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Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Treatment Completion or Withdrawal

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Department of Veterans Affairs
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00674492
First received: May 6, 2008
Last updated: April 23, 2012
Last verified: October 2008
History of Changes
  Purpose

Qualitative pilot study of patients' views of their experience with antiviral treatment for hepatitis C.


Condition
Hepatitis C

Study Type: Observational
Study Design: Time Perspective: Retrospective
Official Title: Patients' View of Hepatitis C Treatment Completion or Withdrawal

Resource links provided by NLM:

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Attributes of treatment experience identified in inductive qualitative analysis [ Time Frame: Zero to five years since ending treatment. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Enrollment: 18
Study Start Date: May 2008
Study Completion Date: August 2008
Primary Completion Date: August 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Groups/Cohorts
Group 1
patients who initiated antiviral treatment for hepatitis C

Detailed Description:

Qualitative pilot study of patient' views of their experiences with antiviral treatment for hepatitis C. Two groups of patients will be sampled: nine who completed a 24 or 48 week course of treatment and nine who withdrew from treatment prior to planned end. Interview data will be analyzed using narrative and grounded theory methods to identify attributes of treatment experience that may discriminate between completion and withdrawal.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Sampling Method:   Non-Probability Sample
Study Population

VHA patients who ever initiated antiviral treatment for hepatitis C.

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Ever initiated anitiviral treatment for hepatitis C.

Exclusion Criteria:

none

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00674492

Locations
United States, Massachusetts
VA New England Health Care System
Bedford, Massachusetts, United States, 01730
Sponsors and Collaborators
Department of Veterans Affairs
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Jack A Clark, PhD VA New England Health Care System
  More Information

Publications:

Responsible Party: Department of Veterans Affairs
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00674492     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: SHP 08-193
Study First Received: May 6, 2008
Last Updated: April 23, 2012
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hepatitis
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis C
Liver Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Hepatitis, Viral, Human
 Virus Diseases
Enterovirus Infections
Picornaviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Flaviviridae Infections

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