Efficacy Study of Prednisone Priming to Treat Asian Chronic Hepatitis B Patients
Status:
Withdrawn
Trial end date:
2011-02-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Patients with chronic hepatitis B constantly produce the virus in the body. The disease of
chronic hepatitis B is the body responding to the virus. Use of steroids can adjust this
response. After taking steroids, viral production usually increases and liver function tests
increase. After stopping steroids, viral production usually decreases. Many studies in the
past have studied taking a low dose steroid before treating hepatitis B. Those studies have
shown that low dose steroids help your body to clear the virus. The goal of this study is to
improve the liver function by slowing viral growth.