Abstract: METHODS: Sixty-five adult
CHB patients (age range: 20-60 years) who were unresponsive to ADV therapy (
HBeAg-positive; HBV DNA >or= 10(5) copies/ml), LAM-naive, and tested positive for the
rtN236T HBV mutation were enrolled in the study and randomly divided into two treatment groups: Group A (n = 33), who were administered ADV (10 mg/day, orally) plus peg-IFN (180 microg/week, subcutaneous injection) for 48 weeks; and Group B (n = 32 patients), who received the ADV plus LAM (100 mg/day, orally) for 48 weeks followed by continued LAM treatment for an additional 24 weeks.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy and safety of the common antivirals, including adefovir dipivoxil (ADV), pegylated-interferon alpha-2a (peg-IFN) and lamivudine (LAM), used as combination therapies to treat