Entecavir versus lamivudine for patients with HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B.

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Published in N Engl J Med on March 09, 2006

Authors

Ching-Lung Lai1, Daniel Shouval, Anna S Lok, Ting-Tsung Chang, Hugo Cheinquer, Zachary Goodman, Deborah DeHertogh, Richard Wilber, Richard C Zink, Anne Cross, Richard Colonno, Lori Fernandes, BEHoLD AI463027 Study Group

Author Affiliations

1: Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China. hrmelcl@hkucc.hku.hk

Associated clinical trials:

A Phase III Study of Entecavir vs Lamivudine in Adults With Chronic Hepatitis B Infection and Negative for Hepatitis B e Antigen | NCT00035789

Tenofovir Alone Versus Tenofovir With Emtricitabine to Treat Chronic Hepatitis B | NCT00524173

Entecavir Intensification for Persistent HBV Viremia in HIV-HBV Infection | NCT00662545

Serum Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Levels to Guide the Stopping of Entecavir in HBeAg-negative Chronic Hepatitis B | NCT02069678

A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Efficacy of Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (TDF)-Switch Therapy in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients With Incomplete Response to Entecavir | NCT01918631

A Study of AL-034 to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of Single and Multiple Doses in Healthy Subjects | NCT03285620

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