hepatitis B functional cure: How 'soon' is 'soon'?

[guyse]

With all the studies and trials ongoing for a functional cure for hepatitis B, When is the likely period of getting a cure? I have been 'hearing', 'promising', 'soon'. My ALT level is <20 but this thing still makes me tired and not living optimally. I have even heard of PEGINTERFERON α-2A COMBINED WITH NUCLEOS(T)IDE. How viable is it?

[guyse]

... to add insult to injury, all we keep hearing is 'positive new', all which is yet to translate into FUNCTIONAL CURE :(. Sick and tired of feeling sick and tired

[guyse]

Hi Stef2011,

thanks for the response. Saw one of your previous posts on this... just the questions and rambles in my mind right now -  do you know of anyone who has successfully done this? besides, the stress of >365 days of injection, arrghh. Wouldn't still mind though if (when) I am sure of the stats

[luckyman316]

My answer as to how soon, is soon... not "soon enough!" Should have been done years ago!

[stef2011]

check the posts, the cure is peginterferon add on after long time on nucs.when hbsag is less than 1000iu/ml the cure rate is 91% and response 100%.this means even those just responding will end with very low hbsag which will slowly clear byitslef or by another round of peg