Clinical Trials to Compare the Effects of Pioglitazone and Evogliptin on Hepatic Fibrosis in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B With Significant Hepatic Fibrosis With Type 2 Diabetes

Exclusion Criteria

• •Patients who were taking Pioglitazone or Evoglipitin medication or who took diabetes medication within 4 weeks at the time
• •Patients who meet the standard of alcoholic fatty liver (in excess of 210g per week for men and 140g per week for women over the last two years)
• •Liver cirrhosis patients with impaired liver function (CTP class B and C)
• •Patients who took drugs that can cause fatty liver (amiodarone, methotrexate, tamoxifen, valproate, corticosteroids, etc.)
• •Patients with acute or chronic metabolic acidosis with or without coma and history of ketonic acid (within 24 weeks)
• •Allergic or hypersensitive to the target drug or its composition;
• •Patients treated with oral or non - oral corticosteroid treatment for chronic (more than 14 consecutive days) within 8 weeks prior to screening.
• •Poor nutrition, starvation, and debilitating conditions (including severe infections and severe injury patients before and after surgery)
• •Patients who are receiving radiation and chemotherapy for malignant tumors or patients who have been on chemotherapy or radiation treatment for less than two years.
• •Patients with heart failure in 24 weeks (class III to IV in NYHA classification) or unregulated arrhythmia.
• •Patients with acute cardiovascular disease in 12 weeks or less (e.g. unstable angina, myocardial infarction, routine ischemic seizures, cerebrovascular disease, coronary bypass surgery, or coronary artery interventions).
• •Patients with renal failure, chronic neuropathy (estimated glomerular filtration rate \<60 mL/min/1.73 m2) or dialysis
• •Anemia patients whose Hb levels are less than 10.5g/dl
• •Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding
• •Patients who do not agree to use proper contraception during clinical trials only for women or men.
• •Patients who took medicines for clinical trials in other clinical trials within four weeks of document consent
• •Patients who are unable to participate in clinical trials on the judgment of other researchers
• •Patients who cannot read the consent form (e.g. illiteracy, foreigners, etc.)