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.
Byung Chul Yoon, Busan, Korea, Republic of
Eun Uk Jung, Busan, Korea, Republic of
Hyun Young Woo, Busan, Korea, Republic of
National Cancer Center, Korea, Goyang, Gyeonggi, Korea, Republic of
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, Korea, Republic of
Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Shinchon Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, ShangHai, Shanghai, China
First Hospital .Jilin Unniversity, ChangChun, Jilin, China
Changhai Hospital affiliated to Second Military Medical University, ShangHai, Shanghai, China
The First Affiliated of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
81th Hospital of PLA, NanJing, Jiangsu, China
Jiangsu Province Hospital, NanJing, Jiangsu, China
Erasmus Mc, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
9 Sites, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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