Adefovir dipivoxil, previously called bis-POM PMEA, with trade names Preveon and Hepsera, is an orally-administered acyclic nucleotide analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor (ntRTI) used for treatment of hepatitis B. It is ineffective against HIV-1. Adefovir dipivoxil is the diester prodrug of adefovir.
Indicated for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B in adult patients with evidence of active viral replication and either evidence of persistent elevations in serum aminotransferases (ALT or AST) or histologically active disease; this is based on histological, virological, biochemical, and serological responses in adult patients with HBeAg+ and HBeAg- chronic hepatitis B with compensated liver function, and in adult patients with clinical evidence of lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B virus with either compensated or decompensated liver function.
Krauss Med Partners / Dept of Research and Development, Los Angeles, California, United States
UCLA Care Ctr, Los Angeles, California, United States
Hosp Regional de Ponce - Area Vieja, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Brown Univ School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
AIDS Research Consortium of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Pacific Oaks Med Group, Beverly Hills, California, United States
Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Phoenix Body Positive, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Saint Vincent's AIDS Ctr, New York, New York, United States
George Washington Med Ctr, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Bronx Lebanon Hosp Ctr / Dept of Pediatrics, Bronx, New York, United States
St Lukes Roosevelt Hosp Ctr, New York, New York, United States
Tulane Univ Med Ctr / Dept of Pediatrics, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
UCSF / Moffitt Hosp - Pediatric, San Francisco, California, United States
Vanderbilt Univ Med Ctr, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Chicago Children's Memorial Hosp, Chicago, Illinois, United States
AIDS Research Consortium of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
East Bay AIDS Ctr, Berkeley, California, United States
Chicago Ctr for Clinical Research, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Gilead Sciences Inc, Foster City, California, United States
Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Anderson Clinical Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Johns Hopkins Univ Clinical Pharmacology, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Anderson Clinical Research / Inc, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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