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The purpose of the study is to compare the efficacy, safety and recurrence rate of two therapeutic strategies with ribavirin in patients with chronic hepatitis E and severe acute hepatitis E: fixed duration of treatment for 12 weeks vs variable duration depending on the viremia within 4 weeks of the start of treatment (12 vs 24 weeks).
The purpose of the study is also improve the safety of treatment with Ribavirin by optimizing dose adjusted to renal function, plasma levels of drug and hemoglobin.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Group A | Other | Patients will receive ribavirin during 12 weeks |
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| Group B | Other | Patients will receive:
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Ribavirin | Drug |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Sustained virological response measured by HEV RNA | HEV RNA undetectable at 48 weeks after end of treatment | 48 weeks |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Hospital Universitari vall d'Hebron | Barcelona | 08035 | Spain |
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| ID | Term |
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| D016751 | Hepatitis E |
| ID | Term |
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| D006525 | Hepatitis, Viral, Human |
| D014777 | Virus Diseases |
| D007239 | Infections |
| D012327 | RNA Virus Infections |
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| ID | Term |
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| D012254 | Ribavirin |
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| D012263 | Ribonucleosides |
| D009705 | Nucleosides |
| D009706 | Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides |
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| D006505 |
| Hepatitis |
| D008107 | Liver Diseases |
| D004066 | Digestive System Diseases |