Prospective Observational Study of Disease Progression in Chronic Hepatitis C

Capital Medical University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Hepatitis C, Chronic; Disease Progression; Liver Cirrhosis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02011932

BJYAH-2011-045

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the progression of chronic hepatitis C patients infected by paid plasma donation,and explore the possible pathogenic mechanisms of disease progression in chronic hepatitis C.

Enrollment: 133 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All these patients had a definite history of regular plasma donations with repeated blood cell re-transfusions.
• The Hepatitis C Virus antibody was positive.
• All patients did not receive interferon therapy before being recruited.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with evidences for other forms of liver diseases.
• The coinfection with hepatitis B virus or other virus.

Trial design

133 participants in 2 patient groups

Healthy volunteers

Chronic hepatitis C