton, AB
  • Downsview, ON
  • Mississauga, ON

France

  • Clichy
  • Creteil
  • Grenoble
  • Marseille
  • Nice
  • Rennes
  • Strasbourg
  • Toulouse
  • Vandoeuvre-Les-Nancy

Germany

  • Berlin
  • Düsseldorf
  • Freiburg
  • Hannover
  • Homburg
  • Kiel

Italy

  • Bergamo
  • Bologna
  • Milano
  • Napoli
  • Pavia
  • Pisa

New Zealand

  • Otahuhu

Spain

  • Badalona
  • Barcelona
  • Bilbao
  • Madrid
  • Sevilla
  • Valencia

United States

  • Birmingham, AL
  • Mobile, AL
  • Anchorage, AK
  • Phoenix, AZ
  • Scottsdale, AZ
  • Little Rock, AR
  • La Jolla, CA
  • Long Beach, CA
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Palo Alto, CA
  • Sacramento, CA
  • San Diego , CA
  • San Francisco, CA
  • San Luis Obispo, CA
  • Littleton, CO
  • Farmington, CT
  • Gainesville, FL
  • Jacksonville, FL
  • Miami, FL
  • Orlando, FL
  • Pensacola, FL
  • Sarasota , FL
  • Tampa, FL
  • Wellington, FL
  • Atlanta, GA
  • Austell, GA
  • Honolulu, HI
  • Boise, ID
  • Indianapolis , IN
  • Iowa City, IA
  • Baton Rouge, LA
  • New Orleans, LA
  • Baltimore, MD
  • Boston, MA
  • Burlington, MA
  • Worcester, MA
  • Ann Arbor, MI
  • Detroit, MI
  • Minneapolis, MN
  • Plymouth, MN
  • St Louis, MO
  • Albuquerque, NM
  • Bayside, NY
  • Binghamton, NY
  • Bronx, NY
  • Manhasset, NY
  • New York, NY
  • Williamsville, NY
  • Chapel Hill, NC
  • Charlotte, NC
  • Durham, NC
  • Fayetteville, NC
  • Cincinnati, OH
  • Cleveland, OH
  • Portland, OR
  • Hershey, PA
  • Lancaster, PA
  • Ponce, PR
  • San Juan, PR
  • Santurce, PR
  • Cranston, RI
  • Providence, RI
  • Germantown, TN
  • Dallas, TX
  • Fort Sam Houston, TX
  • Houston, TX
  • Salt Lake City, UT
  • White River Junction, VT
  • Charlottesville, VA
  • Chesapeake, VA
  • Falls Church, VA
  • Richmond, VA
  • Bellevue, WA
  • Kirkland, WA
  • Puyallup, WA
  • Seattle, WA
  • Spokane , WA
  • Madison, WI
  • Cheyenne, WY

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