Clinical Trial: Strengthening Hepatitis B Screening, Linkage to Care and Long-Term Monitoring in Phichit Province, Thailand: A Birth Bohort Approach

U.S., Dec. 3 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07258251) titled 'Strengthening Hepatitis B Screening, Linkage to Care and Long-Term Monitoring in Phichit Province, Thailand: A Birth Bohort Approach' on Nov. 20.

Brief Summary: This study in Phichit province, Thailand, aims to find and support adults born before 1992 who are at high risk for hepatitis B infection. Many people in this group were born before the universal hepatitis B vaccine was available and may not know they are infected. The study will invite nearly 240,000 eligible adults for free hepatitis B screening. Those who test positive will be linked to care at one of 12 district hospitals. Doctors will use simplified 2024 World Health Org...