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Hepatitis B, ChronicPhase 4NCT04201808

Efficacy and Safety of TAF in Patients With Suboptimal Response to Other Nucleos(t)Ides

A Phase 4 study testing Tenofovir Alafenamide 25 MG in people with Hepatitis B, Chronic, run by New Discovery LLC at 10 sites in China.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

Both tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) and tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) are potent antiviral agents for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and recommended by the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) as well as the European Association for the Study of Liver (EASL) guidelines for the treatment of… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 80 years
Conditions the study is for
Hepatitis B, Chronic
What is being tested?
Tenofovir Alafenamide 25 MG
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
100 participants
Where
10 sitesChina
Study dates
1 May 2021to 30 Sep 2023
Phase
Phase 4
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 80 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients must be 18-80 years of age.
  • Patients must have documented compensated and stable chronic hepatitis B defined by all of the following:
  • HBsAg persistently positive > 6 months.
  • Clinical history, physical findings, and test results are compatible with compensated chronic hepatitis B
  • Patients must have received nucleos(t)ide therapy consisting of LAM/LdT/ADV and its combinations with other second-line antivirals for 24 weeks, or with the first-line antiviral ETV or any antiviral combinations containing ETV for 48 weeks with medication adherence.
  • Although having undergone therapy, patients have had failure to achieve the levels of HBV-DNA below 300 IU/mL.
  • Patient is willing and able to comply with the study drug regimen and all other study requirements.
  • Patient must understand the risk, and be willing and able to provide written informed consent to participate in the study.

Who cannot join

  • Pregnant women, and women who are breastfeeding or who believe they may wish to become pregnant during the course of the study.
  • Males and females of reproductive potential who are not willing to use an effective method of contraception during the study. For males, condoms should be used and for females, a barrier contraception method should be used in combination with one other form of contraception.
  • Unwilling and/or unable to provide written informed consent
  • Patients with CHB but are also co-infected with HIV or other viral hepatitis
  • Patients whose serum levels of HBV DNA are too low (i.e. about 300 IU/mL) to be analyzed for the genotypic mutation(s) at the onset of this trial, i.e. baseline
  • At the screening visit, nucleos(t)ide resistant mutants have been detected in the strain of HBV of the patient
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  • The patient is under a clinical research protocol of phase I-III development; unable to consent or unlikely to complete one year follow up after the enrollment; and other medical condition may affect the ability to participate the study.
  • Decompensated liver disease defined as direct (conjugated) bilirubin ≥ 1.2 Upper Limit of Normal (ULN); Prothrombin Time (PT) ≥ 1.2 ULN, platelets ≤ 150,000/mm3, or serum albumin ≤ 3.5 g/dL
  • Prior history of clinical hepatic decompensation (e.g., ascites, jaundice, encephalopathy) or variceal hemorrhage
  • Serum α-fetoprotein ≥ 50 ng/mL
  • Evidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
  • History of significant renal disease (e.g., nephrotic syndrome, renal dysgenesis, polycystic kidney disease, congenital nephrosis, acute tubular necrosis, other renal disease)
  • History of significant bone disease (e.g., osteomalacia, chronic osteomyelitis, osteogenesis imperfecta, osteochondrosis, multiple bone fractures)
  • Significant cardiovascular, pulmonary or neurological disease
  • Evidence of a gastrointestinal malabsorption syndrome that may interfere with absorption of orally administered medications
  • History of solid organ or bone marrow transplantation
  • Ongoing therapy with any of the following: Nephrotoxic agents
  • Parenteral aminoglycoside antibiotics (e.g., gentamicin, tobramycin, amikacin)
  • Cidofovir
  • Cisplatin
  • Foscarnet
  • IV amphotericin B
  • IV pentamidine
  • Oral or IV ganciclovir
  • Cyclosporine
  • Tacrolimus
  • IV vancomycin
  • Chronic daily non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug therapy
  • Competitors of renal excretion (e.g., probenecid) Systemic chemotherapeutic agents
  • Systemic corticosteroids
  • Interleukin-2 (IL-2) and other immunomodulating agents
  • Investigational agents (except with the expressed approval of the lead investigators)
  • Note: administration of any of the above medications must be discontinued at least 30 days prior to the Baseline Visit and for the duration of the study period.
  • Known hypersensitivity to the study drugs, the metabolites or formulation excipients
  • Any other condition (including alcohol or substance abuse) or prior therapy that, in the opinion of the Investigators, would make the subject unsuitable for the study or unable to comply with dosing requirements

Trial locations and contacts

10 sites in 1 country.

