Jinlin Hou, Edward Gane, Rozalina Balabanska, Wenhong Zhang, Jiming Zhang, Tien Huey Lim, Qing Xie, Chau-Ting Yeh, Sheng-Shun Yang, Xieer Liang, Piyawat Komolmit, Apinya Leerapun, Zenghui Xue, Ethan Chen, Yuchen Zhang, Qiaoqiao Xie, Ting-Tsung Chang, Tsung-Hui Hu, Seng Gee Lim, Wan-Long Chuang, Barbara Leggett, Qingyan Bo, Xue Zhou, Miriam Triyatni, Wen Zhang, Man-Fung Yuen
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Four-week treatment of linvencorvir (RO7049389) was generally safe and well tolerated, and showed anti-viral activity in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients. This study evaluated the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of 48-week treatment with linvencorvir plus standard of care (SoC) in CHB patients. METHODS: This was a multicentre, non-randomised, non-controlled, open-label phase 2 study enrolling three cohorts: nucleos(t)ide analogue (NUC)-suppressed patients received linvencorvir plus NUC (Cohort A, n=32); treatment-naïve patients received linvencorvir plus NUC without (Cohort B, n=10) or with (Cohort C, n=30) pegylated interferon-α (Peg-IFN-α)...
January 8, 2024: Clinical and Molecular Hepatology