Scientists hunt for hidden proteins on hepatitis b virus
NCT ID NCT02798549
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study looked at human proteins that stick to hepatitis B virus particles in blood samples from 14 infected adults. The goal was to identify these proteins and understand how they help the virus survive and spread. This is basic research, not a treatment, but it may point toward new ways to fight the virus in the future.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this research could reveal new targets for future hepatitis B treatments.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early-stage study (14 participants) focused on basic biology, not a treatment trial. The findings may not lead to any practical therapy.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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14 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2015
- Finished
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Aug 2018
- 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.
- Ages
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18 to 60 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Inclusion criteria * Adult\> 18 and \<60 years * Infected with HBV. * positive viremia for more than 6 months * Viremia\> 106 IU / ml. * Immunotolerant individuals, untreated * Aviraemic individuals, Exclusion Criteria: * patient with against-indication for a blood sample of 150 ml * immunosuppressive therapy patient * Patient with liver disease other than hepatitis B. * patient with hepatocellular carcinoma. * Patients with one or more severe co-morbidities defined as: * Co-infection with HIV or hepatitis C virus (HCV). * hematological malignancies changing or aplasia * Insulin-dependent diabetes * dialyzed chronic renal failure * Heart failure * Persons subject to legal protection or the subject of a safeguard measure of justice * not affiliated with a social security scheme or not beneficiaries of such a scheme * Pregnant women
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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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Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Hopital de la Croix-Rousse, Hospices Civils de Lyon
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 69004, France
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