Clinical trial NCT06457438: Molecular Characteristics and Prevalence of Viral Hepatitis E in Human Tissue and Cell Donors
Official title: Molecular Characteristics and Prevalence of Viral Hepatitis E in Human Tissue and Cell Donors
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Hepatitis E
Keywords: Hepatitis E
Organ Donor
Cell Donor
HEV RNA
Lead sponsor: University Hospital Ostrava
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-06-13
Enrollment: 300
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: The study subjects and their samples will be divided into two study groups.
Primary purpose: DIAGNOSTIC

Brief summary: In this study, the researchers want to focus on the prevalence of anti-HEV antibodies by a new generation test, direct detection of HEV RNA, and its genotypic analysis in a group of human tissue and cell donors.

Detailed description: At the Department of Laboratory Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine of the National University of Health Sciences, human tissue and cells from donors will be examined for the assessment of health eligibility and donor selection according to Decree No. 422/2008 Coll. According to the current legislation, the determination of IgG and IgM antibodies against HEV or the HEV RNA method is not part of the standard examination of human tissue and cell donors for the assessment of their health eligibility.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

- patients indicated for organ or cell donation

Exclusion Criteria:

- none

Primary outcomes:
measure: Prevalence of Hepatitis E in the study groups
timeFrame: 2 years
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Presence of Hepatitis E (HEV) RNA in the study groups
timeFrame: 2 years
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ostrava
country: Czechia
facility: University Hospital Ostrava
state: Moravian-Silesian Region
Study officials:
affiliation: University Hospital Ostrava
name: Hana Slepčanová, Mgr.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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