In patients with hepatitis B resistant to lamivudine, hepatic function normalized more often with interferon alone or with interferon plus thymosin-alpha1 than in control.
In plain wordsIn patients with hepatitis B resistant to lamivudine, liver function normalized more often with interferon, with or without thymosin alpha‑1, than in control.
- Peptide
- Thymosin alpha-1
- Outcome
- IncreaseNormalization rate of hepatic function
- Study
n = 66
- Comparator
- Control group (no antiviral drug after lamivudine withdrawal)
- Outcome group
- Liver fat and liver function · Liver
Source sentences
Normalization rate of hepatic function, HBV DNA seroconversion rate and HBeAg/HBeAb seroconversion rate in two treatment groups were significantly higher than those in control group.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Sixty six patients with CHB resistant to lamivudine were enrolled and randomized into treatment group A, treatment group B and control group.
In this study, Thymosin alpha-1 was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. This result is not evidence about taking Thymosin alpha-1.