Entecavir is an oral antiviral drug used in the treatment of hepatitis B infection. It is marketed under the trade name Baraclude (BMS).
Entecavir is a guanine analogue that inhibits all three steps in the viral replication process, and the manufacturer claims that it is more efficacious than previous agents used to treat hepatitis B (lamivudine and adefovir). It was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in March 2005.
For the treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in adults with evidence of active viral replication and either evidence of persistent elevations in serum aminotransferases (ALT or AST) or histologically active disease.
Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, Chongqing, China
The First Affiliated Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Army Medical University, Chongqing, Chongqing, China
The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shannxi, China
Taitung Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taitung, Taiwan
Lotung Poh-Ai Hospital, Yilan, Taiwan
Fu-Jen Catholic University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Sun Yat-sen Universitiy Cancer Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, State..., China
Wenting Peng, Changsha, China
Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong
New Zealand Clinical Research, Grafton, New Zealand
The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
Southern Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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