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Last refreshed on: 7 November 2016
Main ID:  NCT01980745
Date of registration: 24/09/2013
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
Public title: CHLOROQUINE FOR MAINTENANCE REMISSION OF AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS
Scientific title: DOUBLE-BLIND RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL WITH CHLOROQUINE VERSUS PLACEBO FOR MAINTENANCE OF REMISSION OF AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS
Date of first enrolment: February 2002
Target sample size: 61
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01980745
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Brazil
Contacts
Name:     Débora R Terrabuio, master
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Affiliation:  University of Sao Paulo
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: - diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis according to Autoimmune Hepatitis
International Group

- histological remission during treatment with immunosuppressive drugs (Liver biopsy
with periportal inflammatory activity less than 2)

- No evidence of decompensated liver cirrhosis

- Non-pregnant women and women with no intention to become pregnant

- Willing to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

- patients who needed to suspend the drug under six months of the medication because of
side effects or the patient's desire

- cases of loss of follow up



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 70 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hepatitis, Autoimmune
Intervention(s)
Drug: Chloroquine diphosphate 250mg
Drug: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Recurrence of autoimune hepatitis after treatment withdrawal in patients maintained only with chloroquine [Time Frame: thirty-six months after immunosuppressive treatment withdrawal and initial use of chloroquine]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Side effects of chloroquine [Time Frame: thirty-six months after immunosuppressive treatment withdrawal and initial use of chloroquine]
Secondary ID(s)
0697/07
CAPPesq 0697/07
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
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Results
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