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Intramuscular and intradermal hepatitis B vaccine administration: immunological response in hemodialysis patients

Phase 4
Completed
Conditions
Hepatitis B vaccination
Hemodialysis
Infection - Other infectious diseases
Renal and Urogenital - Kidney disease
Registration Number
ACTRN12609000616279
Lead Sponsor
efrologia – Faculdade de Medicina/Instituto de Pesquisas Biomedicas/Hospital Sao Lucas from PUCRS
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
198
Inclusion Criteria

Incident chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients, with end-stage renal disease before completing the third month of HD treatment.

Exclusion Criteria

Presence of antibodies against aquired immunodeficiency virus, antibodies against hepatits C, previous hepatitis B vaccination, a reagent antibody titers to hepatitis B surface antigen (Anti-HBs > 10 UI/mL).

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Antibody titers to hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBs)[Timepoint: at baseline, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 months after intervention commencement]
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Percentage of patients achieving immunizing titers of antibodies to hepatitis B antigen[At 6 months after intervention]
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