UMIN-CTR Clinical Trial

Basic information
Official scientific title of the study	Effect of Carnitine Treatment on HCV in liver cirrhosis patients with hepatitis C virus infection
Title of the study (Brief title)	Effect of Carnitine on HCV
Region	Japan

Condition
Condition	Liver cirrhosis Patients with HCV infection
Classification by specialty	Hepato-biliary-pancreatic medicine
Classification by malignancy	Others
Genomic information	NO

Objectives
Narrative objectives1	To evaluate the virological and biochemical effect of carnitine administration in patients with a chronic HCV infection
Basic objectives2	Safety,Efficacy
Basic objectives -Others
Trial characteristics_1
Trial characteristics_2
Developmental phase

Assessment
Primary outcomes	Change of serum HCV titer
Key secondary outcomes	) Change of oxidant stress maker and blood biochemistry 2) Presence or absence of a reversal of liver fibrosis 3) Presence or absence of an improvement in AFP levels 4) Effects of glucose/lipid-related factors on treatment response 5) Incidence of AEs

Base
Study type	Observational

Study design
Basic design
Randomization
Randomization unit
Blinding
Control
Stratification
Dynamic allocation
Institution consideration
Blocking
Concealment

Intervention
No. of arms
Purpose of intervention
Type of intervention
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Eligibility
Age-lower limit	20 years-old <=
Age-upper limit	Not applicable
Gender	Male and Female
Key inclusion criteria	[1] Patients who are 20 years of age or older at the time of informed consent [2] Patients who have been fully informed and have provided written informed consent to participate in this study prior to study initiation [3] Patients with a chronic HCV infection who do not meet any of the following exclusion criteria
Key exclusion criteria	1) Patients with poorly controlled cardiac disease (e.g., myocardial infarction, cardiac failure, arrhythmia) 2) Patients with severe hepatic impairment 3) Patients with a concurrent malignancy, including hepatocellular carcinoma, at the start of treatment 4) Patients who are unsuitable, in the opinion of the principal investigator, for this study due to any other reason
Target sample size	50

Research contact person
Name of lead principal investigator	Goki Suda
Organization	Hokkaido University
Division name	Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine,
Address	Kita 14-jo Nishi 5-jo, Kita-ku, Sapporo city, Hokkaid
TEL	+81-11-716-1161
Email	gsudgast@pop.med.hokudai.ac.jp

Public contact
Name of contact person	Goki Suda
Organization	Hokkaido University
Division name	Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine,
Address	Kita 14-jo Nishi 5-jo, Kita-ku, Sapporo city, Hokkaid
TEL	+81-11-716-1161
Homepage URL
Email	gsudgast@pop.med.hokudai.ac.jp

Sponsor
Institute	Hokkaido University
Institute
Department

Funding Source
Organization	Hokkaido University
Organization
Division
Category of Funding Organization	Self funding
Nationality of Funding Organization

Other related organizations
Co-sponsor
Name of secondary funｄer(s)

Secondary IDs
Secondary IDs	NO
Study ID_1
Org. issuing International ID_1
Study ID_2
Org. issuing International ID_2
IND to MHLW

Institutions
Institutions	北海道大学病院（北海道）

Other administrative information
Date of disclosure of the study information	2015 Year 12 Month 21 Day

Progress
Recruitment status	Completed
Date of protocol fixation	2014 Year 05 Month 01 Day
Anticipated trial start date	2014 Year 05 Month 01 Day
Last follow-up date
Date of closure to data entry
Date trial data considered complete
Date analysis concluded

Related information
URL releasing protocol
Publication of results	Unpublished
URL releasing results
Results
Other related information	This study is cohort study Way for subscription Patients who visit our hospital between May 2014 and march 2018, and meet inclusion criteria are enrolled.

Management information
Registered date	2015 Year 12 Month 21 Day
Last modified on	2019 Year 02 Month 14 Day

Link to view the page
URL(English)	https://upload.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000023445