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EFFORT Further Extension Study

Phase 4
Conditions
Hepatitis B, Chronic
Interventions
Other: off-treatment follow-up
Registration Number
NCT02826070
Lead Sponsor
Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that long-term treatment (up to six years) with telbivudine or telbivudine plus adefovir results in the regression in liver inflammation and fibrosis/cirrhosis.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
130
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Patients who completed EFFORT extension study.
  2. Patients who had baseline (that is the week 0 of EFFORT study) HBV DNA <9 Log copies/mL and ALT ≥2×ULN.
  3. Patients who are willing to participate in the further extension study.
  4. Patient is willing and able to comply with the study drug regimen and all other study requirements.
  5. Patients must give written informed consent before any assessment is performed.
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Poor compliance judged by investigators

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Off-treatmentoff-treatment follow-upPatients who had stopped treatment during EFFORT extension study could receive 2-year off-treatment follow-up. All the patients in Part I will be followed up at the interval of 12 weeks. For these patients, if they have hepatitis flare during follow-up, they will be re-treated with telbivudine combined with adefovir for the left study period ( the total study period is 2 years) and followed up at the interval of 12 weeks. Hepatitis flare is defined as HBV DNA\>4 Log10 copies/mL with either ALT≥5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) or TBIL≥2×ULN,or 2 ≤ALT ≤5 ×ULN (at two consecutive visits at least 2 weeks apart) and total bilirubin (TBIL) \<2×ULN.
On-treatmentTelbivudinePatients with continuous treatment during EFFORT extension study will continue treatment, without off-treatment rule in the further extension study. The treatment strategy is depended on the HBV DNA level of each individual, that is, for patients with negative HBV DNA level (defined as HBV DNA \<20 IU/mL) will continue their previous treatment strategy; and for patients with positive HBV DNA level (defined as HBV DNA\>=20 IU/mL) will receive the combination therapy of telbivudine and adefovir, irrespective of their previous treatment strategy. All the patients in Part II will be followed up at the interval of 24 weeks until they complete the 2-year on-treatment follow-up. Patients will be conducted liver biopsy at the sixth year of treatment. All the patients with telbivudine monotherapy will be switched to telbivudine plus adefovir once confirmed HBV DNA breakthrough developed.
On-treatmentAdefovir dipivoxilPatients with continuous treatment during EFFORT extension study will continue treatment, without off-treatment rule in the further extension study. The treatment strategy is depended on the HBV DNA level of each individual, that is, for patients with negative HBV DNA level (defined as HBV DNA \<20 IU/mL) will continue their previous treatment strategy; and for patients with positive HBV DNA level (defined as HBV DNA\>=20 IU/mL) will receive the combination therapy of telbivudine and adefovir, irrespective of their previous treatment strategy. All the patients in Part II will be followed up at the interval of 24 weeks until they complete the 2-year on-treatment follow-up. Patients will be conducted liver biopsy at the sixth year of treatment. All the patients with telbivudine monotherapy will be switched to telbivudine plus adefovir once confirmed HBV DNA breakthrough developed.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Percentage of patients with histological improvement (≥2-point decrease in the Knodell necroinflammatory score and no worsening in Ishak fibrosis score).Week 48
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Percentage of patients with HBeAg loss or HBeAg seroconversion at week 48 and 96 in on-treatment groupweek 48, week 96
Percentage of patients achieving hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA <300copies/mL at week 48 and 96 in on-treatment groupweek 48, week 96
Percentage of patients with HBsAg loss or HBsAg seroconversion at week 48 and 96 in on-treatment groupweek 48, week 96
The percentage of patients with alanine aminotransferase (ALT) normalization at week 48 and 96 in on-treatment groupweek 48, week 96
Percentage of patients with HBV DNA breakthrough at week 48 and 96 in on-treatment groupweek 48, week 96
Percentage of patients with genotypic resistance among the patients with HBV DNA breakthrough at week 48 and 96 in on-treatment groupweek 48, week 96
Incidence of adverse effect at week 48 and 96 in on-treatment groupweek 48, week 96
Percentage of patients with glomerular filtration rate (GFR) shifting to >90 mL/min/1.73 m2 for patients with GFR <90 mL/min/1.73 m2 at baseline of EFFORT study at week 48 and 96 in on-treatment groupweek 48, week 96
Sustained response rate of durability of HBeAg seroconversion at week 48 and 96 in off-treatment groupweek 48, week 96
Percentage of patients who re-achieved ALT normalization and HBV DNA <300 copies/mL in the patients retreated who developed hepatitis flare after stopping treatment in off-treatment groupweek 96
Incidence of abnormal laboratory examination at week 48 and 96 in on-treatment groupweek 48, week 96
Percentage of hepatitis flare at week 48 and 96 in off-treatment groupweek 48, week 96

Trial Locations

Locations (20)

Beijing Ditan Hospital

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Beijing, Beijing, China

People's Hospital of Beijing University

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Beijing, Beijing, China

The Third Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University

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Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Tangdu Hospital

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XiAn, Shanxi, China

No.81 Hospital of PLA

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Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Changhai Hospital affiliated to Second Military Medical University

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Shanghai, Shanghai, China

BeiJing YouAn Hospital ,Capital Medical University

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Beijing, Beijing, China

No. 8 People's Hospital In GuangZhou

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Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

302 Military Hospital Of China

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Beijing, Beijing, China

Department of Infectious Disease, Nanfang Hospital

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Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Department of infectious disease, First Hospital of Peking University

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Beijing, Beijing, China

The Second Affiliated of ChongQing University of Medical Science

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Chongqing, Chongqing, China

Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology

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Wuhan, Hubei, China

Xiangya Hospital Central-South Univrsity

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Changsha, Hunan, China

JiNan Infectious Diseases Hospital

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Jinan, Shandong, China

First Hospital .Jilin Unniversity

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Changchun, Jilin, China

ShengJing Hospital of China Medical University

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Shengyang, Liaoning, China

Huashan Hospital,Fudan University

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Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Shanghai Ruijin Hospital

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Shanghai, Shanghai, China

The First Affiliated Hospital of College of Medicine, Zhejiang University

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Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

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