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Trial reportThe Korean journal of hepatology2010

Forty-eight weeks treatment with clevudine 30 mg qd versus lamivudine 100 mg qd for chronic hepatitis B infection: a double-blind randomized study.

George K K Lau, Nancy Leung

Open access · hybridAbstract readComparative StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in The Korean journal of hepatology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Update on hepatitis B virus infection.World journal of gastroenterology · 2014
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  4. Emerging antivirals for the treatment of hepatitis B.World journal of gastroenterology · 2014
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

George K K LauClinical Trial Center, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China. gkklau@netvigator.com
Nancy Leung
Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

aimsClevudine is a pyrimidine analogue with potent activity against hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication in vitro. In a previous pivotal phase III clinical study, 24 weeks treatment with clevudine 30 mg has been shown to profoundly suppress HBV replication and normalize serum alanine aminotransferase level.

methodsIn this study, we compare the efficacy and safety of clevudine (30 mg daily) versus lamivudine (100 mg daily) for 48 weeks in treatment-naive chronic hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) positive patients.

resultsNinety-two chronic HBeAg positive patients were randomized to receive clevudine 30 mg daily or lamivudine 100 mg daily in a 1:1 ratio. The clevudine group demonstrated greater viral suppression at week 48 when compared with the lamivudine group (median reduction: 4.27 vs. 3.17 log(10) copies/ml at week 48, p<0.0001). At week 48, serum HBV DNA level was below 300 copies/mL in 73% and 40% in the clevudine and lamivudine groups, respectively (p=0.001). HBeAg seroconversion occurred in 18% of patients in the clevudine group versus 12% in the lamivudine group at week 48. Lamivudine-resistant mutations were detected in 11 (24%) patients in the lamivudine group, who showed viral rebound during lamivudine therapy but no resistance was found in the clevudine group during 48-week treatment period.

conclusionsA 48-week dosing with clevudine 30 mg daily was superior to lamivudine 100 mg daily in suppressing HBV replication, with no emergence of viral breakthrough in patients with HBeAg positive chronic hepatits B.

Indexed as

AdultAlanine TransaminaseAntiviral AgentsArabinofuranosyluracilDNA, ViralDouble-Blind MethodDrug Administration ScheduleDrug Resistance, ViralFemaleGenotypeHepatitis B, ChronicHepatitis B e AntigensHumansLamivudineMaleMiddle AgedAlanine TransaminaseAntiviral AgentsArabinofuranosyluracilclevudineDNA, ViralHepatitis B e AntigensLamivudine

Identifiers

PMID20924215
PMCPMC3304600
OpenAlexW2099515652

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