Peg-Intron for Prevention of Disease Progress in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients With Cirrhosis (Study P02569AM2)(COMPLETED)

This study has been completed.

Study NCT00048724 Information provided by Schering-Plough

First Received: November 6, 2002 Last Updated: October 13, 2009 History of Changes

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Randomized, Open Label, Uncontrolled, Parallel Assignment
Conditions:	Chronic Hepatitis C Cirrhosis
Intervention:	Biological: peginterferon alfa-2b (SCH 54031)

Participant Flow

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Baseline Characteristics

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Reporting Groups

	Description
PegIntron	PegIntron 0.5 µg/kg subcutaneously once weekly as maintenance therapy for 60 months with a 4-week post-treatment follow-up
Untreated Control	No text entered.

Baseline Measures

	PegIntron	Untreated Control	Total
Number of Participants [units: participants]	311	315	626
Age, Customized [units: Participants]
<=50 years	130	132	262
>50 years	181	183	364
Gender [units: Participants]
Female	105	100	205
Male	206	215	421

Outcome Measures

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1. Primary:

Time to Observation of the First Clinical Event Experienced by a Subject [ Up to 60 months of treatment or observation, or when 98 subjects experience at least one clinical event ]

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2. Secondary:

Time to Observation of the Disease Progression Experienced by a Subject [ Up to 60 months of treatment or observation, or when 98 subjects experience at least one clinical event ]

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Certain Agreements:

Principal Investigators are NOT employed by the organization sponsoring the study.

There IS an agreement between Principal Investigators and the Sponsor (or its agents) that restricts the PI's rights to discuss or publish trial results after the trial is completed.

The agreement is:

	The only disclosure restriction on the PI is that the sponsor can review results communications prior to public release and can embargo communications regarding trial results for a period that is less than or equal to 60 days. The sponsor cannot require changes to the communication and cannot extend the embargo.
	The only disclosure restriction on the PI is that the sponsor can review results communications prior to public release and can embargo communications regarding trial results for a period that is more than 60 days but less than or equal to 180 days. The sponsor cannot require changes to the communication and cannot extend the embargo.
	Other disclosure agreement that restricts the right of the PI to discuss or publish trial results after the trial is completed. Restriction Description: The investigator agrees to provide review copies to the sponsor 30 days prior to submission for publication or presentation. The sponsor shall have editorial rights and the right to review and comment on the data analysis and presentation. If the parties disagree, investigator agrees to meet with the sponsor's representatives for the purpose of making good faith efforts to discuss and resolve any such issues.

Limitations and Caveats

Limitations of the study, such as early termination leading to small numbers of participants analyzed and technical problems with measurement leading to unreliable or uninterpretable data
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Results Point of Contact:

Name/Title: Head, Clinical Trials Registry & Results Disclosure Group
Organization: Schering-Plough
e-mail: ClinicalTrialsDisclosure@spcorp.com

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Responsible Party:	Schering-Plough ( Head, Clinical Trials Registry & Results Disclosure )
Study ID Numbers:	P02569
Study First Received:	November 6, 2002
Results First Received:	April 23, 2009
Last Updated:	October 13, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00048724 History of Changes
Health Authority:	United States: Food and Drug Administration