10 sites in 1 country

China10 sites, 10 recruiting
  • Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University

    Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100015

    Qi Wang, MD, (+86) 15611265361, Wangqidl04@126.com

    Wen Xie, MD, (+86) 13651113763, Xiewen6218@163.com

    Recruiting
  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College

    Bengbu, Anhui, 233000

    Wei Li, MD, (+86) 13955292316, liwei79722.student@sina.com

    Shousong' Zhao, MD, (+86) 13955215571, 1260345655@qq.com

    Recruiting
  • Southwest Hospital

    Chongqing, Chongqing Municipality, 400038

    Yuming Wang, MD, (+86) 023-65334998, wym417@163.com

    Hongfei Huang, MD, (+86) 13983068253, huanghongfei1987@126.com

    Recruiting
  • Liver Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University

    Fuzhou, Fujian

    Su Lin, MD, (+86) 13809505042, sumer5129@fjmu.edu.cn

    Yueyong Zhu, MD, (+86) 13950233535, zhuyueyong@fjmu.edu.cn

    Recruiting
  • Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University

    Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510630

    Bixin Xu, MD, (+86) 13622286803, 718366615@qq.com

    Zhiliang Gao, MD, (+86) 18922102588, gaozl@21cn.com

    Recruiting
  • The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University

    Hebei, Shijiazhuang, 050035

    Ru Ji, MD, (+86) 15511643992, jiru0803@163.com

    Cai-Yan Zhao, MD, (+86) 18533112898, zhaocy2015@163.com

    Recruiting
  • Huashan Hospital Fudan University

    Jing’an, Shanghai Municipality, 200040

    Chen Chen, MD, (+86) 13916484390, atheran@163.com

    Wenhong Zhang, MD, (+86) 13801844344, zhangwenhong@fudan.edu.cn

    Recruiting
  • Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University

    Shengyang, Liaoning, 110004

    Qiuju Sheng, MD, (+86) 18940254812, shengqj@sj-hospital.org

    Xiaoguang Dou, MD, (+86) 18940251121, guang40@163.com

    Recruiting
  • Wuhan Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College (TJMC), Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)

    Wuhan, Hubei, 430022

    Wei Li, MD, (+86) 13657254656, lsnlw@sina.com

    Dongliang Yang, MD, (+86) 13971063026, dlyang@hust.edu.cn

    Recruiting
  • Department of Infectious Diseases, Xi'an Jiaotong University Second Affiliated Hospital

    Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710004

    Le Ma, MD, (+86) 15029554007, happymale@163.com

    Shuang-suo Dang, MD, (+86) 13992896471, dang212@126.com

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Efficacy and Safety of Tenofovir Alafenamide in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients With Suboptimal Response Following Nucleos(t)Ide Therapy

Both tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) and tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) are potent antiviral agents for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and recommended by the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) as well as the European Association for the Study of Liver (EASL) guidelines for the treatment of nucleos(t)ide therapy induced HBV resistance. However, it is not clear if chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients with nucleos(t)ide treatment experience without genotypic mutations would be benefit from TAF therapy. Previous studies have observed that suboptimal response (SOR) following antiviral therapy with nucleos(t)ide treatment is associated with an increased risk of subsequent treatment failure and viral resistance. It remains unclear whether switching to TAF is a reasonable approach in patients with SOR to second-line antivirals Lamivudine (LAM)/ Telbivudine (LdT)/ Adefovir Dipivoxil (ADV) and its combinations with other second-line antivirals for 24 weeks, or SOR to the first-line antiviral Entecavir (ETV) or any antiviral combinations containing ETV for 48 weeks. This study is aimed to determine how the aforementioned patients with SOR to nucleos(t)ide treatment respond to TAF monotherapy. The investigator's study will provide evidence base for therapy selection in SOR patients, especially in China where the majority of patients with CHB are treated with nucleos(t)ide therapy.

