Intramuscular and intradermal hepatitis B vaccine administration: immunological response in hemodialysis patients
Phase 4
Completed
- Conditions
- Hepatitis B vaccinationHemodialysisInfection - Other infectious diseasesRenal 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
Name Time Method 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
Name Time Method Percentage of patients achieving immunizing titers of antibodies to hepatitis B antigen[At 6 months after intervention]