Sign in

NCT07845058RecruitingPhase 2

A Novel Combination Therapeutic Strategy Aiming to Functional Cure for Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection (B)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 28 Sept 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major public health threat in China. At present, a functional cure, also known as clinical cure or sustained Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) loss, is recommended as the ideal endpoint of HBV treatment. However, HBsAg loss can be achieved in less than 10% of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients treated with current available antiviral drug interferon (IFNα) or nucleos(t)ide analogues (NAs) monotherapy. With the support of the national major special funding for infectious diseases from "11th Five-Year Plan" to "13th Five-Year Plan", we have implemented a pioneer clinical study of sequential combination of IFNα therapy on NAs to treat NAs-treated CHB patients (ie. New Switch Study). This is the world's first clinical trial aiming to functional cure, which increased the rate of HBsAg loss to 15% in the overall population in our study, and to 30-50% among those with lower baseline HBsAg levels. How to further improve the HBsAg loss rate is an urgent issue for us. The key point of achieving functional cure is to reverse the HBV-specific T cell exhaustion and establish the long-term immune control against HBV infection. (Programmed death-1) PD-1/programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) axis blockade has been demonstrated to reinvigorate exhausted CD8+ T cells, and would be a potential strategy to treat chronic HBV infection. In this study, a large multicenter prospective study will be performed to explore the safety and efficacy of a novel combination strategy involving immune checkpoint inhibitor (anti-PD-1/anti-PD-L1 antibody) and IFNα in CHB patients, observe the HBsAg loss rate in NA-treated CHB patients receiving this combination strategy, evaluate the potential of breaking immune tolerance by this strategy, and further assess its efficacy to further improve the clinical cure rate on the basis of New Switch Study. Based on New Switch Study, this study further attempts to reverse T cell exhaustion in CHB patients, explore a novel platform of combination therapy development for clinical cure, and ultimately increase the HBsAg loss rate to higher than 50% in overall patients. The implementation of the project is expected to reduce the burden of HBV infection in China and contribute to the goal of global elimination of hepatitis B and C by 2030 (WHO 2030).

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
1200 (estimated)
First submitted
22 Sept 2026
Start date
10 Oct 2023
Primary completion date
31 Dec 2026
Lead sponsor
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
Diseases
Hepatitis B
NCT number
NCT07845058

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Planned participants: 1200
  • From 10 Oct 2023 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2026
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Use of inhibitors, inducers or substrates of CYP3A4 within 28 days before enrollment;
  • Systematical use of immunosuppressants, immunomodulators (thymosin) and cytotoxic drugs within 6 months before enrollment, or vaccination of live attenuated vaccine within 1 month before enrollment;
  • Acute infection within 2 weeks before enrollment which requires intravenous antibiotic treatment, or existing infection which requires anti-infection treatment when enrollment;
  • Major trauma or major surgery within 3 months before enrollment, or planned surgery during the study period;
  • Blood donation/loss ≥ 400 mL within 3 months before enrollment, or given a blood transfusion within 3 months before enrollment, or blood donation/loss ≥ 200 mL within 1 month before enrollment;
  • Those who have participated in clinical trials of other investigational drugs or medical devices and taken investigational drugs or used medical devices within 3 months before enrollment;

Other illness

  • A history of allergy, or who are suspected by the researcher to be allergic to the active ingredient of the drug under study or its excipients;
  • Clinically significant acute and chronic liver disease not caused by HBV infection (judged by reseachers);
  • Confirmed or suspected decompensated cirrhosis, including but not limited to: hepatic encephalopathy, hepatorenal syndrome, bleeding from esophageal varices, splenomegaly, ascites, etc, or evidence of progressive liver fibrosis;
  • Primary liver cancer, or alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is greater than 50 ug/L or imaging suggests the possibility of malignant liver lesions, or other malignant tumors or a history of other malignant tumors within 5 years before enrollment (except that the malignant tumors have been completely relieved after treatment and patients have not received additional medical or surgical intervention within 3 years before screening);
  • A history of pathological fracture or osteoporosis;
  • Gastrointestinal dysfunction or gastrointestinal diseases that might affect the absorption of oral drugs, such as severe gastric ulcer, erosive gastritis, partial gastrectomy, and persistent gastrointestinal symptoms (such as nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea) \>2 grades;
  • Serious diseases of circulatory, respiratory, urinary, blood, metabolic, immune, mental, neurological, renal and other systems;
  • Hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody (+), HIV antigen/antibody (+), or treponema pallidum antibody (+) and rapid plasma regain (RPR) test (+);
  • A history of continuous alcohol abuse within 3 years before enrollment (average daily alcohol consumption exceeds 20 gram);
  • A history of drug dependence or drug abuse within 1 year before enrollment;

Lab values

  • Platelet count\<90 × 10\^9/L, white blood cell count\<3.0 × 10\^9/L, neutrophil count\<1.3 × 10\^9/L, total serum bilirubin\>2 × upper limit of normal (ULN), albumin\<30 g/L, creatinine clearance ≤ 60 mL/min (calculated by CKD-EPI formula), or international normalized ratio of prothrombin time (INR)\>1.5 (unless receiving stable anticoagulant therapy);

Other

  • Female in suckling period or pregnancy test (+) during screening;
  • Subjects who are considered by the researcher to have other factors that are not suitable for the study

Who the study is looking for

  • Sign the informed consent form before inclusion and be able to complete the study according to the study requirements;
  • 18-60 years old.
  • NAs-naive/NAs-experienced CHB patients.

Age in the registry: 18 years to 60 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
The 2nd affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
ChongqingChinaRecruiting

This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.