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.
Department of Infectious Disease of Wu Han Union Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, California, United States
Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States
Univ. Of Miami School Of Medicine/Center For Liver Diseases, Miami, Florida, United States
University Malaya Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Beijing Ditan hospital,Capital Medical University, Beijing, Beijing, China
Beijing Ditan hospital,Capital Medical University, Beijing, Beijing, China
Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei, Anhui, China
BeiJing YouAn Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, Beijing, China
First Hospital, Beijing University, Beijing, Beijing, China
Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico S. Orsola Malpighi; U.O. Malattie Infettive, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Universitätsklinikum Essen; Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin Pädiatrie II, Essen, Germany
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