Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Viral Suppression by Entecavir in Adefovir Partial Responders (ADVPR)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00704106 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : June 24, 2008
Last Update Posted : November 14, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment |
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Hepatitis B | Drug: Entecavir |
Study Type : | Observational |
Actual Enrollment : | 60 participants |
Observational Model: | Cohort |
Time Perspective: | Other |
Official Title: | HBV Viral Suppression by Entecavir in Adefovir Partial Responders |
Study Start Date : | May 2008 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | October 2011 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | October 2011 |

Group/Cohort | Intervention/treatment |
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Group 1
Persistent viremia after 48 weeks or longer.
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Drug: Entecavir
0.5 or 1 mg dose qd
Other Name: Baraclude |
Group 2
<2 log IU/mL drop from initial HBVDNA after 12 weeks of adefovir
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Drug: Entecavir
0.5 or 1 mg dose qd
Other Name: Baraclude |
Group 3
Patients who responded to adefovir and were switched to entecavir.
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Drug: Entecavir
0.5 or 1 mg dose qd
Other Name: Baraclude |
Group 4
Patients with 160 copies/mL (100 IU/mL) or higher at the time of medication switch.
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Drug: Entecavir
0.5 or 1 mg dose qd
Other Name: Baraclude |
- HBV DNA PCR after 12 weeks of entecavir from the time of medication switching: percent of patients with <2log drop in HBV DNA and percent of patients with complete viral suppression during adefovir versus during entecavir. [ Time Frame: 48 weeks or after ]
- HBV DNA PCR after 24 weeks of entecavir from the time of medication switching. [ Time Frame: 48 weeks or after ]
- HBV DNA PCR after 48 weeks of entecavir from the time of medication switching. [ Time Frame: 48 weeks or after ]
- BR and CR at 24 and 48 weeks of therapy with entecavir. [ Time Frame: 48 weeks or after. ]
- BR and CR for longer duration of therapy if available. [ Time Frame: 48 weeks or after. ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
- Age 18 years or older
- All genders and ethnicity
- Positive HBsAg
- HBeAg positive and negative
- Pretreatment HBV DNA of 10,000 copies/mL or higher (for purposes of this study, both copies and equivalent IU measurements will be recorded and analyzed)
- Patients who are switched to, or prescribed, entecavir after treatment with adefovir for at least 12 weeks by the providing physician
- Patients with and without prior lamivudine exposure will be enrolled but enrollment of lamivudine experienced cases will be limited to no more than 30 patients total
KEY INCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Age 18 years or older
- All genders and ethnicity
- Positive HBsAg
- HBeAg positive and negative
- Pretreatment HBV DNA of 10,000 copies/mL or higher (for purposes of this study, both copies and equivalent IU measurements will be recorded and analyzed)
- Patients who are switched to, or prescribed, entecavir after treatment with adefovir for at least 12 weeks by the providing physician.
- Patients with and without prior lamivudine exposure will be enrolled but enrollment of lamivudine experienced cases will be limited to no more than 30 patients total
KEY EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Patients who refused to consent to the study
- Patients younger than 18
- Vulnerable subjects such as pregnant women, prisoners, employees, patients with significant cognitive deficits.
- Patients with prior exposure to another nucleoside for more than 2 weeks. Those with prior exposure to lamivudine will be enrolled under conditions detailed above.
- HIV co-infection
- HCV co-infection
- HDV co-infection
- Recipients of solid organ transplantation
- Patients who receive high-dose steroid (60 mg/d or higher and for longer than 10 days)

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00704106
United States, California | |
Stanford University Medical Center | |
Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304 | |
San Jose Gastroenterology | |
San Jose, California, United States, 95116 | |
San Jose Gastroenterology | |
San Jose, California, United States, 95128 | |
United States, Illinois | |
Asian Village Medical Clinic | |
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60640 | |
United States, Texas | |
Houston Gastroenterology Clinic | |
Houston, Texas, United States, 77072 | |
Digestive Health Associates of Texas | |
Plano, Texas, United States, 75093 |
Principal Investigator: | Huy N Trinh, M.D. | Pacific Health Foundation | |
Principal Investigator: | Mindie H Nguyen, M.D., M.A.S. | Pacific Health Foundation |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Pacific Health Foundation |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00704106 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
PHF008 |
First Posted: | June 24, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 14, 2022 |
Last Verified: | November 2022 |
Hepatitis B HBV Treatment |
Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis Liver Diseases Digestive System Diseases Hepatitis, Viral, Human Virus Diseases Infections Enterovirus Infections |
Picornaviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Blood-Borne Infections Communicable Diseases Hepadnaviridae Infections DNA Virus Infections Entecavir Antiviral Agents Anti-Infective Agents |