Switching Study From Lamivudine to Clevudine in the Chronic Hepatitis B Patients

July 24, 2012 updated by: Bukwang Pharmaceutical

Phase lV Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of Switching Treatment From Lamivudine to Clevudine in the Chronic Hepatitis B Patients With Suboptimal Virologic Response During Lamivudine Treatment

A multi-center and open study to compare the safety and effectiveness of switching treatment from lamivudine to clevudine for 24 weeks.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

100

Phase

  • Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 60 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • HBV DNA > 2,000 copies/mL at screening
  • Patients who have compensated liver disease (Child-Pugh score =<6)
  • Patients without LMV resistant mutation by RFMP assay
  • Patients who have NOT experienced viral breakthrough at consecutive two measurements (at least one month apart) during lamivudine monotherapy
  • Patients who can submit the written consent and comply with the claims postulated of this clinical trial

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Currently receiving antiviral except LMV or corticosteroid therapy
  • Patients that previously received antiviral treatment for hepatitis B other than lamivudine in the proceeding 12 months
  • Previous treatment with interferon or other immunomodulatory therapies must have ended at least 6 months preceding the study screening
  • Treatment with nephrotoxic drugs, competitors of renal excretion, and/or hepatotoxic drugs within 2 months before study screening or during the study period
  • Patients who is co-infected with HCV, HDV or HIV
  • Serious concurrent medical conditions
  • Prior organ transplantation
  • Patient has creatinine clearance less than 60mL/min as estimated by the following formula:

[(140-age in years) (body weight [kg])] / [(72) (serum creatinine] [mg/dL])[Note: multiply estimates by 0.85 for women]

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: 1
switching treatment from lamivudine to clevudine
Drug: Clevudine
clevudine 30 mg qd for 24 seeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Bukwang Pharmaceutical

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

November 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 14, 2007

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 14, 2007

First Posted (Estimate)

November 15, 2007

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

July 26, 2012

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 24, 2012

Last Verified

July 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • KB-406

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