About this trial
This is a Phase Ib/II, multicenter, randomized, dose-escalation study designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and preliminary efficacy of LW231 in participants with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The trial will include multiple-dose regimens of LW231 and assess LW231 in combination with NUCs.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Part 1: treatment-naïve and currently not treated subjects: LLOQ<HBV DNA≤20000 IU/ml; 100 IU/mL<HBsAg<10000 IU/ml
Part 2: HBV DNA<LLOQ or < 20 IU/mL at screening; 100 IU/mL<HBsAg<3000 IU/mL
Disqualifiers
Co-infection with hepatitis A, C, D, E or HIV or any evidence of clinically significant liver disease of non-HBV etiology.
History or current evidence of cirrhosis.
ALT or AST>3×ULN; TBil>1.3×ULN or DBil>1.3×ULN; INR>1.3×ULN
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- LW231
- LW231 placebo
Treatment groups
6
Treatment groupsSee each treatment group below.