A Pilot Study of High-Dose, Intravenous Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) to Treat Hepatitis C
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Official title
An Open-Label Pilot Study of the Safety, Tolerability and Anti-Viral Activity of High Dose Intravenous Ascorbic Acid in Patients Chronically Infected With Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 1, Who Have Failed Prior Therapy With Interferon-alpha and Ribavirin
Brief summary
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The purpose of this pilot study is to learn whether high doses of ascorbic acid (vitamin c), given intravenously to patients with chronic hepatitis due to infection with the genotype 1 version of the hepatitis C virus, are safe, well-tolerated and able to reduce the amount of virus circulating in the patients' blood.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01250743
- Recruitment status
- Terminated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 10 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 65 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Jan 2009 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Dec 2011 (Estimated)
- Completion
- Jun 2012 (Estimated)
- Last update posted
- Feb 18, 2011
2009 – 2012
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Integrative Medicine | Kansas City | Kansas | 66160 | — |
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- Last update posted Feb 18, 2011 · Synced Nov 5, 2026
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