A one-year trial of lamivudine for chronic hepatitis B
A one-year trial of lamivudine for chronic hepatitis B
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm199807093390201
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发表时间:
1998-07-09
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
Gray, DF
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作者:
Lai, CL;Chien, RN;Gray, DF
Background and Methods In preliminary trials, lamivudine, an oral nucleoside analogue, has shown promise for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B. We conducted a one-year, double-blind trial of lamivudine in 358 Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis B. The patients were randomly assigned to receive 25 mg of lamivudine (142 patients), 100 mg of lamivudine (143), or placebo (73) orally once daily. The pa tients underwent liver biopsies before entering the study and after completing the assigned treatment regimen. The primary end point was a reduction of at least two points in the Knodell necroinflammatory score.Results Hepatic necroinflammatory activity improved by two points or more in 56 percent of the patients receiving 100 mg of lamivudine, 49 percent of those receiving 25 mg of lamivudine, and 25 percent of those receiving placebo (P