A Single-arm Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Telbivudine With or Without add-on Tenofovir in Adults With HBeAg-positive Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB)

Phase 4 Completed 105 enrolled Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Non-randomizedSingle-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

This study will evaluate the use of telbivudine for patients with HBeAg-positive CHB with an option to intensify treatment at Week 24 by adding tenofovir for patients who do not achieve HBV DNA non-detectability.

Timeline

Start: 2008-02
Primary completion: 2011-12
Completion: —

Publications

Piratvisuth T, Komolmit P, Tanwandee T, Sukeepaisarnjaroen W, Chan HL, Pessoa MG, Fassio E, Ono SK, Bessone F, Daruich J, Zeuzem S, Cheinquer H, Pathan R, Dong Y, Trylesinski A. 52-week efficacy and safety of telbivudine with conditional tenofovir intensification at week 24 in HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B. PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e54279. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054279. Epub 2013 Feb 4.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Telbivudine	Small molecule	600 mg	Oral
Subject	Tenofovir	Small molecule	300 mg	Oral

A Single-arm Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Telbivudine With or Without add-on Tenofovir in Adults With HBeAg-positive Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB)

Summary

Timeline

Publications

Drugs

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