Active clinical trials for "Hepatitis E"

This phase IV clinical study was designed to evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of the recombinant Hepatitis E vaccine (Hecolin®), manufactured by Xiamen Innovax Biotech CO., LTD., in healthy adults (over 18 years) with accelerated vaccination schedule. The study volunteers will receive the 3 doses of Hecolin® administered intramuscularly according to a 0-7-21 days schedule or a 0-1-6 month schedule.

The aim of the study is to determine the effectiveness of hepatitis E virus vaccine given in women of child bearing age in preventing HEV disease during pregnancy among women in rural Bangladesh.

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and immunogenicity of the recombinant hepatitis E vaccine in people older than 65 years, and evaluate the efficacy of hepatitis E vaccine in this population.

The primary purpose of this study is to determine whether the preventive hepatitis E are effective in the prevention of hepatitis E occurring at least 30 days after the administration of the third dose of vaccine. The secondary purpose of this study is to to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity and immunopersistence of the study vaccine. The initial study is planed to be ended on month 19 and the results were analysed and used for registration purpose. The extended study will be continued to assess the long-term efficacy, immunogenicity and safety.

The purpose of this study is to determine if a hepatitis E vaccine is safe and able to prevent symptomatic liver disease due to the hepatitis E virus.

This is a Phase I double-blind, randomized, placebo controlled trial (1:4 ratio of placebo to vaccine) of Hepatitis E virus vaccine containing a 239 amino acid subfragment of Hecolin(R) (HEV-239) in 25 US males and non-pregnant females ages 18 - 45 (inclusive) to assess the safety, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity of HEV-239. Subjects will receive 3 doses of study product on Days 1, 29, and 180. Subjects will remain in the study for up to 13 months (including screening). The study duration will be approximately 15 months. Subjects will be observed for 30 minutes after vaccination. The occurrence of solicited injection site and systemic reactogenicity events will be measured from the time of study vaccination through Day 8 after each vaccination. These will be ascertained through use of an electronic memory (e-memory) aid, a telephone call on day 4 after each dose of vaccine, a Day 8 clinic visit, and potentially at the Day 15 clinic visit after each dose of vaccine. Unsolicited adverse events will be collected from vaccination through Day 29 after each vaccination. Serious adverse events will be collected from the time of the first study vaccination through the last study visit (Day 360). The study includes multiple phlebotomy time points for immunogenicity and blood collection for future use at visit 1 and Days 8, 15, and 29 after each vaccination. The durability of the immune response and future use collection will be assessed at 5 months after the first boost (Day 180) and at 6 months after the second boost (Day 360). The primary objectives of the study are to; 1) assess the safety and reactogenicity of HEV-239 following delivery of each vaccine dose; and 2) assess the number of subjects with > / = 4 fold rise in Hepatitis E virus (HEV) immunoglobulin G (IgG) at any time after vaccination.

Hepatitis E is characteristic by sporadic and local epidemic around the world, and mainly infects adults aged 15 to 40 years old, resulting in the infection rate ranged from 1% to 15%. The investigational hepatitis E vaccine is a recombinant aluminium-adjuvant hepatitis E vaccine. This is a single center, randomized, blinding, parallel-controlled phase Ib clinical trial. This study will determine the safety and immunogenicity of the investigational recombinant hepatitis E vaccine in healthy adults between 16 and 65 years.

This phase IV clinical study was designed to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of the recombinant Hepatitis E vaccine(Hecolin®), manufactured by Xiamen Innovax Biotech CO., LTD., in healthy volunteers aged over 65 years of age at enrollment. The study volunteers will receive the 3 doses of Hecolin® administered intramuscularly according to a 0-1-6 month schedule.

The term Acute on chronic liver failure (ACLF) describes a clinical entity characterized by an acute and rapid deterioration of liver function in a patient with previously well-compensated liver disease owing to the effects of a precipitating event. In this condition two insults act simultaneously, one being the preexisting liver injury (chronic liver disease) and the other acute injury which is responsible for the acute decompensation. HEV being a major factor responsible for this clinical entity and has a very high mortality rate. Ribavirin being a safe drug and has been shown to inhibit the replication of HEV, can be an important drug in the treatment of these patients. Therefore the present study is designed to study the impact of Ribavirin in reducing the mortality due to HEV related ACLF.

Hepatitis E virus is a public health problem in several countries of the world where safe drinking water is a problem. HEV is an exclusive cause of epidemic hepatitis in general population. HEV infection occurs most frequently in rainy season. The disease affects mainly young adults in the age of 15-40 years.HEV viral infection is of particular concern in pregnancy. It is a potential disaster for mother and child. HEV infection during pregnancy is fulminant and fatal especially if it occurs in third trimester. The mortality in the second trimester is around 20% and reaches upto 45% in the third trimester.