title: [From the national competence network for viral hepatitis (HepNet) emerged the German Liver Foundation (Deutsche Leberstiftung)].
abstract: The competence network for viral hepatitis (HepNet) was founded in 2002 with funding from the German government and has influenced the research on viral hepatitis in Germany. HepNet collaborator sites have been involved in numerous national and international investigator-initiated, as well as industry-sponsored, phase 1-3 studies. Within the HepNet Study-House, many groundbreaking investor-initiated trials have been completed and are still ongoing. For example, the acute hepatitis C trials and trials on chronic hepatitis D (delta), which led to therapy optimization. Continuation of the competence network on viral hepatitis has been achieved by the foundation of the German Liver Foundation, which has been an external cooperation partner of the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) for two years. The well-established HepNet Study-House acts here as the clinical trial platform for all DZIF hepatitis trials.
authors.affiliation: Deutsche Leberstiftung, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Deutschland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hardtke
authors.affiliation: Deutsche Leberstiftung, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Deutschland.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wiebner
authors.affiliation: Deutsche Leberstiftung, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Deutschland. Manns.Michael@mh-hannover.de.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Manns
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration; D005582:Foundations / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005762:Gastroenterology / Q000458:organization & administration; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006078:Government Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration
keywords: German liver foundation; HepNet study-house; Investigator initiated trials/registries; Liver disease; Network of competence for viral hepatitis