Active clinical trials for "Hepatitis B"

The aim of the prospective real-world study is to evaluate whether sequential combination therapy with pegylated interferon plus entecavir/tenofovir could induce higher rates of HBsAg loss in nucleoside-treated patients with chronic hepatitis B compared to continuous nucleoside treatment.

As HBsAg clearance is uncommon in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients on nucleoside analogues (NAs) therapy. The purpose of this study is to optimize HBsAg clearance in CHB Patients with sequential treatment of pegylated interferon alpha-2b and NAs.

The majority of childbearing age women with hepatitis B virus infection were still in the immune tolerance period. Our recent research had shown that most puerperae after delivery had elevated ALT level. However, there is no withdrawal time recommendations after childbirth at present.Through the study of hepatitis occurrence after delivery and drug withdrawal, the investigators explore the withdrawal time of antiviral treatment during pregnancy.

The current study is a prospective, randomized, open, multi-center investigation. The aim of the study is to investigate whether the HBeAg seroconversion rate can be improved if applying combination therapy in HBeAg positive CHB patients who has achieved HBVDNA<105copies/ml，HBsAg≤5000IU/ml, ALT≥ 2ULN or Liver histology G2S2.

Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is a common infectious disease affecting up to 2 billion people worldwide. Around 650 thousand people died of liver failure, cirrhosis and primary liver cancer caused by chronic hepatitis B every year. 3%-5% compensatory liver cirrhosis develop to decompensated cirrhosis and suffer from series symptoms such as fatigue, edema, portal hypertension, splenomegaly, hemorrhage, hepatic encephalopathy, hepatorenal syndrome and so on. Chronic hepatitis B is closely related to the imbalance of intestinal microbiota, and the intestinal microbiota of patients is significantly different from healthy people. The response of patients to hepatitis B virus can be influenced by reconstructing intestinal flora, while Intestinal microbiota transplantation(IMT) is a significant method to achieve it. In a previous study using IMT to treat HBeAg positive chronic hepatitis B patients combined with antiviral therapy, 80% of them has reached HBeAg clearance. The investigators propose a randomized trial of IMT in patients with HBV induced cirrhosis. Patients will be randomized to either control group or IMT group over a 12 months period.

Primary objective: Compare Pegasys RGT overall response rate (i.e., HBeAg seroconversion rate) with Pegasys mono historical response rate at week 72 (48 week treatment with 24 week follow up) Secondary objective : The changes of HBsAg titer The rate of combined HBeAg seroconversion and HBV DNA < 300 copies/mL The rate of serum HBV DNA < 300 copies/mL ⅳ. The rate of ALT normalization The rate of HBsAg loss ⅵ. The rate of serum HBV DNA < 10,000 copies/mL

Patients with chronic renal disease have to be vaccinated as soon as dialysis is forestalled and this could improve seroconversion rate of hepatitis B vaccination. In this study, the investigators aimed to compare seroconversion rates and immune response rates using four doses of 40 μg and three doses of 20 μg of Euvax B recombinant hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) vaccine given to predialysis CKD patients.

Currently, peginterferon alfa-2a or oral nucleos(t)ides are approved for the treatment with HBeAg negative CHB, with the overall ALT normalization and HBV viral suppression far from satisfactory. Therefore, efforts on the various combinations with the currently available drugs are needed to improve the overall response rates. The simultaneous combination therapy with oral nucleoside and peginterferon alfa-2a from large-scaled randomized trials did not show a superior response rate over peginterferon alfa-2a monotherapy. Recently, sequential monotherapy with lamivudine for the first 4 weeks, followed by weekly peginterferon alfa-2a has shown favorable HBeAg seroconversion rate over peginterferon alfa-2a monotherapy, based on the assumption that early viral suppression by lamivudine can restore the immune function to facilitate the later immunomodulatory response by peginterferon alfa-2a. Furthermore, prior studies using 24 months of standard interferon alfa showed better ALT normalization and HBV suppression rates to 12 months of therapy. With the recent introduction of entecavir, the more potent oral nucleoside with few drug resistance, sequential monotherapy with entecavir can potently suppress HBV DNA with 4 weeks of treatment, which may facilitate the response of peginterferon alfa-2a to achieve HBV viral suppression. Therefore, we aimed to conduct a placebo controlled randomized control trial to evaluate if adding entecavir early in the course of therapy or extending the treatment duration of peginterferon alfa-2a can improve the treatment response.

The purpose of this study is to compare the immunogenicity and reactogenicity of the adjuvanted recombinant hepatitis B vaccine with that of Engerix™-B when both are injected according to a three dose schedule (0, 1, 6 months) in an adult non-responder population

During 1983-1990 in the Jiangsu province of China, 80,000 infants were randomised by area of birth between control, standard Hepatitis B vaccination (at 0, 1 and 6 months of age) and standard vaccination plus a booster dose at about 2 to 3 years of age. The aim is to prevent establishment of chronic HBV infection in early childhood, hence to prevent the morbidity of chronic hepatitis B in young adolescents and the incidence/mortality several decades later from liver cancer and other HBV related chronic liver diseases. Long-term follow-up through central registries will determine the impact of vaccination on liver cancer incidence and mortality.