Active clinical trials for "Hepatitis B, Chronic"

The study aimed to investigate the short-term efficacy and long-term prognosis of liver failure patients caused by hepatitis B after single transplantation with autologous marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MMSCs). Liver failure inpatients caused by hepatitis B were recruited and received the same medical treatments, among whom some patients underwent single transplantation with autologous MMSCs and other patients with matched age, gender and biochemical indexes [alanine aminotransferase (ALT), albumin (ALB), total bilirubin (TBIL), prothrombin time (PT) and Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) ] were in control group. A total of 120 ml bone marrow were obtained from patients, diluted and separated. Then MMSCs suspension were slowly transfused into the liver through the proper hepatic artery by interventional procedures. The levels of ALB, TBIL, PT and MELD score of patients in translation group were compared with those in control group. In 3 ~ 48 months of follow-up, differences in long-term outcomes such as incidence of HCC (hepatocellular carcinoma) and mortality between two groups were compared.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability and antiviral efficacy of telbivudine by maintained suppression of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA (<=300 copies/ml or 60IU/ml, undetectable by current polymerase chain reaction (PCR) - based assays) in HBeAg positive/negative patients at physician's general practice.

This is an ancillary to the NIDDK-sponsored Hepatitis B Research Network (HBRN) Study Cohort Study NCT01263587. This study will examine the balance between immune regulatory and effector responses in hepatitis B-infected participants enrolled in the HBRN study (NCT01263587).

This is an open-label, single arm cohort study to see efficacy and safety of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) in naïve chronic hepatitis B, retrospectively and prospectively both.

Background: Taiwan is one of the area with the highest prevalence of chronic hepatitis B (CHB), and many patients die of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related cirrhosis or liver cancer that have been the leading causes of death in Taiwan for many years. For effectively treating CHB, antiviral therapy for CHB has been reimbursed by the National Health Insurance in Taiwan since 1998, and nucleos(t)ide analogues (NAs) can be used for patients with active hepatitis B and high viral load in a maximum duration of three years. However, there is a significant proportion of patients suffering from hepatitis B recurrence after discontinuation of NA therapy, and hepatitis B recurrence may result in liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. To the best of current knowledge, in what conditions that the NA therapy can be successfully discontinued without hepatitis recurrence remain largely unclear. Therefore, this study is designed to evaluate the clinical and virological changes of CHB patients after stopping NA therapy, and finding the prognostic indicators may be an important basis for stopping NA therapy in CHB patients in the future. Objectives: To access the clinical and virological changes after stopping NA therapy To determine important prognostic indicators for stopping NA therapy Methods: In this prospective cohort study, the investigators plan to recruit CHB patients who are indicated for stopping NA therapy in the outpatient clinics according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria of this study, and clinical and virological data will be collected during routine clinic visits after stopping NA therapy. Prognostic factors will be analyzed according the following data: Patient characteristics: including age, sex, height, weight, waist circumference, history of alcohol drinking, antiviral therapy history, hepatitis history, and drug history. Blood tests: During routine clinic visits and blood tests every 12 weeks or at hepatitis flare in the first 2 years after stopping NA therapy, liver function and virological status tests will be conducted for analysis.

This study was to predict 3-month mortality risk of acute-on-chronic hepatitis B liver failure (ACHBLF) on an individual patient level using artificial neural network (ANN) system. The area under the curve of receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) were calculated for ANN and MELD-based scoring systems to evaluate the performances of the ANN prediction.

To compare the effectiveness, in a real world practice setting in tier 2 cities of China, of Entecavir (ETV) monotherapy and Lamivudine (LAM) based therapies (including LAM monotherapy, de novo LAM + Adefovir [ADV] combination, and early add-on of ADV) among chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients who are naive to NUC at enrollment to this study

This multicenter, prospective, observational study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of Pegasys (peginterferon alfa-2a) in routine clinical practice in patients with HBeAg-positive or HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B. Eligible patients receiving treatment with Pegasys according to standard of care and the summary od product characteristics/local labelling will be followed for the duration of treatment and up to 2 years of follow-up.

Background: - Chronic infection with the hepatitis B virus may lead to cirrhosis, liver disease, and cancer of the liver. There is no cure for the infection, but several drugs have been approved to treat it. These drugs can keep the virus levels low. They seem to be safe for short-term use. But the drugs have not yet been approved for long-term use because some of them can have serious side effects. However, stopping treatment too soon can make the infection worse and may lead to more serious forms of liver disease. Researchers have not been able to determine a when to stop treatment. They want to study people with chronic hepatitis B infection to find out the best time to stop treatment and prevent the disease from causing further liver damage. Objectives: To study the safety and effectiveness of withdrawing antiviral treatment for chronic hepatitis B after at least 4 years of treatment. To determine whether stopping long-term antiviral treatment for chronic hepatitis B makes the infection worse. Eligibility: - People who are at least 18 years of age; have been taking antiviral drugs to treat chronic hepatitis B for at least 4 years; and are being evaluated to stop treatment. Design: Those in the study will be screened with a physical exam, medical history, questionnaire, and blood tests. They will remain under the care of their regular doctor during the study. They will have an abdominal ultrasound to study scarring in the liver, if they have not had one in the past year. Those without detectable levels of the hepatitis B virus in their blood will stop antiviral treatment. They will have monthly blood tests for the first 6 months to check virus levels, and then every 3 months afterward. Those whose blood tests show an increase in virus levels will restart antiviral treatment as directed by the study doctors and their personal doctor. All those in the study will be monitored until the end of the study.

This is an exploratory study to characterize the ex vivo immune response to RO6871765 or RO7011785 stimulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) extracted from healthy volunteers and chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients.