Study Status: Enrolling by invitation
Recruit Status: Enrolling by invitation
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: The Use of Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (TDF) in the Management of Patients With Inactive Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB) Infection
Brief Summary: Recent evidence suggests that patients with inactive chronic hepatitis B (CHB) may develop the same types of liver complications that patients in the active state of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection experience. Treatment guidelines for patients in the active state of HBV infection indicate that HBsAg clearance is associated with definitive remission of the activity of chronic HBV & improved long-term outcome. Clinical data showed that HBsAg clearance is achievable, in a small population of patients on continuous treatment with potent oral antivirals (OAVs), such as tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF). It is possible the same OAVs can have the same effect in patients with inactive CHB, but in a shorter treatment duration. The purpose of this study is to find out if TDF is effective in controlling HBV DNA & promoting seroconversion from HBsAg-positive to HBsAb-positive in patients with inactive CHB.