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Filter by:The goal of this observational study is to clarify the clinical characteristics of autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) in China. The main questions it aims to answer are: Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) gene susceptibility in Chinese AIH patients prognostic factors associated with AIH Participants will provide liver tests results and details of treatment during follow-up.
Alcoholic hepatitis, the most florid form of alcoholic liver disease, has a very high short-term mortality of up to 50% and no specific therapies are available other than steroids. Steroids also only show a limited utility in improving the short-term survival and boast no evidence of any long-term benefits. Additionally, only a small proportion of patients with alcoholic hepatitis are eligible to receive steroids. Thus, a large number of patients are either not eligible or do not respond to steroids and this group outnumbers those who do respond to steroids, leaving us without any specific therapeutic options for a majority of these individuals.[1] Even liver transplantation is not feasible in most cases due to the presence of sepsis or recent alcohol consumption and many ethical and logistic issues are involved despite the documented safety and survival benefits of early liver transplantation in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis (SAH) not responding to medical management.[2,8] Therefore, newer, more effective, and nontransplant therapeutic options for managing severe alcoholic hepatitis are needed. TPE is expected to be an effective and well-tolerated bridge therapy in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis of moderate severity not improving on SMT and without immediate prospects for liver transplantation.
The goal of this observational study is to evalue the cumulative proportion of patients with OBI who do not develop HBsAg seroreversion and/or an increase of serum HBV DNA by at least 1 log above the lower limit of detection of the assay in a patient who had previously undetectable HBsAg and HBV DNA in serum during the study.
This study is a research aiming to identify knowledge , attitude and practice of population in a village in a remote governorate towards viral hepatitis B and C . It involves home visit interviews with population in this village with the use of questionnaire involving questions asked by the researcher that would be orally answered by the participants to be recorded in papers by the researcher.
Alcoholic hepatitis (AH) is a serious complication of alcoholic liver disease (ALD). The histological presentation of AH is characterized by neutrophilic lobular inflammation, macrovesicular steatosis, hepatocyte ballooning and necrosis and the presence of Mallory bodies. In cases of severe HA, defined by a modified Maddrey score of 32 or above, mortality at 1 month is estimated at between 10 and 50%. The only treatment to reduce early mortality is corticosteroid therapy. However, only 60% of patients respond to corticosteroids, and no benefit has been demonstrated on late mortality. Identifying new therapeutic targets is therefore a major challenge in this disease. Numerous pre-clinical studies and human data suggest the involvement of the intestinal microbiota in the pathogenesis of AH. Translocation of viable bacteria and microbial products from the digestive tract to the liver contributes to local and systemic inflammation, hepatocyte death and fibrogenesis. However, the intrahepatic microbial environment has never been characterized in HA. The study hypothesis is that the intrahepatic microbiota is modulated by bacterial translocation and is associated with clinical outcomes. The aim of this study is to determine the composition of the intrahepatic (obtained from transjugular liver biopsy), blood and fecal microbiota in patients with suspected severe AH from a monocentric prospective cohort in the Hepatology Department at Croix-Rousse Hospital (Lyon). Fifty consecutive patients with clinical suspicion of AH and indication for transjugular liver biopsy will be included. About thirty-five patients are expected in the confirmed AH group, and 15 in the group "alcoholic liver disease with no AH", based on data from the literature. The composition of the various microbiota will be determined by sequencing the 16S rRNA gene, and the results will be correlated with clinical data (corticosteroid sensitivity, overall survival, transplant-free survival, MELD score in particular) and histological data. This exploratory study will enable to analyze the intra-hepatic microbiota, and to study its link with intra-hepatic inflammation and the clinical course of patients with AH. The data generated by HepMAH will thus help identify potential new therapeutic targets linked to the gut microbiota, and provide a scientific basis for the development of therapeutic interventions targeting the microbiota in HA.
The goal of this study is to test MRG-001 (an experimental medication). The purpose of this trial is to assess the dose related safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of MRG-001 in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis (AH).
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) vaccine is an effective strategy to prevent natural HAV infection. In Thailand, there are 2 types of HAV vaccine available, including inactivated HAV vaccine and live-attenuated HAV vaccine. This study aims to compare the immunogenicity and safety of inactivated and lived-attenuated HAV vaccine among Thai healthy children and adolescents age 18 months to 18 years.
The goal of this observational study is to expound the population and characteristics of pathogenic microorganisms with co-infection, draw the pedigree of pathogenic microorganisms, and evaluate its influence on disease outcome in patients with severe hepatitis (liver failure). The main questions it aims to answer are: - Mapping of infectious agents in patients with severe hepatitis (liver failure) - Constructing early warning predictive models to explore how to give an individualized regimen of integrated immune function.
The aim of this project is to set up a cross-sectional cohort study (France, Germany, The Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, United Kingdom and Portugal) to assess the implementation of EACS guidelines for HDV-testing among PLWH with positive HbsAg and thereby evaluate the prevalence of HDV infection among HIV/HBV-coinfected in 2023, as well as corresponding risk factors. In addition to the testing itself, this study will also set up a cohort and databasee for future HDV studies among PLWH, including clinical, virological und laboratory parameters. 1. Analyze the rate of HDV-testing and evaluate the prevalence of HDV-infection by testing. 1. Evaluation of former screening of HDV by assessing existing data at study sites. 2. Determination of the HDV prevalence in European PLWH and HBV coinfection. 2. Setting up a database of all PLWH with HBV/HDV coinfection 1. Analysis of transmission risk factors for HDV coinfection 2. Asses the rate of HDV positive patients with ongoing HDV replication. 3. Define the liver disease state by APRI score, fibroscan, ultrasound and routine laboratory test results.
Capillary blood sample results are compared to venous blood results