Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Treatment Completion or Withdrawal

US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hepatitis C

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT00674492

SHP 08-193

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full 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.

Enrollment: 21 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Ever initiated anitiviral treatment for hepatitis C.

Exclusion criteria

none

Trial design

21 participants in 1 patient group

Hepatitis C patients

Description:

patients who initiated antiviral treatment for hepatitis C