Traditional Chinese Medicine Combined With Entecavir to Treat Refractory Liver Fibrosis in Liver Cirrhosis Due to HBV

October 12, 2018 updated by: Liu Chenghai, ShuGuang Hospital

A Multi-Center Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Traditional Chinese Medicine Combined With Entecavir for Patients With Refractory Liver Fibrosis in Liver Cirrhosis Due to HBV

Liver Cirrhosis is a common pathological consequence of chronic liver disease. Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is one of most etiologies of Liver cirrhosis in China. The effective inhibition of HBV can partially regress or reverse liver fibrosis in patients with chronic Hepatitis and liver cirrhosis due to HBV, however some patients keep existence or development although HBV DNA is under-detectable after anti-virals. Theses refractory liver fibrosis is required the anti-fibrotic treatment focusing on the regulation of hepatic extracellular matrix, especially is necessary for in the patients with advance fibrosis stage ie. liver cirrhosis. Fuzheng Huayu has been found to enhance the degradation of collagens in fibrotic liver and have a good action against liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B. However, there are no high quality clinical evidences which can demonstrate if the combination of anti-viral and anti-fibrotic therapy can improve the reversion of refractory liver fibrosis in liver cirrhosis due to HBV.

The primary objective of this study is to establish the safety and efficacy of the combination of Entecavir and Traditional Chinese Medicine in refractory liver fibrosis in liver cirrhosis due to HBV.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

350

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

  • China
      • Beijing, China
        • Recruiting
        • China-Japan Friendship Hospital
      • Beijing, China
        • Recruiting
        • Beijing Ditan Hospital Capital Medical University
      • Beijing, China
        • Recruiting
        • Beijing Youan Hospital Capital Medical University
      • Shanghai, China
        • Recruiting
        • Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital
      • Shanghai, China
        • Recruiting
        • Ruijin Hospital
      • Shanghai, China, 201203
        • Recruiting
        • ShuGuang Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Chenghai Liu, PhD
      • Shenzhen, China
        • Recruiting
        • Shenzhen Third People's Hospital
    • Guangxi
      • Nanning, Guangxi, China
        • Recruiting
        • Guangxi Ruikang Hospital
    • Hebei
      • Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
        • Recruiting
        • The Fifth Hospital of Shijiazhuang
    • Henan
      • Anyang, Henan, China
        • Recruiting
        • The Fifth People's Hospital of Anyang
    • Hubei
      • Jingmen, Hubei, China
        • Recruiting
        • Jingmen No.1 People's Hospital
      • Wuhan, Hubei, China
        • Recruiting
        • Tongji Hospital
      • Wuhan, Hubei, China
        • Recruiting
        • Hubei Hospital of TCM
    • Hunan
      • Changsha, Hunan, China
        • Recruiting
        • The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
    • Jiangsu
      • Huai'an, Jiangsu, China
        • Recruiting
        • Huai'an No. 4 People's Hospital
      • Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
        • Recruiting
        • The Fifth People's Hospital of Suzhou
    • Jiangxi
      • Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
        • Recruiting
        • The Ninth Hospital of Nanchang
    • Ningxia
      • Yinchuan, Ningxia, China
        • Recruiting
        • Ningxia People's Hospital
    • Shandong
      • Jinan, Shandong, China
        • Recruiting
        • Affiliated Hospital of Shandong Univercity of TCM
    • Zhejiang
      • Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
        • Recruiting
        • Wenzhou Central Hospital

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:

  • Hepatitis B history or more than 6 months history of positive HBsAg
  • Within 2 years of Entecavir treatment, HBV-DNA is negative but has not reach the clinical endpoint (HBeAg seroconversion or HBsAg loss in HBeAg-positive patients; HBsAg loss or anti-HBs seroconversion in HBeAg-negative patients)
  • Age 18-60
  • Ishak fibrosis score of the biopsy within 6 months ≥5, no anti-fibrosis drug was taken within 6 months.
  • Child-Pugh<7 (Stage A)
  • The patient or the patient's guardian agrees to participate the random controlled trial and sign the Informed Consent Form.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Decompensated liver cirrhosis
  • HCC
  • Liver histology conforming to other chronic liver diseases, such as moderate or severe non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(more than 1/3 steatosis in liver ), chronic hepatitis C, chronic hepatitis D, autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cholangitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, inherited metabolic liver disease, drug or toxic induced liver injury, parasitic infections, alcoholic liver disease.
  • Have psychiatric history or uncontrollable epilepsy patient.
  • Uncontrollable diabetic patient
  • History of hemoglobin disease (such as alpha- or beta-thalassemia, sickle cell disease, spherocytosis) or patients with toxic or autoimmune hemolytic anemia.
  • Severe background disease like chronic respiratory failure, circulatory failure, kidney failure etc.
  • In situ organ transplantation (such as liver, kidney, lung and heart) or bone marrow transplantation and stem cell transplantation.
  • Immunocompromised patients: such as HIV infection or take immunosuppressor or Glucocorticoid (such as cyclosporin, azathioprine, adrenocortical hormone) within 3 months or chemotherapy drugs (such as cyclophosphamide, ammonia and cancer chemotherapy) and radioactive therapy.
  • Gestation or lactation period women and women who plan to get pregnant during the study period.
  • Patient who are allergy to the experimental drug.
  • Using history of other anti-viral drug within 6 months.
  • Patients who are participating other trials.
  • Other situation where PI thinks the patient should be excluded.

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: NA
  • Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Entecavir+Fuzheng Huayu+TCM Granule
Tablet with Entecavir+ Tablet with Fuzheng Huayu+ Granule with TCM
Drug: Entecavir+Fuzheng Huayu+TCM Granule
The subjects will be taking 1 Entecavir tablet per day, 4 Fuzheng Huayu tablets three times a day and specific Traditional Chinese Medicine granule for 48 weeks.
Other Names:
  • FZHY
  • Gan Ping
  • 319 Recipe

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Degree of liver fibrosis
Time Frame: 48 weeks
The collagen of liver tissue from 48 week post-treatment patients was stained. 3 pathologists read the slides independently and score the slides with Ishak system. If the Ishak score decrease 1 or more than 1 score, then it is recorded as regression.
48 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

ShuGuang Hospital

Collaborators

Beijing YouAn Hospital
Beijing Ditan Hospital
Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital
Tongji Hospital
Ruijin Hospital
China-Japan Friendship Hospital
Wenzhou Central Hospital
Hubei Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
The People's Hospital of Ningxia
The Ninth Hospital of Nanchang
Shenzhen Third People's Hospital
Fifth Hospital of Shijiazhuang City
Guangxi Ruikang Hospital
Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Jingmen No.1 People's Hospital
The Fifth People's Hospital of Suzhou
Huai'an No. 4 People's Hospital
The Fifth People's Hospital of Anyang

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2014

Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED)

June 1, 2019

Study Completion (ANTICIPATED)

June 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 12, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 12, 2014

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

September 16, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

October 15, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 12, 2018

Last Verified

October 1, 2018

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Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • SGHLC20140818002

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