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Filter by:Asian Americans have the highest incidence, mortality and prevalence rates of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) among all U.S. racial and ethnic groups. The goal of this study is to investigate the efficacy of a Patient Navigator-led mobile phone text Messaging Intervention (PNMI) in improving hepatitis B follow-up care management for Asian Americans with chronic hepatitis B infection through a randomized controlled trial.
This protocol is being conducted to comply with the direct request from the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) for a 60-month intensive pharmacovigilance protocol of patients with known hepatitis B (HBV) or hepatitis C (HCV) infection, regardless of control on antiviral therapy in Taiwan and who are treated with ipilimumab for advanced (unresectable, recurrent or metastatic) Melanoma.
This Phase 1b trial will assess the dose-related safety and PK profile of different doses of NVR 3-778 in patients with chronic hepatitis B. Additionally,changes in patients' serum HBV DNA levels and other virologic efficacy parameters will be assessed.
This randomized, multicenter, partially double-blind, placebo-controlled study is designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and antiviral effects of treatment with RO6864018 in virologically suppressed participants with chronic HBV infection.
The most important method to slow down and stop the liver disease progression in patients with chronic hepatitis B is antiviral therapy, by which to achieve maintaining viral response during treatment or obtain sustained viral response after treatment. The aim of the therapy with interferon is make patients obtain immune control to HBV, in clinical practice, it was expressed as HBeAg seroconversion, HBsAg loss and sustained viral response in HBeAg positive patients. However, those targets can't be get in most patients by 48 weeks of interferon treatment, and some patients need extended treatment to enhance the rate of HBeAg seroconversion and HBsAg loss. In this cohort study, the efficacies of extended therapy of interferon in HBeAg positive chronic hepatitis B patients will be evaluated.
The prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the United States (US) is relatively low. However, immigrant populations in the US from Asia and sub-Saharan Africa have substantially higher prevalence than the general population and are consequently at a significant risk for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Indeed, the age-adjusted incidence rates for HCC in the US have tripled from 1975 to 2005. As the population demographics have changed, the 2000 US census estimated the number of Somalis in Minnesota at 25,000 but current estimates put the number at around 50,000 due to primary refugee arrivals as well as secondary immigration from other states. There is no available data for Somali immigrants in the US on HBV and HCV prevalence, HBV and HCV genotypes/subgenotypes, and genetic and immunologic risk factors predisposing Somalis to HBV and HCV and the subsequent development of HCC. Therefore. this study will fill these gaps in the Somali population to understand the relative importance of HBV and HCV infections in causation of HCC. Besides Somalis, Minnesota is also home to large other African immigrant communities. According to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), in 2013, the highest rates of chronic HBV cases where reported among Asian or Pacific Islanders (3,638 cases per 100,000 persons) followed by Black or African Americans (2,078 cases per 100,000 persons). Additionally, Minnesota receives a large number of new refugee's resettlement. It is important to improve the identification of chronic HBV and HCV infections among Somali refugees and immigrants in Minnesota through well-designed community-wide screening efforts. Since we know that African immigration to Minnesota is the third highest in the US, this unique population might be a contributing factor to the increased burden of hepatitis and liver cancer complications in the state of Minnesota. Findings from HBV and HCV screening among Somalis suggest that other immigrant African populations from high viral hepatitis endemic regions, such Ethiopia, Liberia, and Kenya, are also at substantial risk of HBV, HCV and HCC. Unfortunately, very little research has been conducted in the US on the burden of hepatitis and liver cancer in African Immigrants from areas of high endemicity of hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Therefore, the goal of is to identify HBV and HCV and the role viral genetics and immune response among African immigrant communities from Kenya, Liberia, and Ethiopia.
This trial is to assess the efficacy and safety of Polyethylene Glycol thymosin alpha1 (PEG-Tα1), a new long immunomodulator (Category 1.1 of Chemical Drugs) being developed from Hansoh Pharmaceutical of China, in combination with adefovir in HBeAg-positive patients with chronic hepatitis B.
Background: - Chronic hepatitis B is caused by a virus that infects the liver. Cure is not possible but the virus can be controlled with the use of antiviral medicines,. Researchers think that adding a second antiviral medicine might help. Objective: - To understand how peginterferon might help treat people with chronic hepatitis B. Also, to see if peginterferon is safe to use with other antiviral medications. Eligibility: - Adults age 18 and older who have chronic hepatitis B and had therapy with 1 or more oral medicines for hepatitis B for at least 4 years. Design: - Participants will be screened with physical exam and medical history. They will complete health questionnaires about their levels of fatigue and pain. They will have blood and urine tests. They may have an eye exam. - Participants also will have a Fibroscan. A test to measure how stiff your liver is. - Eligible participants will have a liver biopsy. Blood will be drawn. - Participants will be admitted to the NIH Clinical Center. They will be injected with the study drug. Then they will have a second liver biopsy. They will be discharged 24 hours later. - Participants will give themselves study drug injections under the skin weekly for 24 weeks. - Participants will have 5 clinic visits during the 24-week treatment period. Then they will have follow-up visits every 12 weeks for 48 weeks. - During visits, participants may have a physical exam and medical history. They may have blood and urine tests. They may have a Fibroscan and complete questionnaires. At the final visit, they will also have a Fibroscan.
This study is a multi-center, randomized, prospective, open-label Phase IV Clinical trial to evaluate efficacy and safety of interferon alfa-2b therapy combinated with interleukin 2 and hepatitis B therapeutic vaccine versus interferon alfa-2b alone in chronic hepatitis B patients with entecavir achieving HBeAg seroclearance. Patients were randomized to one of 3 groups to receive different antiviral treatment.
Objectives: Primary Objective: To identify and preselect patients with chronic HBV mono infection, who are undetectable for anti-Ad5 nAb, currently being treated with nucleo(t)sides, for participation in the TG1050.02 Phase1/1b First in Man (FIM) study. Secondary Objectives: To assess the prevalence of undetectable anti-Ad5 nAb in chronic HBV mono-infected patients. Methodology: Patients with chronic HBV mono-infection, who are currently being treated with nucleo(t)sides for their HBV infection, will be enrolled in this study to measure Ad5 nAb levels. A single peripheral blood collection (4 mL) will be obtained and Ad5 nAb titers will be measured by a central laboratory using a newly validated assay.