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Filter by:To assess the prevalence of blood-borne viral infections in prisons in Belgium, screening will be executed in several prisons in Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia to obtain a geographical representative distribution. Upon informed consent screening will be performed using whole capillary blood (finger prick testing) with three different tests for HCV Ab, HBsAg and HIV. Screening will be performed first. While awaiting the test result (15-20min), the participant can fill out a questionnaire (together with the study nurse), concerning risk factors for HCV, HBV and HIV infection. This questionnaire is filled out directly online, and will be immediately implemented in the encoded database. The database is set-up according to the rules of good clinical practice. (Castor EDC software). The results will be filled out immediately by the prison staff in this database after it is filled out by the participant, minimizing the risk of displacement of test results.
This is a multi centre, two parallel arm, randomized, open-label, Phase 2a experimental study of oral Farnesoid X Receptor (FXR) modulator EYP001a to assess its safety and anti-viral effect when administered to non-treated (treatment naive or off treatment) chronic Hepatitis B (CHB) patients in combination with entecavir (ETV) and pegylated interferon alpha2a (peg-IFN). An experimental treatment period of 16 weeks will be followed by a 24 week maintenance period with ETV standard of care (SoC).
Title Reaching out to the UNdiagnosed people infected with blood-borne viral infections (RUNtoBBV) Objectives 1. To study the efficacy of an outreach methodology to increase the uptake for screening, linkage to care and treatment in (active or former) people who use drugs (PWUD) Trial design Prospective multicenter interventional cohort design Number of subjects 336 inclusions (with prevalence of HCV Ab: 30%) - 168 Antwerp - 168 Limburg Selection criteria Inclusion criteria: - 18 years of age - History of/ or active drug use - Written informed consent obtained Exclusion criteria - Currently enrolled in centralized OST program of Free Clinic or CAD Limburg Endpoints The following endpoints will be compared between the centers in Limburg and Antwerp: (Main outcome in bold) Main objectives: - Prevalence of blood-borne viral infections in Belgian (former or active) PWUD: - HCV infection (number of HCV Ab+ / number of screened PWUD) - HBV infection (number of HBsAg+/number of screened PWUD) - HIV infection (number of HIV Ab+/number of screened PWUD) - Analysis of linkage to care to hepatologist/ infectiologist (number of patients who adhered to their consultation/number of referred patients) Secondary objectives: - Analysis of risk behavior/sociodemographics linked to presence of BBV infections - Analysis of uptake of anti(retro)viral treatment (number of patients started on treatment/number of patients needing treatment) - Analysis of treatment adherence (adherence to treatment consultations/total planned consultations) - Analysis of treatment outcome (total number of cured or virally suppressed patients/total number of treated patients)
The study aims to evaluate the effect of allogeneic mesenchymal stem cell therapy on patients who suffered from liver cirrhosis caused by Hepatitis B.
The purpose of this study is to study the risk of hepatitis flare in patients with previous hepatitis B virus exposure amongst patients on immunosuppressive and biological modifier therapies
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection is among the most common of all chronic liver diseases. HCV predominantly affects liver cells and causes the liver to become inflamed and damaged. This can lead to cirrhosis (scarring of the liver) and liver cancer leaving trial participants with need for liver transplant. The purpose of this study is to see how effective Glecaprevir/Pibrentasvir (GLE/PIB) is in a real world setting of participants with chronic HCV genotypes 1 to 6 and liver cirrhosis who have never received any treatment for HCV. GLE/PIB is a drug developed for the treatment of HCV infection. This is a prospective (future), observational study in treatment-naive (those who have not received treatment) participants with HCV genotypes 1 to 6 and compensated cirrhosis. All study participants will receive GLE/PIB as prescribed by their study doctor in accordance with approved local label. Pediatric (12 years and older) and adult participants with a diagnosis of HCV genotypes 1 to 6 and compensated cirrhosis will be enrolled in the study in Russian Federation. Participants will receive GLE/PIB tablets to be taken by mouth daily according to their physicians' prescription. The total duration of the study is 20 weeks, with a treatment period of 8 weeks and a follow up period of 12 weeks. There is expected to be no additional burden for participants in this trial. All study visits will occur during routine clinical practice and participants will be followed for 12 weeks.
The primary aim of this study is to investigate whether the baseline cT1 can predict those whose condition relapses following treatment withdrawal. The secondary aim is to investigate correlation of cT1 with histology to explore utility as a monitoring tool. A total of 97 patients with AIH will be recruited and divided into 2 arms. 20 of which will be treatment naive and the other 77 will have been on treatment for the past 18-24 months and will be coming in for therapy cessation review.
Minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) is an important clinical variant of hepatic encephalopathy (HE), which occurs in up to 60-70% of patients with cirrhosis. The condition comprises a cognitive impairment, observed in patients with cirrhosis who have no clinical evidence of overt hepatic encephalopathy (OHE). It is associated with an increased incidence of road traffic accidents, reduced quality of life and it affects the ability to perform tasks of daily living. Successful treatment of hepatitis C has been reported to be associated with 62-84% reduction in all-cause mortality (deaths), 68-79% reduction in risk of HCC and 90% reduction in risk of liver transplantation. In addition, studies have shown that viral eradication may improve cognition when given interferon based regimens for HCV. With the available of safe, efficacious, all oral regimens for HCV, we plan to prospectively analyse the change in mood, depression and cognitive function in response to DAA therapy, in relation to outcomes of treatment.
International migration to Chile has sharply increased since 2010. Particularly, Haitian migration now totals approximately 200.000 people. Preliminary results show a high prevalence of hepatitis B infection in this population. Approximately 35% of adult Haitian migrants in Chile have been exposed to hepatitis B infection. In this study the investigators aim to study the clinical and molecular characteristics of this infection and also to assess the serological response to an accelerated schedule of hepatitis B vaccination (0, 1 and 2 months).
Chronic Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a neglected disease with devastating consequences, particularly in countries with limited resources for the health sector. Mother-to-child-transmission (MTCT) is responsible for around 50 % of the HBV infections in Tanzania which, in 90 % of the cases, lead to a chronic HBV infection of the child. This infection rate could be reduced with an active immunization directly after birth which is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). However, the Tanzanian national immunization programme schedules the first Hepatitis B vaccination for the fourth week after birth which is too late to prevent a perinatal transmission. The aim of the study is to determine the prevalence of Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in pregnant women in rural and urban study sites in the region of Mwanza, Tanzania. The blood from the positive -testing mothers should be further examined for viral load, genotype of the virus and for liver transaminases in order to conceive a better understanding of the progression of the infection. Beside the laboratory parameters, risk factors for the infection should be determined with the use of a questionnaire. Furthermore we would like to assess the number of children who were already infected, during the intrauterine period or during birth.