Betaferon/ Betaseron (Interferon Beta-1b) in Patients With Chronic Viral Cardiomyopathy

PHASE2CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

138

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

December 31, 2002

Study Completion Date

November 30, 2005

Conditions
CardiomyopathiesHeart Diseases
Interventions
DRUG

Interferon beta-1b (Betaferon/Betaseron, BAY86-5046)

2 MIU per application in week 1 and 4 MIU per application in weeks 2 to 24 given subcutaneously every other day

DRUG

Interferon beta-1b (Betaferon/Betaseron, BAY86-5046)

2 MIU per application in week 1, 4 MIU per application in weeks 2 to 3 and 8 MIU per application in weeks 4 to 24 given subcutaneously every other day

DRUG

Placebo

0.25 ml in week 1 and 0.50 ml in weeks 2 to 24 given subcutaneously every other day

DRUG

Placebo

0.25 ml in week 1, 0.50 ml in weeks 2 to 3 and 1.00 ml in weeks 4 to 24 given subcutaneously every other day

Trial Locations (31)

12200

Berlin

14770

Brandenburg

17489

Greifswald

18057

Rostock

20132

Milan

20251

Hamburg

24105

Kiel

24128

Bergamo

27100

Pavia

28040

Madrid

32545

Bad Oeynhausen

37075

Göttingen

42117

Wuppertal

44137

Dortmund

44805

Nantes

45147

Essen

48149

Münster

50931

Cologne

66421

Homburg

67063

Ludwigshafen am Rhein

79189

Bad Krozingen

80636

München

86021

Poitiers

89075

Ulm

99437

Bad Berka

04103

Leipzig

06097

Halle

00-909

Warsaw

04628

Warsaw

413 45

Gothenburg

G11 6NT

Glasgow

Sponsors

Lead Sponsor

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Bayer

INDUSTRY