Active clinical trials for "Hepatitis A"

This prospective observational study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of peginterferon alfa-2a in combination with ribavirin in participants with chronic hepatitis C, including participants with compensated liver cirrhosis, in clinical practice.

To evaluate the incidence of grade 3 or 4 transaminase elevations or grade 4 total bilirubin elevations (hepatic toxicity) during the first 48 weeks of antiretroviral therapy with the combination of rilpivirine (25mg), tenofovir (245mg) and emtricitabine (200mg), in a single-tablet regimen (Eviplera®) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/hepatitis C virus (HCV)-coinfected subjects.

This retrospective study will assess the sustained virologic response and the safety of two different interferons (pegylated or conventional) in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Data will be collected for 24 weeks.

The primary objective of this study is to estimate the distributions of HCV viral/human genotypes (including IL28B and inosine triphosphatase, ITPA), and HCV RNA level among ITPA gene among 1000 Han ethnic Chinese patients with HCV who are antiviral treatment naive at the time the study is conducted.

This is an ancillary to the NIDDK-sponsored Hepatitis B Research Network (HBRN) Study Cohort Study NCT01263587. This study will examine the balance between immune regulatory and effector responses in hepatitis B-infected participants enrolled in the HBRN study (NCT01263587).

Liver-related death is the leading cause of mortality in HIV-infected individuals with CD4+ cell counts over 200, and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the greatest risk for liver-related mortality in HIV-positive patients. Compared to HCV monoinfected individuals, patients with HIV and HCV coinfection experience accelerated progression of liver fibrosis, which can lead to higher incidence of cirrhosis, end stage liver disease (ESLD), and death. Changes in CD8+ T-cell activation, inflammatory cytokines, and serum markers of tissue injury may offer an immunologic platform to determine factors associated with progressive liver fibrosis in coinfected patients. In this cross-sectional study we will evaluate whether HIV and HCV coinfection patients with well-controlled HIV infection who have an undetectable viral load exhibit abnormal levels of inflammation and immune activation, potentially contributing to advanced liver fibrosis. Comparative groups include coinfected patients successfully treated for hepatitis C, or who have absence of hepatitis C viremia through spontaneous clearance, hepatitis C monoinfected patients, and HIV-positive patients with well-controlled HIV infection without hepatitis C. Liver fibrosis will be measured by non-invasive methods. The primary objectives of this study are: To determine if there are differences in markers of inflammation and immune activation in subsets of patients with HIV, hepatitis C, and HIV and hepatitis C coinfection. To assess the stage of liver fibrosis using non-invasive methods in subsets of patients with hepatitis C and HIV and hepatitis C coinfection and compare the degree of liver fibrosis with levels of inflammation and immune activation.

This Registry is designed to obtain long term data on participants who have failed to achieve sustained virologic response (SVR) while receiving at least one Gilead oral antiviral agent (OAV) in a previous Gilead-sponsored hepatitis C virus (HCV) study.

Nucleotide analogues are associated in the long term with a risk of proximal tubular nephropathy (PT) with loss of phosphate, and, when compensatory mechanisms are overwhelmed, with osteopenia or osteoporosis. This toxicity has been particularly documented for tenofovir (TDF) in HIV disease, but its prevalence varies widely in the literature and is mainly associated with comorbidities: on average this prevalence is 0.39% after 48 weeks with exceptional cases of Fanconi syndrome described. In HBV monoinfection after 60 months of treatment with TDF, an 11% decrease of creatinine clearance (CreatCl) is observed. A single study showed a significant increase in creatinine level with entecavir (ETV) therapy, a second-generation nucleoside, hitherto not described as nephrotoxic. Furthermore, if the direct renal toxic effect characteristic of HIV in the kidney is well known, the role of HBV is less clear. Thus, HBV treatment appears to have a renal protective effect. The monitoring tools recommended by the SPC, CreatCl and plasma phosphorus level are late markers of tubular damage. The threshold of phosphate tubular reabsorption (TmPi/GFR) and the fractional excretion of uric acid (FEUA) are unexpensive early screening tools. However, the long-term evolution of this subclinical tubular involvement in HBV monoinfection is not known.

The objective of the study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of PegIntron plus Rebetol combination therapy administered to patients with chronic hepatitis C. The study will exclude (1) subjects with HCV genotype 1 and high viral load, and (2) interferon-naïve subjects with low viral load. It is being conducted as a post-approval commitment, in accordance with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's guideline on Good Post-marketing Study Practice. Post-marketing surveys are not considered applicable clinical trials and thus the results of this survey will not be posted at its conclusion. The results will be submitted to public health officials as required by applicable national and international laws.

Hepatitis C Virus is constantly evolving genetically, particularly in response to the immune system. This is an observational study to examine if immunosuppressants particularly calcineurin inhibitors taken by transplant patients in order to avoid organ rejection causes predictable changes in the genetics of this virus that might be important in order to treat it effectively.