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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT03042481
Date of registration: 23/01/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
Public title: Off-therapy Response After Stopping Entecavir or Tenofovir
Scientific title: Comparison and Prediction of Off-therapy Response in Patients of Chronic Hepatitis B Treated With Entecavir or Tenofovir and Achieved Criteria of Stopping Therapy by APASL Guideline
Date of first enrolment: April 2016
Target sample size: 400
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03042481
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Taiwan
Contacts
Name:     MING-LUN YEH, MD
Address: 
Telephone: +886 73121101
Email: minglunyeh@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name:     Jee-Fu Huang, Director
Address: 
Telephone: +886 73121101
Email: jf71218@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Male and female patients >20 years of age

2. Positive HBsAg for more than 6 months prior to ETV or TDF therapy.

3. HBV DNA =20,000 IU/mL and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels = 2 fold the upper
limit of normal (ULN) for the HBeAg-positive patients, and HBV DNA =2000 IU/mL and ALT
levels = 2 fold the ULN for the HBeAg-negative patients prior to ETV or TDF therapy.

4. Achieve the APASL criteria of stopping NUC therapy including HBeAg seroconversion
(negative HBeAg and positive HBeAb) with HBV DNA loss measured at two consecutive
occasions at least 6 months apart for HBeAg positive patients; more than 2 years
therapy with undetectable HBV DNA documented on three separate occasions 6 months
apart for HBeAg negative patients.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection.

2. History or other evidence of a medical condition associated with chronic liver disease
other than CHB (e.g., hemochromatosis, autoimmune hepatitis, metabolic liver disease,
alcoholic liver disease, toxin exposures)

3. Evidence of drug abuse (including excessive alcohol consumption).

4. Prophylactic use of ETV or TDF therapy. (for cancer chemotherapy or post-transplant
immunosuppressive therapy prophylaxis)

5. Patients who have clinical evidence of liver cirrhosis.

6. Inability or unwillingness to provide informed consent or abide by the requirements of
the study.



Age minimum: 20 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Chronic Hepatitis b
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Rate of HBV relapse [Time Frame: Two year after stopping HBV antiviral therapy]
Rate of HBV relapse [Time Frame: One year after stopping HBV antiviral therapy]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Rate of severe hepatitis flare (ALT level =10 fold the ULN) with/without hepatic decompensation (total bilirubin =2). [Time Frame: One year after stopping NUCs]
Rate of severe hepatitis flare (ALT level =10 fold the ULN) with/without hepatic decompensation (total bilirubin =2). [Time Frame: Two year after stopping HBV antiviral therapy]
Secondary ID(s)
KMUHIRB-G(I)-20160015
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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