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Enrollment For Phase III Drug Trial In Japan Completed

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, September 17th, 2001

SciClone Pharmaceuticals announced that it has completed enrollment for its Phase III monotherapy hepatitis B trial in Japan with Zadaxin, an immune system enhancer (ISE) drug.

The study involves over 300 patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. SciClone believes the study is currently one of the largest randomized, double-blind clinical trial using Zadaxin to date. This trial is designed with a six-month treatment period followed by a 12-month long evaluation to specifically address the issue of patient relapse which has been seen in other chronic hepatitis B treatments after therapy is stopped.

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