ArticleBMJ open2011
Viusid, a nutritional supplement, increases survival and reduces disease progression in HCV-related decompensated cirrhosis: a randomised and controlled trial.
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Efficacy and Safety of Viusid, a Nutritional Supplement, in Patients With Hepatic Cirrhosis Secondary to Hepatitis C Virus Infection. A Randomized, Controlled and Double Blind Study.
Evaluation of the Effect of the Ocoxin®-Viusid® Nutritional Supplement on the Quality of Life of Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Adenocarcinoma. Phase II
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of the prognostic nutritional index on the recompensation of patients with decompensated primary biliary cholangitis.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- Antifibrogenic and apoptotic effects of Ocoxin in cultured rat hepatic stellate cells.Journal of physiology and biochemistry · 2023Article
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- Ocoxin oral solution demonstrates antiviral properties in cellular models.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2021Article
- Effect of zinc treatment on clinical outcomes in patients with liver cirrhosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.World journal of hepatology · 2020Article
- Ocoxin Modulates Cancer Stem Cells and M2 Macrophage Polarization in Glioblastoma.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2019Article
- Ocoxin® oral solution slows down tumor growth in an experimental model of colorectal cancer metastasis to the liver in Balb/c mice.Oncology reports · 2016Article
- Glycyrrhizinate reduces portal hypertension in isolated perfused rat livers with chronic hepatitis.World journal of gastroenterology · 2013Article
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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectivesViusid is a nutritional supplement with recognised antioxidant and immunomodulatory properties which could have beneficial effects on cirrhosis-related clinical outcomes such as survival, disease progression and development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study evaluated the efficacy and safety of viusid in patients with HCV-related decompensated cirrhosis.
designA randomised double-blind and placebo-controlled study was conducted in a tertiary care academic centre (National Institute of Gastroenterology, Havana, Cuba). The authors randomly assigned 100 patients with HCV-related decompensated cirrhosis to receive viusid (three oral sachets daily, n=50) or placebo (n=50) during 96 weeks. The primary outcome of the study was overall survival at 96 weeks, and the secondary outcomes included time to disease progression, time to HCC diagnosis, time to worsening of the prognostic scoring systems Child-Pugh and Model for End-Stage Liver Disease, and time to a new occurrence or relapse for each one of the main clinical complications secondary to portal hypertension at 96 weeks.
resultsViusid led to a significant improvement in overall survival (90%) versus placebo (74%) (HR 0.27, 95% CI 0.08 to 0.92; p=0.036). A similar improvement in disease progression was seen in viusid-treated patients (28%), compared with placebo-treated patients (48%) (HR 0.47, 95% CI 0.22 to 0.89; p=0.044). However, the beneficial effects of viusid were wholly observed among patients with Child-Pugh classes B or C, but not among patients with Child-Pugh class A. The cumulative incidence of HCC was significantly reduced in patients treated with viusid (2%) as compared with placebo (12%) (HR 0.15, 95% CI 0.019 to 0.90; p=0.046). Viusid was well tolerated.
conclusionsThe results indicate that treatment with viusid leads to a notable improvement in overall clinical outcomes such as survival, disease progression and development of HCC in patients with HCV-related decompensated cirrhosis. Trial registration number http://ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00502086).
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