| E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation | 
| E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated | 
| Chronic hepatitis C patients who failed to achieve sustained virologic response (SVR24) on alisporivir or direct-acting antivirals (DAA) in previous Novartis-sponsored studies. |  | 
| E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language | 
| Chronic hepatitis C patients who fail to achieve sustained virologic response on alisporivir or direct-acting antivirals in previous Novartis-sponsored studies. |  | 
| E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Virus Diseases [C02] | 
| MedDRA Classification | 
| E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation | 
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| E.1.2 | Version | 14.1 |  
| E.1.2 | Level | SOC |  
| E.1.2 | Classification code | 10021881 |  
| E.1.2 | Term | Infections and infestations |  
| E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 10021881 - Infections and infestations |  | 
| E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No | 
| E.2 Objective of the trial | 
| E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial | 
| To determine the persistence of resistance associated variants associated with failure to previous alisporivir therapy. |  | 
| E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial | 
| -To perform phenotypic analysis of HCV isolates to determine the patients susceptibility/resistance to alisporivir in vitro -To monitor the changes in liver function and disease over time
 -To assess the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
 -To assess the safety over time of previous alisporivir exposure
 |  | 
| E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No | 
| E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria | 
| -Written informed consent must be obtained before any assessment is performed -Males or females aged 18 or greater
 -Have previously completed a Novartis-sponsored hepatitis C study and received alisporivir or a direct antiviral agent
 -Have not acheived SVR24
 -Be able to comply with visit schedule
 |  | 
| E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria | 
| -Use of any investigational drugs within 5 half-lives of enrollment, or within 30 days of that medication, whichever is longer -Previous use of any course of hepatitis C therapy since the end of the Novartis-sponsored hepatitis C study
 |  | 
| E.5 End points | 
| E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) | 
| Time to reversion to wild-type for subjects who had genotypic change (resistance associated variants) in the feeder study. |  | 
| E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point | 
| During 11 scheduled visits within three years according to the assessment schedule |  | 
| E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) | 
| -HCV RNA viral load -Liver fibrosis evaluations using Fibrotest and elastography, and to monitor for any changes over time using ultrasound of the liver and spleen
 -The assessment of safety will be based on the analyses of adverse events, vital signs and laboratory evaluations
 |  | 
| E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point | 
| During 11 scheduled visits within three years according to the assessment schedule |  | 
| E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial | 
| E.6 | Scope of the trial | 
| E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No | 
| E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No | 
| E.6.3 | Therapy | No | 
| E.6.4 | Safety | Yes | 
| E.6.5 | Efficacy | No | 
| E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No | 
| E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No | 
| E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No | 
| E.6.9 | Dose response | No | 
| E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No | 
| E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No | 
| E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No | 
| E.6.13 | Others | Yes | 
| E.6.13.1 | Other scope of the trial description | 
| To assess the viral activity in patients who failed to achieve sustained virologic response. |  | 
| E.7 | Trial type and phase | 
| E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No | 
| E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No | 
| E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No | 
| E.7.1.3 | Other | No | 
| E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description |  | 
| E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | No | 
| E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | Yes | 
| E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No | 
| E.8 Design of the trial | 
| E.8.1 | Controlled | No | 
| E.8.1.1 | Randomised | No | 
| E.8.1.2 | Open | No | 
| E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No | 
| E.8.1.4 | Double blind | No | 
| E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | No | 
| E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No | 
| E.8.1.7 | Other | No | 
| E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial | 
| E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No | 
| E.8.2.2 | Placebo | No | 
| E.8.2.3 | Other | No | 
| E.8.2.4 | Number of treatment arms in the trial | 0 | 
| E.8.3 | The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned | No | 
| E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | Yes | 
| E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 11 | 
| E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | Yes | 
| E.8.5.1 | Number of sites anticipated in the EEA | 82 | 
| E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA | 
| E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | Yes | 
| E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No | 
| E.8.6.3 | If E.8.6.1 or E.8.6.2 are Yes, specify the regions in which trial sites are planned | 
| Argentina |  
| Australia |  
| Austria |  
| Belgium |  
| Brazil |  
| Bulgaria |  
| Canada |  
| Egypt |  
| France |  
| Germany |  
| Hong Kong |  
| Hungary |  
| India |  
| Israel |  
| Italy |  
| Korea, Republic of |  
| Mexico |  
| Philippines |  
| Poland |  
| Romania |  
| Russian Federation |  
| Spain |  
| Taiwan |  
| Thailand |  
| Turkey |  
| United Kingdom |  
| United States |  
| Vietnam |  | 
| E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | No | 
| E.8.8 | Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
                        visit of the last subject undergoing the trial | 
| Last visit of the last consented patient |  | 
| E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial | 
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 5 | 
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 1 | 
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | 0 | 
| E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 5 | 
| E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 5 | 
| E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial days | 0 |