Active clinical trials for "Hepatitis"

This trial studies hepatitis B screening strategies of new cancer patients scheduled to undergo chemotherapy. Patients with cancer and hepatitis B virus infection are at risk of reactivation of infection after chemotherapy. Hepatitis B virus infection reactivation can be prevented by starting antivirals before chemotherapy in patients who are hepatitis B virus infection positive. Hepatitis B screening may help doctors prevent the reactivation of hepatitis B virus infection after chemotherapy.

Purpose: To improve the diagnosis and assessment of severity of acute alcoholic hepatitis Participants: Patients admitted to one of ten centers with acute alcoholic hepatitis Procedures (methods): Consecutive patients admitted with acute alcoholic hepatitis will be enrolled in an NIH U01 study of acute alcoholic hepatitis where liver tissue, blood and stool will be collected to discover and validate factors associated with diagnosis, severity of disease and survival.

This study is being conducted to assess the risk of hepatitis B (HepB) diagnosis among diabetes mellitus (DM) and non-DM patients of 0-80 years of age with in a large population-based cohort in United Kingdom (UK) using data from the CPRD database.

The purpose of this early access program is to provide telaprevir to patients with a specific type of hepatitis C viral infection (termed 'genotype 1') who are expected to benefit from telaprevir-based therapy but who reside in countries in which telaprevir is not yet commercially available and who are not eligible for enrollment into a clinical study of telaprevir. The study also aims to collect information on the safety and adverse events with telaprevir treatment in combination with peginterferon alfa and ribavirin, which is typically used to treat patients with hepatitis C. In addition to hepatitis C viral infection, patients in this study will also have a diagnosis of liver fibrosis and compensated liver disease.

This is an observational prospective follow-up study to assess the utilization of boceprevir and the management of pre-specified health outcomes of interest (HOIs) under conditions of routine clinical care in participants with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) genotype 1. As an observational prospective study, this study is not intended to change the participant/physician relationship, nor influence the physician's drug prescription or therapeutic management of the participant. No individual administration of any therapeutic or prophylactic agent is assigned in this protocol, and there are no procedures required as part of this protocol. Physician choice of the drug used to treat the participant is based on clinical judgment alone.

On treatment parameters for Lamivudine resistance in HBV treated Egyptian patients

To conduct a prospective, multicenter, observational study of patients with well-characterized alcoholic hepatitis (AH) and frequency matched individuals (by age, gender, and race) with comparable history of alcohol consumption but no clinical evidence of liver disease (controls). At the end of the study, a robust clinical information, central bio-repository will be developed from both cases and controls.

The working hypothesis is that the low HDL serum level predict favorable response to anti viral treatment in chronic HCV (genotype 1) viral infection. This might be used to improve the rate of sustained virologic response.

The prevalence of HBsAg carriage in pregnant women varies in France, according to the native country, with highest rates in those originating from sub-Saharan Africa and Asia (5 to 8 % in Parisian area). The level of HBV-DNA varies according to HBe status and geographical origin, and is strongly predictive of the risk of HBV mother-to-child transmission (MTCT). It has been shown that the rate of vertical transmission (Chinese study by Yuan J et al) was 0 % in newborns to mothers whom HBV-DNA was < 105 copies/mL and up to more than 40 % in newborns to mothers with high viral loads > 108 copies/mL, despite HBIg and vaccine at birth. Thus, data are needed concerning the current practices about the prevention of HBV MTCT in France, and their results.

Define the patients who lost HBsAg, studying the loss predictive factors and if there was suspension of treatment, study the evolution after that