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NCT00782158

Hepatitis B and HIV Co-Infection in Patients in Uganda

Completed Last updated 5 December 2019
What this trial tests

trial in Hepatitis B in 6,303 participants. Completed in 14 December 2018.

Timeline
27 October 2008
14 December 2018

Quick facts

Lead sponsorNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
StatusCompleted
Study typeOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment6,303
Start date27 October 2008
Estimated completion14 December 2018
Sites2 locations across Uganda

Conditions studied

Sponsor

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Who can join

Adults 18 to 99, any sex, with Hepatitis B or HIV Infections. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This study will determine the amount of liver scarring (fibrosis) or liver damage in people infected with 1) hepatitis B virus (HBV, a virus that can infect the liver); 2) HIV (the virus that causes AIDS); 3) both HBV and HIV; and 4) neither HBV nor HIV. Liver fibrosis and liver damage can have many causes, including alcohol, certain medicines, exposure to some contaminated foods and infections with viruses that affect the liver (such as HBV). About 25 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are infected with HIV and about 50 million with chronic HBV, yet very little information is available on how many people are infected with both viruses and the medical implications of co-infection. Participants in Uganda s Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP) or Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) clinic who are 18 years of age or older may be eligible for this study. People enrolled in the study come to the clinic for at least one visit and may be asked to return yearly. During the visit, participants undergo the following procedures: * Questionnaire and a short interview about their health and quality of life. * Physical examination and blood draw. The blood is tested for HBV and other factors that may suggest liver disease. Blood drawn at previous clinic visits or from other studies may also be tested. * Liver evaluation using a FibroScan, a medical device that uses elastic waves to measure liver stiffness in a process similar to ultrasound scanning. For this test, the subjects lies flat on the back with the arm extended out. The tip of the machine s probe is covered with gel and placed on the skin between the ribs at the level of the right lobe of the liver. The machine produces a little tap on the skin that sends a wave out and checks how fast the wave moves. The speed of the wave indicates the amount of scarring in the liver.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.

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