NCT03210467

The Changes of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Frequency and Function During Antiviral Therapy

The Changes of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Frequency and Function During Pegylated Interferon α-2a and Entecavir(ETV) Treatment in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 120 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Beijing Ditan Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Pegylated interferon(IFN) α-2a(Peg-IFN-α) not only inhibit viral replication, but also play an important role in immune regulation, while entecavir(ETV) drugs only inhibit viral replication. In hepatitis B infection, Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells（pDCs） are the main effector cells in early antiviral innate immune response. This study was aimed at investigating the changes of pDCs frequency and function, and the expression of costimulatory molecules CD86(Cluster of Differentiation antigen 86) during Peg-IFN-αand entecavir(ETV) therapy.Meanwhile, investigators want to verify whether Peg-IFN-α suppressed the virus and the reduction of virus led to the recovery of pDCs function, or Peg-IFN-α enhanced pDCs function which gave rise to the decline of the virus.

Detailed description

Pegylated interferon α-2a(Peg-IFN-α)and entecavir(ETV) drugs can inhibit viral replication , but Peg-IFN-α also play an important role in immune regulation . In hepatitis B infection, Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells (pDCs) are the main effector cells in early antiviral innate immune response.Peg-IFN-α recommended as the first-line treatment has a higher chance to achieve HBeAg seroconversion and even HBsAg disappearance than entecavir(ETV) drugs, which may be related to the functional activation of pDCs in the case of hepatitis and the function enhancement of pDCs during Peg-IFN-α therapy. This study was aimed at investigating the changes of pDCs frequency and function, and the expression of costimulatory molecules CD86 during Peg-IFN-αandentecavir(ETV) therapy.Meanwhile,investigators want to explore whether the decline of HBsAg and HBeAg resulted in recovery of CD86+pDC function, or recovery of CD86 + pDC function led to the decrease of HBsAg and HBeAg. Several studies demonstrated that HBsAg and HBeAg could damage pDC function, and the loss of HBsAg and HBeAg led to recovery of CD86+pDC function.

Conditions

• Chronic Hepatitis B Infection

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-01-01
• Primary completion: 2017-12-01
• Completion: 2017-12-01
• First posted: 2017-07-07
• Last updated: 2017-07-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China