Scientists probe immune secrets of chronic hepatitis b
NCT ID NCT01298037
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how the immune system behaves in people with chronic hepatitis B. Researchers are measuring different immune cells and signals to understand why some people control the virus better than others. 201 adults already enrolled in a larger hepatitis B study are providing blood samples for this analysis. No new treatments are being tested; the goal is to learn more about the disease.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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201 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2011
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
The study population will be recruited from multi-site clinical centers in the United States and Canada including primary care hospitals and community centers that have enrolled into the HBRN cohort study (NCT01263587).
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: • Providing informed consent for this ancillary study. Exclusion Criteria: * Children under 18 years of age, participants with anemia * Hgb\<10 or Hct\<30, congestive heart failure or chronic lung disease requiring oxygen, active coronary artery disease with unstable angina, sepsis or renal failure, other significant medical conditions, autoimmune disease or immunosuppression.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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California Pacific Medical Center
San Francisco, California, 94107, United States
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Harborview Medical Center
Seattle, Washington, 98104, United States
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Mayo Clinic Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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University of California San Francisco Medical Center
San Francisco, California, 94143, United States
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University of Minnesota
Plymouth, Minnesota, 55446, United States
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University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States
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University of Texas Southwestern
Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States
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University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, ON M5G 1X8, Canada
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Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia, 23298, United States
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Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, Washington, 98101, United States
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