- Group B : .HBsAg ≤ 1500 At week 48, according to HbeAg seroconversion, patients will be allocated to one of two sub-groups(A-1, A-2, B-1, B-2) Patients are seen for evaluation at treatment weeks 4,8,12,24,36,48. Post-treatment assessments will be performed at 4,12 and 24 week during off-treatment phase for the assessment of the primary and main secondary endpoints of the study.