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Diseases / Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B

Disease

Hepatitis B is a viral liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus that can present as acute or chronic disease. Chronic infection can lead to cirrhosis, liver failure, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Transmission occurs through blood and body fluids, including perinatal, sexual, and parenteral routes.

Trials
998
Recruiting
60
Completed
601
With results
206

Last revised

Pipeline

Phase by status

PhaseRecruitingNot yetBy invitationActiveCompletedTerminatedWithdrawnSuspendedUnknownNo longer availableTotal
Early Phase 1 11 2
Phase 1 10216164 84
Phase 1/2 14212 19
Phase 2 5647920312 129
Phase 2/3 19111 13
Phase 3 1631491417 181
Phase 4 5621982455 173
Not applicable 892755738 144
Unknown 31928116641742 253

Trials started per year

2021
9
2022
34
2023
25
2024
36
2025
38
2026
23
2027
1

Conditions studied, by phase

ConditionEarly Phase 1Phase 1Phase 1/2Phase 2Phase 2/3Phase 3Phase 4Not applicableUnknownTotal
Hepatitis B 2841912913181173144253 998
Hepatitis B, Chronic 124738118291628 162
Tetanus 2212541286 105
Hepatitis C 3261332957 104
Diphtheria 2202551255 101
Haemophilus Infections 2172451051 82
Whooping Cough 210241764 72
Poliomyelitis 216235535 68
HIV Infections 271871423 62
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular 13172161127 59

Most active sponsors

#SponsorTrialsPhase 3
1GlaxoSmithKline14056
2Sanofi Pasteur, a Sanofi Company2823
3Gilead Sciences225
4National Taiwan University Hospital191
5Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC1715
6Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University170
7National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)152
8Dynavax Technologies Corporation135
9Bristol-Myers Squibb123
10National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)123

Most studied interventions

#InterventionTrials
1entecavir82
2Tenofovir80
3Hepatitis B Vaccines72
4Engerix-B46
5peginterferon alfa-2a31
6diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis-inactivated poliovirus-Haemophilus influenzae b conjugate-hepatitis B vaccine25
7Lamivudine25
8tenofovir alafenamide23
9adefovir dipivoxil22
10Blood Specimen Collection15

Evidence

Results reported
34.3%206 of 601 completed
Published
12.5%75 of 601 completed
Primary endpoint met
69%78 of 113 analyses
Median months to report
17

Documents disclosed

Protocol available
74
Statistical analysis plan
69
PubMed citations
471

Trial profile

Median enrollment
178
Median duration
26.8months
Countries
97
Study sites
4534

Who is enrolled

Adults
842
Children
315
Older adults
662
Healthy volunteers
393

Median enrollment by phase

Early Phase 1
140
Phase 1
36
Phase 1/2
33
Phase 2
96
Phase 2/3
120
Phase 3
267
Phase 4
183
Not applicable
204
Unknown
334

Where trials run

United States
193
China
182
Canada
83
France
79
South Korea
71
Taiwan
71
Thailand
58
Germany
55
United Kingdom
55
Belgium
52

Busiest cities

#CityCountryTrials
1GuangzhouChina63
2SeoulSouth Korea61
3BeijingChina60
4TorontoCanada59
5San FranciscoUnited States50
6New YorkUnited States47
7TaipeiTaiwan46
8BangkokThailand44
9Los AngelesUnited States43
10LondonUnited Kingdom42

Terminations

Terminated
56
Withdrawn
21
Suspended
1
Stopped for recruitment
0.6%6 of 998 trials

Stated reasons

Other / unclear
46
Business decision
14
Recruitment
6
Funding
4
Safety
3
COVID-19
2
Regulatory
2
Lack of efficacy
1

Reasons are grouped from the sponsor's own wording with a rule-based classifier; the original text is shown below.

Recently stopped

TrialStatusStated reasonStopped
NCT06097312 Withdrawn Withdrawn Company out of business 2032-03-31
NCT04046107 Withdrawn Withdrawn Temporarily closed to enrollment 2027-09-30
NCT05482282 Withdrawn Withdrawn The products will be replace with others. 2026-12-31
NCT05330455 Terminated Terminated The study was terminated as a strategic decision 2026-04-08
NCT06082336 Terminated Terminated Liquidation of MagIA Diagnostics 2026-03-24
NCT02605538 Withdrawn Withdrawn Time and resource deficiency at the Stockholm CF Center. 2025-12-31
NCT05272735 Terminated Terminated The yield of cells recovered from the lymph node fine needle aspirations was low limiting the ability to perform the planned immunologic assessments following HBV vaccination. 2025-09-29
NCT03692897 Terminated Terminated Study Closure 2025-09-10
NCT05404919 Withdrawn Withdrawn Insufficient enrollment; departure of primary investigator from institution 2024-08-01
NCT03534141 Terminated Terminated Terminated 9/24/23 at 85% target enrollment due to slow accrual of subjects. The decline in enrollment was attributed to changing surgical demographics (higher MELD, more DCD grafts, and increasing use of Normothermic Perfusion technology). 2023-09-14

Trial records