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Registration number
ACTRN12607000092493
Ethics application status
Not yet submitted
Date submitted
15/12/2006
Date registered
29/01/2007
Date last updated
19/09/2007
Type of registration
Prospectively registered

Titles & IDs
Public title
Efficacy of Albumin Interferon Alfa-2b With Ribavirin Compared to Peg-Interferon Alfa-2a With Ribavirin in Interferon (IFN) Naive Patients Geno2/3
Scientific title
Phase 3 Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Albumin Interferon Alfa-2b in Combination With Ribavirin Compared With Peginterferon Alfa-2a in Combination With Ribavirin in Interferon Alfa Naive Subjects With Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype 2/3. to improve Sustained Virologic Response. ACHIEVE-2/3
Secondary ID [1] 335 0
Human Genome Sciences: HGS1008-C1067
Secondary ID [2] 336 0
ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00411385
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
ACHIEVE-2/3
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Chronic Hepatits C 1590 0
Condition category
Condition code
Oral and Gastrointestinal 1693 1693 0 0
Other diseases of the mouth, teeth, oesophagus, digestive system including liver and colon

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Subcutaneous injections of albumin interferon alfa-2b 900mcg or 1200mcg every 2 weeks and oral administration of ribavirin 800mg daily. Duration: 24 week treatment.
Intervention code [1] 1507 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Peginterferon alfa-2a 180mcg weekly and oral administration of ribavirin 800mg daily. Duration: 24 week treatment.
Control group
Active

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 2345 0
Sustained virologic response (SVR).
Timepoint [1] 2345 0
Week 48.
Secondary outcome [1] 4078 0
Rapid virologic response
Timepoint [1] 4078 0
at Week 4
Secondary outcome [2] 4079 0
Early virologic response
Timepoint [2] 4079 0
at Week 12
Secondary outcome [3] 4080 0
Undetectable hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid (HCV RNA)
Timepoint [3] 4080 0
at Week 24
Secondary outcome [4] 4081 0
Normalization of ALT (a liver enzyme) over the duration of the trial
Timepoint [4] 4081 0
Day 0, Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 36, 48
Secondary outcome [5] 4082 0
Quality of life evaluation throughout the duration of the trial
Timepoint [5] 4082 0
Day 0, Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 36, 48
Secondary outcome [6] 4083 0
Safety assessments throughout the duration of the trial
Timepoint [6] 4083 0
Day 0, Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 36, 48

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Key Inclusion Criteria: Diagnosis of chronic hepatitis C.Liver biopsy performed within 2 years of Day 0 or during screening.Infected with hepatitis C virus genotype 2/3.Interferon alfa treatment naïve (ie, have never been treated with an interferon product).Subjects are eligible to enter the study if they (or their partners) are not pregnant or nursing, are sterile, or of non childbearing potential, or are willing to practice abstinence or use appropriate birth control methods during the study and for 7 months after the last dose of ribavirin.Have compensated liver disease.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
Not stated
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
Key Exclusion Criteria: Decompensated liver disease including those subjects with a past history or presence of ascites, bleeding varices or hepatic encephalopathy.History of moderate, severe or uncontrolled psychiatric disease, especially depression, including a history of hospitalization or prior suicidal attempt.Positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) or hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAG).Clinical diagnosis of other causes of chronic liver disease including but not limited to hepatitis B, autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, alcoholic liver disease, hemochromatosis, Wilson’s Disease, or alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency.A history of immunologically mediated disease (eg, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, moderate/severe psoriasis, sarcoidosis, systemic lupus erythematosus).Active seizure disorder within the last 2 years.Organ transplant other than cornea and hair transplant.Clinically significant hemoglobinopathy (eg, thalassemia, sickle cell anemia).Cancer within the last 5 years(with the exception of adequately treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin or in situ carcinoma of the uterine cervix).Drug or alcohol addiction within the last 6 months. Subjects in a supervised methadone treatment program may be enrolled in the study.Received any experimental agent within 28 days prior to Day 0.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Central randomisation by Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Simple randomization by using a randomization table created by a computer software. Statified allocation. Stratification factors are HCV RNA (>800,000 or <800,000 IU/mL) at screening and Genotype 2 or 3.
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Safety/efficacy
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Not yet recruiting
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
30/01/2007
Actual
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
Sample size
Target
920
Accrual to date
Final
Recruitment outside Australia
Country [1] 445 0
United States of America
State/province [1] 445 0

Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1] 1833 0
Commercial sector/Industry
Name [1] 1833 0
Novartis
Country [1] 1833 0
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/Industry
Name
Human Genome Sciences, Inc
Address
Country
United States of America
Secondary sponsor category [1] 1652 0
Commercial sector/Industry
Name [1] 1652 0
Human Genome Sciences Europe GmbH
Address [1] 1652 0
Country [1] 1652 0
Secondary sponsor category [2] 1653 0
Commercial sector/Industry
Name [2] 1653 0
Human Genome Sciences Pacific Pty Ltd.
Address [2] 1653 0
Country [2] 1653 0

Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Not yet submitted
Ethics committee name [1] 3431 0
Ethics approval has been sought from the following sites:
Metropolitan Research
Ethics committee address [1] 3431 0
Fairfax, Virginia, United States 22031
Ethics committee country [1] 3431 0
United States of America
Date submitted for ethics approval [1] 3431 0
Approval date [1] 3431 0
Ethics approval number [1] 3431 0
Ethics committee name [2] 3432 0
University of Florida - Gainesville
Ethics committee address [2] 3432 0
Gainesville, Florida, United States 32610
Ethics committee country [2] 3432 0
United States of America
Date submitted for ethics approval [2] 3432 0
Approval date [2] 3432 0
Ethics approval number [2] 3432 0

Summary
Brief summary
This is a phase 3, randomized, multi-center study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of albumin interferon alfa 2b (alb-IFN)in combination with ribavirin compared with peginterferon alfa-2a (PEGASYS or PEG-IFNa2a) in combination with ribavirin in subjects with chronic hepatitis C, genotype 2/3 who are IFNa treatment naive.
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 27441 0
Address 27441 0
Country 27441 0
Phone 27441 0
Fax 27441 0
Email 27441 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 10696 0
Thomas Platek
Address 10696 0
14200 Shady Grove Road
Rockville MD 20850
Country 10696 0
United States of America
Phone 10696 0
1 866 4479749
Fax 10696 0
Email 10696 0
Thomas_Platek@hgsi.com
Contact person for scientific queries
Name 1624 0
Thomas Platek
Address 1624 0
14200 Shady Grove Road
Rockville MD 20850
Country 1624 0
United States of America
Phone 1624 0
1 866 4479749
Fax 1624 0
Email 1624 0
Thomas_Platek@hgsi.com

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