Treatment of Hepatitis B in Resource-limited Settings - a Pilot Program in East Africa

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Trial end date: 2022-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Viral hepatitis kills nearly one million people each year, even though effective treatment exists. The aim of this study is to establish a treatment protocol for hepatitis B, which is simple and cheap enough to be implemented in resource-limited settings.

• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Oslo University Hospital
• Collaborators: Addis Ababa University; Haramaya University,Ethiopia; South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority, Norway; St Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia; St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia; The Research Council of Norway; University of Agder
• Treatments: Tenofovir

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Consenting adults (≥18 years) residing in Ethiopia who are HBsAg positive

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children <18 years, other terminal disease (cancer etc.)