Levels of Interleukin-6 andTransforming Growth Factor Beta in HCV Patients Sera

NCT ID: NCT03882307

Last Updated: 2022-07-26

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

EARLY_PHASE1

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-10-31

Study Completion Date

2022-12-31

Brief Summary

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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with significant morbidity and mortality owing to progression of a high percentage (85%) of HCV infected patients to chronic hepatitis, which might lead to the development of liver cirrhosis or hepato cellular carcinoma..

Egypt has possibly the highest HCV prevalence in the world, 10-20% of the general population .

Detailed Description

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Currently, second-generation direct-acting antiviral agents have been used for chronic hepatitis C treatment. The association of sofosbuvir with daclatasvir or simeprevir , with or without ribavirin , directly inhibits viral replication .

Sofosbuvir (400 mg once per day) and daclatasvir (60mg once per day) or simeprevir (150 mg once per day) for 3 months treatment regimens.

Sofosbuvir-based antiviral therapy guarantees efficacy in HCV eradication in approximately 90% of cases and is associated with mild to moderate adverse effects.

Overall, studies describe an increase in serum cytokine levels in chronic hepatitis C patients, when compared with healthy individuals. ,interleukin-6(IL-6) is produced mainly by kupffer cells and induces the production of the acute phase proteins, C-reactive protein and haptoglobin .

Previous studies reported that serum Interleukin-6 levels were increased, compared with healthy individuals, in patients with some liver diseases.Previous results suggest that baseline levels of Interleukin, as well as their decrease during treatment .Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) is a cytokine that has been assigned a key role in epithelial repair. Injury to the liver elicits a rapid increase in its expression. HCV -infected hepatocytes produce (TGF-β) which may stimulate T-regulatory cells.

Conditions

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Hepatitis C, Chronic

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

assess serum level of interleukin-6 and transforming growth factor beta before intervention and after intervention with sofosbuvir and daclatasvir.
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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group1 (naive)

Assess serum level of interleukin-6 and transforming growth factor beta before the course of treatment

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

group2 (sustained responder)

Assess serum level of interleukin-6 and transforming growth factor beta after three months from the end of treatment Sofosbuvir (SOF) (400 mg once per day) and daclatasvir (DCV)(60mg once per day) or simeprevir (SIM) (150 mg once per day) for 3 months treatment regimens

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

sofosbuvir and daclatasvir

Intervention Type DRUG

oral tablets

Interventions

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sofosbuvir and daclatasvir

oral tablets

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Sovaldi

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age from 18 to 70 years.
* HCV RNA positivity .
* Any Body Mass Index(BMI).
* Treatment-naive or treatment experienced.
* all fibrosis stages.

Exclusion Criteria

* Direct serum bilirubin greater than 2 mg/dl.
* Serum albumin less than 2.8 g/dl.
* International normalization ratio (INR) greater than or equal to 1.7
* Platelet count less than 50 000/mm3.
* Ascites or history of ascites.
* Hepatic encephalopathy or history of hepatic encephalopathy.
* Hepatocellular carcinoma.
* Serum creatinine greater than 2.5 mg/dl .
* Pregnancy.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Assiut University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Hayam Hamdy Mahmoud

principle investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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hayam hamdy, master deree

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

faculty of medicine,medical microbiology department

Locations

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Assiut university

Asyut, , Egypt

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Egypt

Central Contacts

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Salwa Sayed Ahmed, proffessor

Role: CONTACT

01013318344

Aliaa Mahmoud Ali, lecturer

Role: CONTACT

01006199196

Facility Contacts

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Assiut University

Role: primary

01003826774

Hayam Hamdy

Role: backup

01003826774

References

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Rahman El-Zayadi A, Abaza H, Shawky S, Mohamed MK, Selim OE, Badran HM. Prevalence and epidemiological features of hepatocellular carcinoma in Egypt-a single center experience. Hepatol Res. 2001 Feb;19(2):170-179. doi: 10.1016/s1386-6346(00)00105-4.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 11164741 (View on PubMed)

Sulkowski MS, Gardiner DF, Rodriguez-Torres M, Reddy KR, Hassanein T, Jacobson I, Lawitz E, Lok AS, Hinestrosa F, Thuluvath PJ, Schwartz H, Nelson DR, Everson GT, Eley T, Wind-Rotolo M, Huang SP, Gao M, Hernandez D, McPhee F, Sherman D, Hindes R, Symonds W, Pasquinelli C, Grasela DM; AI444040 Study Group. Daclatasvir plus sofosbuvir for previously treated or untreated chronic HCV infection. N Engl J Med. 2014 Jan 16;370(3):211-21. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1306218.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 24428467 (View on PubMed)

Baskic D, Vukovic VR, Popovic S, Djurdjevic P, Zaric M, Nikolic I, Zelen I, Mitrovic M, Avramovic D, Mijailovic Z. Cytokine profile in chronic hepatitis C: An observation. Cytokine. 2017 Aug;96:185-188. doi: 10.1016/j.cyto.2017.04.008. Epub 2017 Apr 21.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 28433893 (View on PubMed)

Heinrich PC, Castell JV, Andus T. Interleukin-6 and the acute phase response. Biochem J. 1990 Feb 1;265(3):621-36. doi: 10.1042/bj2650621. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 1689567 (View on PubMed)

Ueyama M, Nakagawa M, Sakamoto N, Onozuka I, Funaoka Y, Watanabe T, Nitta S, Kiyohashi K, Kitazume A, Murakawa M, Nishimura-Sakurai Y, Sekine-Osajima Y, Itsui Y, Azuma S, Kakinuma S, Watanabe M; Ochanomizu-Liver Conference Study Group. Serum interleukin-6 levels correlate with resistance to treatment of chronic hepatitis C infection with pegylated-interferon-alpha2b plus ribavirin. Antivir Ther. 2011;16(7):1081-91. doi: 10.3851/IMP1864.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22024524 (View on PubMed)

Bissell DM, Wang SS, Jarnagin WR, Roll FJ. Cell-specific expression of transforming growth factor-beta in rat liver. Evidence for autocrine regulation of hepatocyte proliferation. J Clin Invest. 1995 Jul;96(1):447-55. doi: 10.1172/JCI118055.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 7615817 (View on PubMed)

Liaskou E, Wilson DV, Oo YH. Innate immune cells in liver inflammation. Mediators Inflamm. 2012;2012:949157. doi: 10.1155/2012/949157. Epub 2012 Aug 9.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22933833 (View on PubMed)

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Other Identifiers

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hhayam

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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