Active clinical trials for "Hepatitis B"

The purpose is to evaluate efficacy and safety of therapeutic HBV vaccine (mimogen-based) treatment in chronic hepatitis B patients and to explore the most effective dosage and provide the rational for optimal dosing schedule.

GSK3389404 is being developed for the treatment of CHB virus infection. The development goal for GSK3389404 is the establishment of a finite duration treatment that results in sustained suppression of hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication and viral antigen production after cessation of all treatments for CHB due to the restoration of a functional immune response in the absence of high antigen levels. This study is a multicenter, randomized double-Blind (sponsor un-blinded in Part 1), Placebo-controlled Study which will evaluate the safety, tolerability, PK, and PD profile of GSK3389404 in subjects with CHB and aim to establish proof-of-mechanism. The study will be conducted in two parts. Part 1 plans to enroll subjects primarily from the Asia-pacific region, including Japan and will be conducted as a single ascending dose (SAD) study with 5 planned cohorts ranging from 30 milligram (mg) to a maximum of 240 mg GSK3389404. Within each cohort, subjects will be randomized to receive either GSK3389404 or placebo in a 3:1 ratio. Cohorts A, B, C, C1, and D will be conducted in a sequential fashion; Cohort C1 is an optional cohort and may be dosed after Cohort C or in parallel with Cohort D. Part 2 will be conducted as a multiple-dose, dose-ranging study. Subjects will be randomized to different parallel dose levels and regimens or placebo. The dose levels of Part 2 will be selected after a review of Part 1 safety, Pharmacokinetic (PK) and Pharmacodynamic (PD) data. The treatments selected are 60 mg GSK3389404 weekly, 120 mg GSK3389404 bi-weekly, 120 mg GSK3389404 weekly or placebo. An optional Japanese part-2 sub-study is planned. The total study duration for part 1 including screening, treatment, and post-treatment follow-up, will not be expected to exceed 13 weeks for each subject and for part 2, including screening, treatment and post-treatment follow-up, will not be expected to exceed 65 weeks for each subject.

The purpose of this protocol is to obtain pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic data on ABI-H0731 and to provide the opportunity for preliminary evaluation of combination therapy of ABI-H0731 with currently approved antiviral treatment for chronic hepatitis B.

The primary objectives of this study are to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of vesatolimod (formerly GS-9620) in adults with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection who are currently not being treated.

The investigators have shown robust in vitro anti-hepatitis B activity of simvastatin alone and synergistic activity with all four FDA-approved anti-hepatitis B oral drugs tested. The investigators propose phase 1 studies in 48 chronic hepatitis B human carriers who have never been treated before. Doses of drugs will remain at or below FDA-approved dosage levels for cholesterol lowering (simvastatin) or hepatitis B (tenofovir or entecavir). Arm 1 will have simvastatin monotherapy only. Arm 2 will combine simvastatin with tenofovir. Arm 3 will combine simvastatin with entecavir. For maximum safety, the 3 arms and the dose groups in each arm will be filled consecutively and not concurrently. The definition of efficacy for simvastatin alone will be a 1 log drop of hepatitis B virus in 14 days. Efficacy for combination of drugs will require a 2 log drop of hepatitis B virus in 14 days. Numerous safety tests and stop rules are noted in the protocol.

The purpose of the study is to determine if treatment with entecavir is safe and well tolerated in patients who completed dosing in a previous entecavir study in China, but are requiring further treatment of their chronic hepatitis B virus infection.

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether HBV-DNA vaccination is safe and could restore immune responses in patients with chronic hepatitis B non responder to available therapies.

With the availability of potent nucloes(t)ide analogues (NA), such as tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) and entecavir (ETV), suppression of serum HBV DNA to undetectable levels by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays became achievable in most NA treatment-naïve patients. Until recently, however, many patients commenced antiviral treatment with inferior NAs prior to the availability of TDF or ETV, such as lamivudine (LAM) which has a low genetic barrier to resistance. ETV resistance increase up to 51% of patients after 5 years of ETV treatment in lamivudine-refractory patients. Resistance to ETV appears to occur through a two-hit mechanism with initial selection of M204V/I mutation followed by amino acid substitutions at rtT184, rtS202, or rtM250. In vitro studies showed that ETV-resistant mutations are susceptible to TDF, but there are little clinical data on the efficacy of TDF monotherapy in patients with ETV-resistance. On the other hand, there was a retrospective cohort study reporting that, with the combination of TDF and ETV, most of patients became HBV DNA undetectable after median 6 months of treatment. Probability of reaching complete HBV DNA suppression was not decreased in patients with ADV or ETV-resistance. Thus, there is no consistent treatment recommendation for patients with ETV-resistance. In this clinical trial, the investigators will clarify whether tenofovir monotherapy is as effective as tenofovir plus entecavir in inducing complete virologic response in CHB patients with genotypic resistance to ETV and partial virologic response to ongoing treatment.

This study intends to investigate whether addition of PEG-IFN alfa-2a in HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B patients who are pretreated with nucleos(t)ide analogues enhances the degree of HBsAg decline.

This open-label, multi-center study will evaluate the effect on the quantitative HBsAg reduction of peginterferon alfa-2a [PEGASYS] in patients with HBeAg positive chronic hepatitis B. Patients will receive PEGASYS 180 mcg sc once weekly. After 24 weeks of treatment, rapid responders will receive another 24 weeks of treatment. After 24 weeks of treatment, slow responders will be randomized to another 24 or 72 weeks of PEGASYS monotherapy, or to 72 weeks PEGASYS plus 36 weeks adefovir (10 mg, po once daily, starting from week 29 of PEGASYS treatment). The anticipated time on study drug is >2 years.