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CompletedNCT05446857Updated Aug 29, 2024

Glecaprevir/Pibrentasvir for the Treatment of PTSD

A Phase 2/3 interventional study of Glecaprevir / Pibrentasvir Pill in PTSD, sponsored by White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 19 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-08-29.

Sponsored by White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center · Phase 2/3, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was Apr 2024, 2 years 6 months ago, and no results have been posted to the registry.
Phase
Phase 2/3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
10
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
19 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

An open-label pilot study to further investigate glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (GLE/PIB), a direct acting antiviral (DAA) that has been associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom improvement when prescribed for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C viral infection (HCV).

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To perform an open-label pilot study (N=10) to further investigate glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (GLE/PIB), a direct acting antiviral (DAA) that has been associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom improvement when prescribed for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C viral infection (HCV). The specific research described in this proposal is intended to pilot GLE/PIB for N=10 patients with PTSD in the absence of HCV.

Primary Aims:

Aim 1: Determine the feasibility of testing GLE/PIB for PTSD symptoms. Aim 2: Determine the feasibility of testing GLE/PIB for functioning among patients with PTSD.

Aim 3: Assess the safety and tolerability of GLE/PIB treatment for patients with PTSD in the absence of HCV.

Exploratory Aim: Investigate the possible biological mechanism of GLE/PIB for PTSD via blood bio-marker analyses.

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Conditions studied

  • PTSD

Keywords

  • PTSD
  • Antiviral
  • Hepatitis C
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In context

Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

2,682 studies on the registry are indexed under Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; 601 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 10 is below the median of 69 across 2,196 interventional studies indexed under Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic.

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Lead sponsor

White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center is the lead sponsor of 24 studies on the registry; 4 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
19 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Age 19-70 years
  2. Weight ≥ 45 kg
  3. PTSD as determined by the CAPS within seven days of enrollment.
  4. Eligible for Veterans Affairs healthcare.
  5. If of , use of acceptable method of (i.e., effective contraceptives, abstinence) is required.
  6. Able to read, understand, and sign the document.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Pregnant or lactating person
  2. Moderate or severe hepatic impairment ( B or C)
  3. History of prior hepatic decompensation
  4. Current use of drugs listed as having significant drug interactions on prescribing label
  5. Advanced liver disease
  6. Current or prior infection
  7. Prior clinical use of GLE/PIB or NS5A inhibitor AND NS3/4A protease inhibitor
  8. Current HCV infection
  9. Current psychosis or mania
  10. Significant suicidal ideation
  11. Unstable medical conditions
  12. Current severe alcohol or substance use disorder (excluding nicotine)
  13. Evidence-based PTSD psychotherapy changes in the past two months
  14. Evidence-based PTSD medication changes in the past two months
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(6)

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Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Contraception

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You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Child-Pugh class

A score of how well the liver works in people with liver disease such as cirrhosis: class A is mild, B moderate and C severe.

Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

Hepatitis C tests

Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.

After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2 / Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
10 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Active Drug

    All enrolled participants will receive Glecaprevir/Pibrentasvir

    Drug: Glecaprevir / Pibrentasvir Pill

Interventions

  • DrugGlecaprevir / Pibrentasvir Pill

    Drug page: Glecaprevir and pibrentasvir

    Glecaprevir 100 mg/Pibrentasvir 40 mg, 3 oral tablets once daily for 8 weeks.

    Also known as: Mavyret

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Clinical Administered Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Scale version 5 (CAPS-5)

    Queries the frequency and intensity of symptoms of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The score ranges from 0-80 with a higher score indicating worse symptoms. It is considered the gold standard for diagnosis and symptoms assessment in PTSD clinical studies.

    Time frame: Change from Baseline CAPS score at 8 weeks

  2. World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule, version 2.0 (WHODAS)

    A 36 item self-report instrument that assesses disability and function across six domains: communicating, getting around, self-care, getting along with people, life activities, and participation in society. The WHODAS has been used as an outcome of function and disability across many disorders and is commonly used in mental health treatment trials. The total score ranges from 0-180 with a higher score indicating worse functioning.

    Time frame: Change from Baseline WHODAS score at 8 weeks

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Study locations

1 site
  • White River Junction VAMC
    White River Junction, Vermont 05009, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 29, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05446857
Lead sponsor
White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Responsible party
Bradley Watts (Staff Psychiatrist, White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jul 7, 2022
Start date
Apr 1, 2023
Primary completion
Apr 15, 2024
Completion
Apr 15, 2024
Last update
Aug 29, 2024

Study contacts

Bradley V Watts, MD, MPH
principal investigator · White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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