chronic hepatitis B
Conditions
Interventions
Interferon-entecavir sequential therapy arm:A single dose of 6 mega units of recombinant interferon-alpha2b (brand name: intron A) or natural IFN-alpha (brand name: Sumiferon) is administered subcutan
Sponsors
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1)The chronic hepatitis B patients with positive HBsAg, positive HBeAg, HBV DNA above 5.0 log copies/ml, abnormal ALT, and platelet counts over 140,000/microliter are eligible. (2)Liver cirrhosis is denied by physical examination, imaging and laboratory test. (3)Hepatocellular carcinoma is not detected by imaging.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1)The patients who have an allergy against interferons (2)The patients who have an allergy against nucleos(t)ide analogues (3)The patients who have received interferon or nucleoside analogue within 6 months before registration (4)Pregnant women, or women who are nursing (5)The patients with an uncontrollable heart trouble (myocardial infarction, heart failure, or arrhythmia) (6)The patients with chronic renal failure, or chronic respiratory failure (7)The patients with a severe mental disease such as depression, a suicide consideration, or a suicide project, or the past history of such conditions (8)The patients with liver cirrhosis or severe hepatic diseases (9)The patients having a past history of cerebral hemorrhage or cerebral infarction (10)The patients with other liver diseases such as autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, alcoholic liver injury, or chronic hepatitis C (11)The patients having non-liver autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (12)The patients who are prescribed with Shoh-saiko-toh (13)The patients who were judged inappropriate for the study by the doctor.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| (1)Change of HBV DNA level from baseline (2)Fall of HBV DNA to less than 2.6 log copies/ml (3)HBeAg clearance (4)HBeAg seroconversion (5)Emergence of entecavir-resistance | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| (1)ALT (2)Albumin (3)Prothrombin time(%) (4)Total Bilirubin (5)Platelet count (6)Ascites (7)Hepatic encephalopathy (8)Child-Pugh score (9)Development of hepatocellular carcinoma (10)HBV precore mutation (11)HBV core promoter mutation | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactHaruhiko Kobashi
Okayama university hospital Department of gastroenterology and hepatology
Outcome results
None listed