HBsAg Declined Patients Follow-up Study

This study is a retrospective and prospective follow-up study for participants who had HBsAg decline in past 6 months due to any reason (with or without new molecular entities therapy). The follow-up period will be 3 years (36 months after enrollment) and may be extended upon expiration according to study objectives. Patients are treated or untreated based on current clinical practice guidelines, and every medical decision and course of treatment will reflect exclusively the decision of the treating physician in a routine clinical situation. The conduct of this non-interventional follow-up study and its documentation procedures will not affect the routine treatment of the subjects. It is only requested that any medical decisions, procedures and data during this study be documented in the electronic case report/record form (eCRF) according to the study protocol as available from routine medical care. Diagnostic testing and monitoring procedures are exclusively based on the decision of the treating physician.

In general, patients with hepatitis B should be monitored at least twice a year (every 6 months), every 12 weeks during NUC therapy and every 2 to 4 weeks during interferon-α therapy in accordance with clinical needs (Table 3-1 and Table 3-2). For patients had HBsAg decline in past 6 months due to new molecular entities therapy, The baseline of this follow-up study is the time when NME discontinued (within 28 days of the last does of NME or within 2 half-life period of the NME). For patients had HBsAg decline in past 6 months without new molecular entities therapy, the baseline should be the time of enrolling in the study. The time of enrolling in this study may be posterior or equal to baseline, which is not necessarily the baseline of this study. The visit window period is ±28 days for patients with NUC therapy and ±7 days for patients with interferon-α therapy. Follow-up study visit data can be collected retrospectively if it has been performed before entry of this study.

Medical decisions, procedures and data before this follow-up study will also be documented if available. Participants will be asked to store a certain amount of blood samples in site during study visit for future HBV markers, host immunity or other related tests. The retained remaining samples from previous tests before this follow-up study may also be used for HBV related exploratory research after patient informed consent.

• Proportion of participants with HBsAg loss or HBsAg seroconversion. [Time frame: at week 48, 96 and 144]
• Change from baseline in quantitative HBsAg levels over time [Time frame: at week 48, 96 and 144]
• Change from baseline in quantitative anti-HBs levels over time [Time frame: at week 48, 96 and 144]
• Incidence of liver cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, other HBV complications and mortality, at each study visit [Time frame: at week 48, 96 and 144]
• The change of Health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) over time [Time frame: at week 48, 96 and 144]