Department of Medicine and Therapeutics and Institute of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Expert review of anti-infective therapy 2009 AprChronic hepatitis B is a worldwide health problem. Research interests have focused on the development of potent and safe antiviral agents with low resistance rates. Among these, telbivudine is an oral nucleoside analogue with specific activity against hepatitis B virus DNA polymerase. Various prospective, randomized clinical trials have demonstrated the potent efficacy of telbivudine in suppressing viral replication and achieving hepatitis B e antigen seroconversion. Telbivudine was also proved to be superior to lamivudine and adefovir dipivoxil. This article provides an overview of the pharmacokinetics, clinical efficacies, resistance profile and safety of telbivudine. A comparison of telbivudine with other oral antiviral agents is also highlighted.
Yanni Y N Lui, Henry L Y Chan. Treatment of chronic hepatitis B: focus on telbivudine. Expert review of anti-infective therapy. 2009 Apr;7(3):259-68
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