Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in HIV-Infected Children

Completed

Conditions studied: HIV Infections, Hepatitis C

In brief

The purpose of this study is to find out how many children who are infected with HIV are also infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV infection is a major health concern. HIV-infected adults who are co-infected with HCV appear to have more rapid HIV disease progression. There is little data on how widespread HCV is among children who are HIV-infected. Information from this study will help determine the need for future HCV studies. This study also will obtain blood samples for future testing for other hepatitis viruses such as hepatitis G virus (HGV or GB virus C).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00037076

Run by

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

People needed

600

Expected to finish

2003-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-10-31

Who can join

Age: 1 and older, up to 20. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients may be eligible for this substudy if they:
• Are between 1 year and 20 years of age.
• Were infected with HIV from the mother at or around the time of birth.
• Are enrolled in PACTG 219C.
• Children known to be HCV-infected will be permitted to enter the substudy.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients may not be eligible for this substudy if they:
• Have hemophilia.
• Contracted HIV through a route other than from the mother around the time of birth.

Where it is running

• Univ of Alabama at Birmingham - Pediatric — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
• Phoenix Childrens Hosp — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
• Los Angeles County - USC Med Ctr — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Children's Hosp of Oakland — Oakland, California, United States
• Univ of California, San Diego — San Diego, California, United States
• UCSF, Moffitt Hospital (Pediatric) — San Francisco, California, United States
• Children's Hosp of Denver — Denver, Colorado, United States
• Connecticut Childrens Med Ctr (Pediatric) — Farmington, Connecticut, United States
• Yale Univ Med School — New Haven, Connecticut, United States
• Howard Univ Hosp — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
• Univ of Miami (Pediatric) — Miami, Florida, United States
• Med College of Georgia — Augusta, Georgia, United States
• The Med Ctr Inc — Columbus, Georgia, United States
• Mt Sinai Hosp Med Ctr / Dept of Pediatrics — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• The Univ of Chicago Children's Hosp — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• University of Illinois — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Tulane Univ / Charity Hosp of New Orleans — New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
• Univ of Maryland at Baltimore / Univ Med Ctr — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Johns Hopkins Hosp - Pediatric — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Baystate Med Ctr of Springfield — Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
• Univ of Massachusetts Med School — Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
• Children's Hosp of Michigan — Detroit, Michigan, United States
• Univ of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey / Univ Hosp — Newark, New Jersey, United States
• Children's Hospital at SUNY Downstate — Brooklyn, New York, United States
• Mount Sinai Med Ctr — New York, New York, United States

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