A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and the Change of sAg Levels in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients Receiving Clevudine Treatment Over the Long Period
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and the Change of sAg Levels in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients Receiving Clevudine Treatment Over the Long Period.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Phase 4 |
Study Design
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Proportion of patients with HBV DNA below the assay limit of detection []
Secondary Outcome Measures
- The change of HBV DNA from the baseline. []
- Proportion of patients with HBeAg loss and/or seroconversion. []
- Biochemical improvement (e.g. ALT normalization). []
- Proportion of sAg loss []
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Patient is 18 years and older.
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Patient is documented to be HBsAg positive for > 6 months and HBV DNA positive.
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Patient is HBeAg positive or negative.
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Patient has ALT levels ≥ 80 IU/L
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Patient who is able to give written informed consent prior to study start and to comply with the study requirements.
Exclusion Criteria:
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Patient is currently receiving antiviral, immunomodulatory, cytotoxic or corticosteroid therapy.
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Patients previously treated with interferon within the previous 3 months.
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Patients previously treated with clevudine, lamivudine, adefovir, entecavir, telbivudine or any other investigational nucleoside for HBV infection.
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Patient is coinfected with HCV, HDV or HIV.
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Patient is pregnant or breast-feeding.
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Patient has a clinically relevant history of abuse of alcohol or drugs.
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Patient has a significant immunocompromised, gastrointestinal, renal, hematological, psychiatric, bronchopulmonary, biliary diseases excluding asymptomatic GB stone, neurological, cardiac, oncologic(except HCC)or allergic disease or medical illness that in the investigator's opinion might interfere with therapy.
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Patient has creatinine clearance less than 60mL/min as estimated by the following formula: (140-age in years) (body weight [kg])/(72) (serum creatinine [mg/dL]) [Note: multiply estimates by 0.85 for women]
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Gangnam Severance Hospital | Seoul | Korea, Republic of |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Bukwang Pharmaceutical
Investigators
None specified.Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- CLV-408