Efficacy and Safety of Telbivudine in Treatment naïve Patients With Hepatitis B e Antigen (HBeAg)-Positive Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB)

Summary

To evaluate the combination of telbivudine 600 mg orally (PO) once daily and peginterferon alpha-2a 180 ug subcutaneous (sq) injection weekly for antiviral efficacy in comparison to peginterferon alpha-2a monotherapy.

Timeline

Start

2006-12

Primary completion

2009-02

Completion

2009-02

Publications

• Marcellin P, Wursthorn K, Wedemeyer H, Chuang WL, Lau G, Avila C, Peng CY, Gane E, Lim SG, Fainboim H, Foster GR, Safadi R, Rizzetto M, Manns M, Bao W, Trylesinski A, Naoumov N. Telbivudine plus pegylated interferon alfa-2a in a randomized study in chronic hepatitis B is associated with an unexpected high rate of peripheral neuropathy. J Hepatol. 2015 Jan;62(1):41-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2014.08.021. Epub 2014 Aug 23.

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