Active clinical trials for "Hepatitis B, Chronic"

The outcome of treatment of chronic hepatitis B is determined by viral and host interaction, thus the combination therapy of immunomodulator (PEG-IFN) and potent antiviral drug (entecavir) should improve the response rate. In addition, the simultaneous assessment of viral and host genetic factors associated with SVR may help to identify predictors of treatment outcomes, which will in turn significant reduce the cost/effect of therapy

Patients with HBeAg negative chronic HBV and evidence of hepatic disease (elevated liver enzymes or evidence of cirrhosis) who have significant viremia are treated with anti HBV therapy. Currently the key goals of anti HBV therapy are profound and prolonged viral suppression and treatment efficacy is assessed by monitoring viral load and liver enzymes. However these do not always reflect the degree of liver impairment or the degree of improvement in response to therapy. Sebivo has been accepted in Israel as a first line therapy for HBeAg negative and HBeAg positive chronic HBV with evidence of liver damage. Viral load should decrease by 1 log every 3 months, otherwise patients should be offered add-on or alternative therapy. As the majority of patients in Israel are HBeAg negative chronic HBV and in order to have homogenous population we will select for our study only patients with HBeAg negative chronic HBV. The 13C Methacetin breath test, assess liver function and specifically the function of the microsomal CYP4501A2. It has been shown to correlate with the degree of liver impairment and with clinical outcomes in both acute and chronic liver disease. The aim of this study is to determine the utility of the 13C Methacetin Breath Test to follow up patients with HBeAg negative chronic HBV receiving anti viral therapy.

Entecavir (ETV) has shown superior ability to suppress hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication, histology improvement as well as low rate of emergence of resistant mutants. Out of range of clinical recommendations for treatment of chronic hepatitis B (CHB), chronic HBV carriers with persistently normal ALT and viral load more than 10^5 copies/mL have progression of liver disease during long-term follow-up. In addition, certain proportions of these patients do have significant inflammation and fibrosis in liver histology. This study will be able to identify who are at risk of liver disease progression and evaluate efficacy of ETV regarding improvement of liver histology during short-term (1-year) and long-term ETV treatment (3-year).

Evaluation of the rate of sustained virological response among HBeAg-negativechronic hepatitis B patients who discontinue long-term NA therapy. During this study participants will cease their prescribed medications, this will occur with immediate effect once enrolled into the study. The duration of cessation will be indefinite, unless clinically indicated for NA therapy re-start. Participants will be monitored as per protocol following cessation, monitoring will be by clinic visit and through blood test to monitor virological response. Clinical visits will be at the intervals of week 2, week, 4, week 8, week 12, week 18, following this they will be every 3 months out to 2 years when the participant will have completed the trial. Once the participant has completed the trial they will not commence again, the aim is for an indefinite cessation of NA therapy.

This trial will study the effect of a polyherbal capsule in lowering the viral load of patients with chronic Hepatitis B infection and record the incidence of from Hepatitis B surface antigen elimination in 12 months

A single center, open labeled phase I/IIa study to evaluate safety, tolerability and efficacy of a therapeutic hepatitis B vaccine in oral antiviral drug-treated chronic hepatitis B virus carriers

Pegylated interferon α-2a(Peg-IFN-α) not only inhibit viral replication, but also play an important role in immune regulation, while Nucleoside analog(ue) drugs only inhibit viral replication. In hepatitis B infection, cytokines played a vital role. This study was aimed at investigating the changes of cytokines during Peg-IFN-αand nucleoside analog(ue) therapy.Meanwhile, the investigators wanted to verify whether Peg-IFN-α therapy resulted in the secretion of cytokines.

Asses the efficacy and safety of the Anti hepatitis B placenta transfer factor injection in the treatment of HBeAg positive chronic hepatitis B.

Entecavir 1 mg is commonly used in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients with previous antiviral resistance. This study evaluates the efficacy and safety of switching to generic entecavir 1 mg (Baracle®, Dong-A Science Technology) in CHB patients taking brand name entecavir 1 mg (Baraclude®, Bristol-Myers Squibb) alone or in combination with other nucleos(t)ide analogues after the development of antiviral resistance. The primary aim is virological response (<20 IU/mL) at 12 months

Chronic HBV infection is major problem in Asian countries. Years after chronic infection, in some cases serum HBsAg level declines to unmeasurable level. Some of patients develop anti-HBsAb but there is no standard treatment to accelerate HBsAg seroconversion. There is a study to determine efficacy and safety of HBV vaccine in who is Chronic HBV infection and lost their HBsAg without seroconversion to anti-HBsAb.