Therapeutic Effects and Long-term Follow-up After Ending Nucleos(t)Ide Analogs Therapy in Chronic...
Chronic Hepatitis bThe study is to observe the therapeutic effects and long-term follow-up after ending anti-HBV therapy with nucleos(t)ide analogs in patients with chronic hepatitis b.
Long-term Prognosis of Patients With Hepatitis B Related Acute-on-chronic Liver Failure
Hepatitis BAcute-On-Chronic Liver FailureThis study is to investigate the long-term outcomes and prognostic risk factors in patients recovered from hepatitis B virus related acute on-chronic liver failure.
Study of Entecavir for Reducing the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients...
Chronic Hepatitis BTo analyze the incidence of liver cancer after entecavir administration among patients with low viral load and cirrhosis due to chronic hepatitis B infection.
Viral Hepatitis B and C Infection in Patients With Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Treated With...
ITP - Immune Thrombocytopenic PurpuraViral HepatitisAim of the work To estimate frequency of viral HB & C infection in ITP patients who received triple therapy in comparison with another group treated with steroids only. To explore risk factors and routes of transmission of viral HB & C infection in ITP patients who received triple therapy and the another group treated with steroids . - To assess preventive measures of viral HB& C infection in the hematology ward To investigate the influence of viral HB & C infection on clinical picture, response to treatment and side effects in ITP patients who received triple therapy or steroids.
Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients Treated With ETV vs TDF for Chronic Hepatitis B With...
Hepatitis BChronic2 moreThe current first-line treatment for HBV is long-term oral antiviral drugs to inhibit HBV DNA replication. First-line antiviral drugs recommended by the Chinese 2015 Hepatitis B Guidelines include ETV and TDF. This study is based on a real-world clinical cohort to retrospectively analyze the effects of ETV and TDF on the long-term (5-year) incidence of HCC in Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis B with compensated cirrhosis. The results will guide the revision of the Chinese HBV guidelines.
HCV Treatment in a Low-threshold Clinic
Hepatitis CSubstance Use DisordersThis is a cohort of people who inject drugs with chronic HCV infection. Patients are seen at a low-threshold clinic. All patients are offered treatment for HCV and subsequently followed for to years
Expression of Th9 Cells and Poor/Non-responsiveness to Hepatitis B Vaccination
Hepatitis BAn observational study will be performed in subjects aged 3-65 years old to describe the dynamic changes of cellular immunity after vaccination of hepatitis B vaccine, and to find out the expression levels of Th9 cells and IL9 in subjects with different response to the primary immunization (3 single -dose injunctions).
Antigen-specific Immune Response to Hepatitis B Virus in Utero
Hepatitis BThis study aims to gain an understanding of the key components of the immune response to hepatitis B present in cord blood of HBV infected mothers.
Pharmacogenomics of Interferon and Ribavirin Treatment in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Virus...
Hepatitis CThe purpose of this study is to examine gene expression profiles by DNA microarray in patients who are responders and non-responders to interferon and ribavirin treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV). Genes involved in inflammation and fibrosis and mediators of the Th-1 lymphocyte response will be looked for. It is hoped that genetic targets for future more effective and less toxic treatments will be identified.
Differential Gene Expression of Liver Tissue and Blood From Individuals With Chronic Viral Hepatitis...
Hepatitis CHepatitis B5 moreThe purpose of this research is to study body materials like blood proteins as well as white blood cell and liver cellular RNA in individuals with liver diseases such as chronic viral hepatitis with or without hepatoma and autoimmune liver disease. Presently it is not understood how infection with chronic viral hepatitis or autoimmune liver disease damages the liver. This research study enroll patients with either chronic viral hepatitis with or without hepatoma or autoimmune liver disease. The purpose of this study is to find the genes that are expressed in both the circulating white blood cells and the liver of patients with varying degrees of liver damage of different causes. Genes are biological messengers some of which determine how the body responds to injury. We anticipate that results from Differential Gene Expression (DGE) analysis will allow us to make predictions about likelihood of disease progression and/or response to treatment. In addition we will test the blood for markers of injury. The blood collected will be prepared differently from the liver tissue. We will use technologies to express pure proteins and then we will investigate the functions of these proteins. Nearly all drugs act on proteins, not genes, so understanding proteins is the key to really effective new medicines. Similarly the first signs of ill health appear in changes to the body's blood proteins, making them the most sensitive diagnostic indicators. The studies we plan are called proteomics. We will later correlate the patterns of gene expression in both circulating white blood cells and the liver tissue with clinical outcome and patterns of proteins measured in blood and we hope to gain an understanding of how the disease process occurs, which may in turn help us to make more precise diagnoses and develop new forms of treatment. These techniques that we use are still experimental and so we do not yet know if they will be helpful in monitoring changes which may help us to predict the potential severity of your liver disease or even if they can be used to indicate who will best respond to treatment.