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CompletedNCT02847507VIhVhEpbUpdated Jul 17, 2018

Seroprevalence of Hepatitis E in HIV Positive Patients in Basque Country in 2016 (VIhVhEpb)

An observational study in HIV and Hepatitis E, sponsored by Centre Hospitalier de la côte Basque. Completed at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-07-17.

Sponsored by Centre Hospitalier de la côte Basque · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Ecologic or community
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
307
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Study of seroprevalence of hepatitis E among HIV positive patient in Basque country, France in 2016.

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Study of seroprevalence of hepatitis E among patient followed and treated in "centre Hospitalier de la Côte Basque" for HIV infections. Study of acquisition of hepatitis E , and determination of liver status using fibrotest in co-infected patients with hepatis C and / or B.

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Conditions studied

  • HIV
  • Hepatitis E

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Keywords

  • HIV
  • Hepatitis E
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In context

Hepatitis E

37 studies on the registry are indexed under Hepatitis E; 9 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 307 is below the median of 436 across 11 observational studies indexed under Hepatitis E.

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Lead sponsor

Centre Hospitalier de la côte Basque is the lead sponsor of 5 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

All patients seropositve for HIV and treated in the" Centre Hospitalier de la côte Basque" are considered for enrollment.

Patient must be > 18 years, and followed or treated in the investigators institution

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Inclusion criteria

  • positive > 18

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • patient refusal for participation
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HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

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Study design

Observational model
Ecologic or community
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
307 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No
Biospecimen retention
Samples without dna
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Prevalence of immunoglobulin M (IgM) and Immunoglobulin G (IgG) for hepatitis E in blood sample of each patients. Positive sample for both IgM and IgG will be confirmed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques

    Blood samples will be tested for specific immunoglobulins against hepatitis E virus

    Time frame: 6 months time period

Secondary outcomes

  1. fibrotest score

    patients infected with hepatitis B or hepatitis C viruses will have their liver status determined using fibrotest score.

    Time frame: 6 months time period

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Study locations

1 site
  • Centre hospitalier de la Côte Basque
    Bayonne, 64100, France
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 17, 2018, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02847507
Lead sponsor
Centre Hospitalier de la côte Basque
Responsible party
VAREIL Marc-Olivier (doctor, Centre Hospitalier de la côte Basque) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jul 28, 2016
Start date
Jul 2016
Primary completion
Jan 31, 2018
Completion
Jan 31, 2018
Last update
Jul 17, 2018

Study contacts

Marc-olivier Vareil, phd
principal investigator · centre hospitalier côte Basque

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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