Liver probe reveals secrets of hepatitis b persistence
NCT ID NCT06047093
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at why the hepatitis B virus (HBV) stays in the liver for so long, even with treatment. Researchers will use a gentle needle technique to take small liver samples from 100 adults with chronic HBV. They want to see how the virus and the immune system interact inside the liver, which could help design better treatments to eventually cure the infection.
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Study facts
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- 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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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2024
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2030
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.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients (≥ 18 years of age) * Patients chronically infected with hepatitis B virus at any stage of infection * Nucleoside Analogues-treated or untreated * Co-infected or not with HDV * Included in the prospective CirB-RNA study (part of the CirB-RNA university research program) (ID-RCB : 2018-A02558-47, NCT03825458) * Patient informed of the study and having signed a consent form Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant, parturient or breast-feeding women, * Patients with decompensated cirrhosis * Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (suspected or proven), * Liver transplant patients (even if liver transplantation for HBV), * Patients co-infected with HCV (positive serum viral load) and/or HIV (regardless of serum viral load). * Patients participating at the time of inclusion in an interventional study * Persons under psychiatric care, * Persons admitted to a health or social institution for purposes other than research * Adults under legal protection (legal guardianship, tutorship, curatorship) * Persons not affiliated to a social security scheme or beneficiaries of a similar scheme. * Patients with abdominal skin lesions and/or infections. * Contraindication to lidocaine administration (allergy or hypersensitivity to the product).
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hepatology Department - Hospices Civils de Lyon
RECRUITINGLyon, 69004, France
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