At end of dosing, among patients who continued treatment beyond 52 weeks (median of 96 weeks), 81% of 243 entecavir-treated and 39% of 164 lamivudine-treated patients had HBV DNA < 300 copies/ ml by PCR while ALT normalisation (≤ 1 times ULN) occurred in 79% of entecavir- treated and 68% of lamivudine-treated patients.