NCT02953600

Brief Summary

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a very severe disease in Taiwan caused 7,000 deaths per year, and majorly about 70% is caused by the chronic hepatitis B virus infection. A repeat, long-term, and severe chronic hepatitis would be more possible progressed into liver cirrhosis and HCC. As previous records, there might be 2% of chronic HBV patient would progress to liver cirrhosis, and 5% of the liver cirrhosis's patients would develop to HCC. In some cases, the HBV patient also might directly develop to HCC without liver cirrhosis phase.

Trial Health

43
At Risk

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Trial has exceeded expected completion date
Enrollment
72

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Nov 2016

Shorter than P25 for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
unknown

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

October 27, 2016

Completed
5 days until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

November 1, 2016

Completed
2 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

November 3, 2016

Completed
7 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

June 1, 2017

Completed
2 months until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

August 1, 2017

Completed
Last Updated

November 11, 2016

Status Verified

October 1, 2016

Enrollment Period

7 months

First QC Date

October 27, 2016

Last Update Submit

November 10, 2016

Conditions

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • HBsAg(quantitative)

    treatment continues for 6 months and checks if HBsAg(quantitative) goes down or remain at the same.

Study Arms (3)

Standard Dose Spirulina Platensis

EXPERIMENTAL

Spirulina platensis pill/500mg, 3 pills before each meal /6 pills per day

Dietary Supplement: Standard Dose Spirulina Platensis

Zero Spirulina Platensis

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Spirulina platensis pill/500mg, 6 pills before each meal /12 pills per day

Dietary Supplement: Double Dose Spirulina Platensis

Double Dose Spirulina Platensis

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

same as usual, non pill taken

Other: Zero Spirulina Platensis

Interventions

As previous small scale of clinical trial results in HBV patients provided by Far East Bio-Tec Company, lamivudine combined with oral Spirulina platensis would also improve the sero-conversion rates of HBeAg.

Standard Dose Spirulina Platensis

the zero pill-taken group is a comparison for two other groups.

Double Dose Spirulina Platensis

As previous small scale of clinical trial results in HBV patients provided by Far East Bio-Tec Company, lamivudine combined with oral Spirulina platensis would also improve the sero-conversion rates of HBeAg. Hence, the investigators would like to see if the investigators could improve sero-conversion rates much faster by taking double dose of Spirulina platensis.

Zero Spirulina Platensis

Eligibility Criteria

Age20 Years - 75 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • In patients with chronic hepatitis B of taking oral antiviral drugs , and the virus has been detected is less than the amount (HBV DNA \<20 IU / ml), aged between 20 years to 75 years .

You may not qualify if:

  • Patients were allergic to seafood.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

WanFangH

Tainan, Taiwan

RECRUITING

Study Officials

  • Ming Shun Wu, Dr

    WanFangHospital

    STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Ming Shun Wu, Dr

CONTACT

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

October 27, 2016

First Posted

November 3, 2016

Study Start

November 1, 2016

Primary Completion

June 1, 2017

Study Completion

August 1, 2017

Last Updated

November 11, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-10

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will not share

Locations