Antiretroviral Treatment Outcomes in HIV-HBV Co-infected Patients in Southern Africa

HIV Clinical Trial

Official title:

Antiretroviral Treatment Outcomes in HIV-HBV Co-infected Patients in Southern Africa: a Collaborative Multi-country Prospective Cohort Analysis for International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS- Southern Africa (HIV/HBV-coinfection in IeDEA-SA)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02060162
• Other study ID #: F160229001
• Status: Completed
• Start date: October 2013
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: November 2021
• Source: University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a prospective HIV cohort that aims to establish causes of liver disease among HIV-infected individuals in Zambia, including viral hepatitis and alcohol.

Description:

The study will take place during routinely scheduled ART visits as per Ministry of Health guidelines. Routinely collected programmatic data will be used to assess general HIV outcomes (CD4 response, loss to follow-up, death) as well as collecting study specific data (hepatitis testing, questionnaire regarding risk factors for hepatitis/liver disease, and non-invasive liver scan) to address other aims. The study will be implemented at two sites in Southern Africa (Zambia and Mozambique) with a total enrollment across all sites of 1,900 participants. The Zambia site will only enroll 900.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 897
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: January 1, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 99 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• HIV-infected
• Male or female aged =18 years
• ART naïve
• ART eligible as defined by Zambian or WHO treatment guidelines
• Initiating an ART regimen including at least 3 drugs at one of the study sites.
• Willing to provide signed informed consent and be followed at the clinical site.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who are not planning to remain in the catchment area from which they were recruited for the duration of the study

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Africa
• Alcohol Use Disorder
• Alcoholism
• Antiretroviral Therapy
• Hepatitis
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis B Virus
• HIV
• Liver Cirrhosis
• Liver Fibrosis

Intervention

Other:
• Standard of care
routine standard of care per Ministry of Health protocol including blood draws and examinations.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Zambia	Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia	Lusaka

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Alabama at Birmingham	Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, University of Bern

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Zambia, 

References & Publications (22)

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Immunological response	A linear mixed effect model will be used to evaluate immunological response to ART in patients with and without viral hepatitis	12 months post enrollment
Secondary	HIV virological response	Virological response will be evaluated using Cox regression analyses.	12 months post enrollment
Secondary	Mortality	Deaths will be ascertained	12 months
Secondary	Hepatotoxicity events	These events will be defined as an increase in the level of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) > 5 time the upper limit within the first year of ART.	6 and 12 months
Secondary	Prevalence liver fibrosis	The prevalence of liver fibrosis will be measured to compare HIV/hepatitis coinfected versus HIV monoinfected patients using transient elastography.	Baseline and one year after start of ART
Secondary	HBV drug resistance	The presence of HBV drug resistance in co-infected patients who fail treatment after 1 year will be measured	1 and 2 years post enrollment
Secondary	Incidence of HBV infection	The incidence of HBV infection during ART will be measured.	12 and 24 months post enrollment
Secondary	Prevalence of HIV/HCV coinfection	Describe prevalence of coinfection at ART initiation	Baseline
Secondary	Alcohol use patterns	Describe the proportion with unhealthy levels of drinking before and after ART	Baseline, 12, and 24 months

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