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Filter by:Viral hepatitis is a global health problem affecting hundred millions of people worldwide and considered the main cause of liver cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma and liver transplantation in developing countries.
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection is a major global health challenge; it is estimated that more than 80 million people are chronically infected worldwide, with 3-4 million new infections and 350,000 deaths occurring each year because of HCV-related complications .
The prevalence of HCV infection in Egypt is 14.7%. HCV is both a hepatotropic and a lymphotropic virus, it may exert a chronic stimulus on the immune system with both T and B lymphocyte alterations. In addition to cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis, HCV may trigger different immune-mediated extrahepatic disorders. A variable combination of HCV with other unknown enviromental and/or hostgenetic cofactors may lead to different clinical phenotypes that characterise HCV syndrome. Patients who have HCV -related arthropathy are accounted for by 2 clinical subsits: Rheumatoid-like arthritis and Cryoglobulin-related arthritis. Patients with mild arthritis, conservative manegement using analgesics with anti- inflammatory activity is recommended. In patients who have contraindications to their use, short term low dose prednisone is an option. In HCV infection with concomitant RA, ACR guidelines published in 2008 provided recommendations pertaining to these of DMARDs that are based on the severity of liver disease using the child- pugh- turcotte classification. For patients with severe cryoglobulinaemia such as severe debilitating disease or systemic in improvement, a combination of immunosuppressive and antiviral therapy is preferred. It has been found that antiviral therapy with interferon immunosuppressive and antiviral therapy is preferred. It has been found that antiviral therapy with interferon improves the musculoskeletal manifestations in HCV arthropathy. The DIrect antiviral agents seems very promising in treatment of HCV arthropathy. As HCV genotype 4 is the most common genotype in Egypt, the effective optional antiviral agents are sofosbuvir, daclatasvir, ledipasvir, paritaprevir, velpatasvir, ombitasvir and simeprevir.
- Hepatitis C is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) that primarily affects the liver. It is one of the main causes of chronic liver diseases worldwide . - According to World Health Organization (WHO), 2011 , Egypt has particularly high rates of Hepatitis C (22%). - Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is known to induce both hepatic and extra-hepatic manifestations. About 17% of HCV patients present with at least one skin manifestation, which can be directly or indirectly induced by chronic HCV infection .
Our goal is to determine the viral kinetics of HBV DNA reduction in 170 non-Thai pregnant women receiving Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) to inform a subsequent RCT. The investigators also aim to determine adherence to daily TDF in pregnancy as new interventions must not only be effective but also safe, feasible and acceptable in the local, and ideally global, context. Study Design: One arm, open label, Tenofovir treatment intervention study Study Participants: Non-Thai pregnant women estimated gestation 12-20 weeks and their offspring Planned Sample Size: 170 Primary Objective To estimate the time to HBV DNA suppression (<100 IU/ml) in 170 HBV DNA positive women who start TDF late in the first or early in the second trimester. Outcome Measures Time in months to HBV DNA < 100 IU/ml Secondary Objectives 1. To estimate the proportion of women with HBV DNA <100 IU/ml at delivery. 2. To estimate the TDF levels at delivery in women who are HBV DNA detectable and undetectable. 3. To monitor safety of TDF in the Thailand-Myanmar border women 4. To address potential barriers to implementing TDF in early pregnancy to PMTCT-HBV. 5. To determine the rate of hepatic flares post-partum. 6. To estimate the proportion of cases of vertical transmission at 2 months of age. 7. Fetal growth monthly ultrasound, infant growth at 1,2,3,6,12 and neurodevelopment at 6 and 12 months
HCV is associated with vitamin D deficiency. Iron overload is frequently occurred in chronic hepatitis C patients; more than one third of HCV positive patients have elevated serum iron, ferritin, and transferrin which were linked to bad prognosis. Hepcidin is a regulatory peptide that is mainly synthesized by the liver cells and plays an important role in iron homeostasis. There is an interaction between iron metabolism and vitamin D metabolism. Iron is essential for vitamin D activation and vitamin D deficiency is associated with elevated hepcidin level, which partly accounts for anemia associated with vitamin D deficiency. Up to our knowledge, little is known about the association between vitamin D status and iron metabolism in HCV patients.
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with around 0.5% and 2.2% prevalence in Iran and world is one of the public health problems resulting in chronic liver disease, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. All cases of chronic HCV infections are candidates of treatment to prevent advanced liver diseases. The previous Pegylated-interferon and Ribavirin therapy was not efficient in all cases and results in numerous number of side-effects. Introduction of direct acting antiviral agents (DAAs) such as Sofosbuvir and Ledipasvir make the eradication of HCV possible however these regimens are not affordable and available in developing countries. The generic DAAs are manufactured in many of these countries such as Iran to provide the treatment with reasonable price.
This is a pilot study to determine the safety and efficacy of a novel adjuvanted hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine formulated as a potential therapeutic vaccine against chronic HBV infection. An ongoing human clinical trial of this HBV vaccine in a prophylactic setting has confirmed this vaccine to be more effective at inducing seroconversion as measured by development of Hepatitis B surface antibody (HBsAb) in poor responder subjects than the standard alum-adjuvanted HBV vaccine, providing promise that this new vaccine may also be able to induce HBV viral control and/or seroconversion in chronically infected subjects
A study on regression of liver fibrosis assessed by transient elastography after Daclatasvir and Asunaprevir combined treatment in advanced fibrotic/cirrhotic patients with chronic hepatitis C genotype 1b Infection
The purpose of this study is to investigate the incidence of liver injury by statins in coronary heart disease (CHD) patients with history of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.