Jiayuguan City

Researchers are conducting a multicenter, prospective, observational real-world study across 200 hospitals in China to examine treatment patterns for chronic hepatitis B (CHB). The study aims to compare patient outcomes under various therapies to provide evidence-based data that can help optimize CHB treatment and follow-up, with the ultimate goal of advancing a functional cure for chronic hepatitis B. The focus includes monitoring the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) associated with hepatitis B. Participants receive treatments including entecavir (ETV), tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF), tenofovir alafenamide fumarate (TAF), tenofovir amibufenamide (TMF), or Peginterferon α-2b injection. The study follows both patients currently on these therapies and those initiating or re-initiating Peginterferon α-2b therapy. These treatments are assessed in routine clinical practice settings without intervention from the study team. Throughout the study, patients are monitored from week 4 up to week 240 for the development of HBsAg-associated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and overall HCC incidence. Researchers collect data on treatment effectiveness and safety as part of the observational follow-up. Participants provide informed consent and are observed under real-world conditions to evaluate long-term outcomes and risks associated with chronic hepatitis B and its treatments.