Overview

A Clinical Research Study Designed To Determine If Treatment of Hepatitis C With Milk Thistle is More Effective Than No Treatment In Patients Infected With Both HIV And Hepatitis C

Status:
Completed

Trial end date:
2007-12-01

Target enrollment:

Participant gender:

Summary

There is some information available that indicates that Milk Thistle is an effective treatment for liver disease. This study will compare Milk Thistle with a placebo, (a medicine that looks just like Milk Thistle but does not contain any Milk Thistle) to see if people with both Hepatitis C and HIV infections show improvement or cure of Hepatitis C. The study will last one year.

Phase:

Phase 1/Phase 2

Details

Lead Sponsor:

Henry Sacks

Collaborator:

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

Treatments:

Silymarin