New hepatitis b drug enters human trials – could it help control the virus?
NCT ID NCT07179575
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a new medicine, LW231, in people with chronic hepatitis B. The goal is to see if it is safe and can lower the amount of virus in the blood. Some participants will get LW231 alone, others will get it together with standard antiviral pills. The trial involves about 270 adults and is currently recruiting.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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About 270 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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: * Part 1: treatment-naïve and currently not treated subjects: LLOQ\<HBV DNA≤20000 IU/ml; 100 IU/mL\<HBsAg\<10000 IU/ml * Part 2: HBV DNA\<LLOQ or \< 20 IU/mL at screening; 100 IU/mL\<HBsAg\<3000 IU/mL Exclusion Criteria: * Co-infection with hepatitis A, C, D, E or HIV or any evidence of clinically significant liver disease of non-HBV etiology. * History or current evidence of cirrhosis. * ALT or AST\>3×ULN; TBil\>1.3×ULN or DBil\>1.3×ULN; INR\>1.3×ULN
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
RECRUITINGHangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGHangzhou, China
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