A double blind, placebo controlled study to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of escalating doses of 10^8 colony forming units (CFU), 10^9 CFU and 10^10 CFU of M04NM11 in patients who have chronic hepatitis B infectio
- Conditions
- Chronic hepatitis B virusInfections and InfestationsChronic viral hepatitis
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN96199656
- Lead Sponsor
- Emergent Product Development UK Ltd (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 45
1. Participating patients must be over 18 years of age, either sex
2. Have been hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive for at least six months
3. A detailed medical history demonstrating stable alanine aminotransferase (ALT), prothrombin time (PT) and serum bilirubin and a liver biopsy in the previous 24 months
4. Patients will be stratified and recruited according to hepatitis B 'e' antigen (HBeAg) status and viral deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) load
1. Have any hypersensitivity to the investigational medicinal product (IMP)
2. Are hepatitis C virus (HCV) or hepatitis D virus (HDV) positive
3. Are receiving or have received medication for their hepatitis B in the previous 12 months
4. Have evidence of hepatic decompensation, cirrhosis or ALT greater than 5.1 x upper limit of normal (ULN), PT greater than 1.25 x ULN or total bilirubin greater than 1.5 x ULN
5. Immuno-suppression or close contact with immuno-suppressed people
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. The incidence of clinically significant changes in serum biochemistry and haematology tests, particularly elevations of ALT or bilirubin, or prolongation of PT<br>2. The incidence of adverse events, including flu-like symptoms, attributable to the investigational product<br>3. The incidence of serious adverse events attributable to the investigational product<br><br>The primary outcome measures will be at screening; on days 3, 7, 14 and 28 after the first dose; days 7, 14 and 28 after the second dose and days 14 and 28 after subsequent doses. Following receipt of the final dose, patients will be followed up for a further 20 weeks up to day 308.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method