Entecavir for Patients With Decompensated Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)-Related Cirrhosis

Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of Entecavir for patients With decompensated HBV-Related cirrhosis.

Timeline

Start

2008-01

Primary completion

2010-12

Completion

2012-12

Publications

• Results Liaw YF, Sung JJ, Chow WC, Farrell G, Lee CZ, Yuen H, Tanwandee T, Tao QM, Shue K, Keene ON, Dixon JS, Gray DF, Sabbat J; Cirrhosis Asian Lamivudine Multicentre Study Group. Lamivudine for patients with chronic hepatitis B and advanced liver disease. N Engl J Med. 2004 Oct 7;351(15):1521-31. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa033364.
• Results Tseng PL, Lu SN, Tung HD, Wang JH, Changchien CS, Lee CM. Determinants of early mortality and benefits of lamivudine therapy in patients with hepatitis B virus-related decompensated liver cirrhosis. J Viral Hepat. 2005 Jul;12(4):386-92. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2005.00608.x.
• Results Villeneuve JP, Condreay LD, Willems B, Pomier-Layrargues G, Fenyves D, Bilodeau M, Leduc R, Peltekian K, Wong F, Margulies M, Heathcote EJ. Lamivudine treatment for decompensated cirrhosis resulting from chronic hepatitis B. Hepatology. 2000 Jan;31(1):207-10. doi: 10.1002/hep.510310130.

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