A Study of Vaniprevir (MK-7009) in Participants With Chronic Hepatitis C Infection After Participation in Other Vaniprevir Studies (MK-7009-028)

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2013-05-29
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study will provide vaniprevir 600 mg or 300 mg twice daily in combination with pegylated interferon (peg-IFN) and ribavirin (RBV) to participants with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection who did not achieve viral eradication while participating in a prior vaniprevir clinical trial (MK-7009-004, NCT00518622; MK-7009-007, NCT00704405; MK-7009-009, NCT00704184; and MK-7009-029, NCT00954993).

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
• Treatments: Interferons; Peginterferon alfa-2a; Ribavirin

Criteria

Inclusion criteria:

• Participant has participated in a prior vaniprevir clinical trial

• Participant agrees to use acceptable birth control method during treatment

Exclusion criteria:

• More than one year has passed since the participant was determined to be eligible for enrollment in protocol 028

• Participant discontinued vaniprevir and/or peg-IFN and/or RBV in the prior study due to a safety or tolerability issue

• Participant received any investigational therapy for HCV after participating in the prior study