Observational Trial of Hepatitis C Virus Infected Patients on Calcineurin Inhibitors

University of Wisconsin (UW)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hepatitis C Virus

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00819026

UWisHCV-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

Hepatitis C Virus is constantly evolving genetically, particularly in response to the immune system. This is an observational study to examine if immunosuppressants particularly calcineurin inhibitors taken by transplant patients in order to avoid organ rejection causes predictable changes in the genetics of this virus that might be important in order to treat it effectively.

Enrollment: 15 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• HCV infected on immunosuppression