Status:

COMPLETED

Adefovir Plus Vaccination in Transplant Patients Without Hepatitis B That Receive a Core Antibody Positive Liver

Lead Sponsor:

Columbia University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Gilead Sciences

Conditions:

Hepatitis B

Liver Transplantation

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of adefovir (ADV) in preventing de novo Hepatitis B in patients who receive Hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb) positive grafts but who are ...

Detailed Description

The investigators will conduct a prospective, open-label study of Hepatitis B naive patients who received HBcAb + livers and adefovir prophylaxis post-transplant. At one year to 18 months following tr...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Recipients who do not have evidence of hepatitis B surface antigen, regardless of HBcAb and HBsAb status, who:
  • received liver transplantation with hepatitis B core antibody positive (and HBsAg negative) grafts,
  • received adefovir treatment post transplantation, and
  • who have not reached the 18 month post transplantation time period.

Exclusion

  • Recipients with hepatitis B surface antigen positivity prior to liver transplant.
  • Grafts from hepatitis B surface antigen positive patients.
  • Previous intolerance to ADV therapy
  • Recipients with pre-transplant creatinine \> 1.6 mg/dL
  • Patients younger than 21 years of age
  • Patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

16 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01146808

Start Date

March 1 2006

End Date

September 1 2012

Last Update

August 10 2021

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Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at Columbia University Medical Center

New York, New York, United States, 10032