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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00640588
Date of registration: 17/03/2008
Primary sponsor: Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Public title: Prospective Exploratory Study to Describe Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Kinetics During Treatment With Telbivudine EBEREST
Scientific title: Prospective Exploratory Study to Describe in CHB naïve and Non-naïve Patients, Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Kinetics During the First 24 Weeks of Treatment With Telbivudine
Date of first enrolment: March 2008
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00640588
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Pharmacodynamics Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label  
Countries of recruitment
Spain
Contacts
Name:   Novartis
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Affiliation:  Novartis
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Male or female, at least 18 years of age.

- Documented compensated HBeAg negative CHB defined by baseline HBV serology, DNA and
ALT criteria.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Co-infection with HCV, HDV, or HIV.

- Prior therapy with nucleos(t)ides in NAÏVE patient and prior treatment with
lamivudine in patients with suboptimal response to adefovir.

- History of hepatic decompensation

- History of malignancy

- Patient has one or more additional known primary or secondary causes of liver disease



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hepatitis B, Chronic
Intervention(s)
Drug: oral adefovir
Drug: Telbivudine
Primary Outcome(s)
HBV viral load will be measured by HBV DNA quantification in plasma (log opies/mL) at baseline, 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24 weeks [Time Frame: at baseline, 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Liver function assessed at baseline, 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24 weeks HBV genotype measured at baseline [Time Frame: at baseline, 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
CLDT600AES01
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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