Read the detailed description

This is a prospective, single-arm, multicenter cohort study evaluating the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of TAF monotherapy in in Asian CHB adults with SOR to the nucleos(t)ide therapy by assessing the HBV DNA suppression in 48 weeks. Approximately one hundred adults who received the aforementioned nucleos(t)ide therapy will be prospectively enrolled during the period from December 2019 to June 2021. Subjects will be enrolled by medical clinic in about 10 university centers in different regions in China. Approximately 10-15 consecutive eligible patients will be enrolled from each participating sites. This study will be conducted in accordance with the guidelines of Good Clinical Practices (GCPs) including Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval and consent will be applied. Patient identification (ID) will be de-identified for submitting to the central database for analyses from all study sites. Free TAF treatment will be provided to all enrolled patients for 48 weeks. Patients will be under the local standard of care upon the completion of the current study.

Patients aged 18-80 with CHB infection who had received nucleos(t)ide therapy over 24 weeks of LAM/LdT/ADV or 48 weeks of ETV with medication adherence, but failure to achieve the levels of HBV-DNA below 300 IU/mL will be eligible. Subjects will be excluded if they meet the following criteria: co-infected with HIV or other viral hepatitis; the serum levels of HBV DNA are too low (i.e. about 300 IU/mL) to be analyzed for the genotypic mutation(s); nucleos(t)ide resistant mutants have been detected at screening visit, patient is under a clinical research protocol of phase I-III development; unable to consent or unlikely to complete one year follow up after the enrollment; and other medical condition may affect the ability to participate the study.

Being tested
Tenofovir Alafenamide 25 MG
Medical subject headings
Hepatitis B, Chronic

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Tenofovir Alafenamide 25 MGDrug

    Also called Vemlidy

    All patients will receive Tenofovir Alafenamide, 25mg PO, to treat chronic hepatitis B and their previous suboptimal response over the study duration of 48 weeks. Patients will be followed every 12 weeks for medication adherence, medication refill, and follow up as per standard of care.

Study groups in NCT04201808
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Single Arm Intervention GroupExperimentalAll approximately 100 patients experienced previous suboptimal response to other direct acting antivirals. Patients must have received nucleos(t)ide therapy consisting of LAM/LdT/ADV and its combinations with other second-line antivirals for 24 weeks, or with the first-line antiviral ETV or any antiviral combinations containing ETV for 48 weeks with medication adherence. All patients in this study are in the same arm.
Receives: Drug: Tenofovir Alafenamide 25 MG

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. this study seeks to evaluate the efficacy of TAF in Asian CHB adults with a proven SOR to previous nucleo(t)side therapy by assessing the percentage of patients who achieve HBV DNA viral suppression over a time span of 48 weeks.

    In this study, HBV DNA viral suppression is defined as a HBV DNA level <20 IU/mL, and previous nucleo(t)side therapy is defined as treatments including LAM, LdT, ADV, and ETV before switching to TAF. The parameters for SOR will be set as patients who exhibit a 1 log10 IU/mL decrease in HBV DNA with medication adherence, but still present with an HBV DNA level of >300 IU/mL and has no detectable genotype mutation(s) when treated with the second-line antivirals LAM/LdT/ADV and its combinations with other second-line antivirals for 24 weeks, or treated with the first-line antiviral ETV or any antiviral combinations containing ETV for 48 weeks.

    Measured: 48 weeks

Secondary outcomes (7)
  1. Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events in Patients as stratified by the CTCAE v 5.0

    Assess the percentage of Asian CHB adults with SOR to nucleos(t)ide therapy who have adverse events during the study, graded by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), version 5.0

    Measured: At 12, 24, 36, and 48 weeks

  2. Percentage of Patients Who Discontinue the Therapy Due to Issues with Tolerability

    To evaluate the frequency of treatment discontinuation in patients who can not tolerate TAF therapy

    Measured: At 12, 24, 36, and 48 weeks

  3. Percentage of patients with Alanine transferase (ALT) levels within the normal limit

    To calculate the percentage of patients at the end of 48 weeks whose ALT (U/L) levels stay within the normal limit in response to TAF therapy in Asian adults with CHB infection who are SOR to nucleos(t)ide therapy.

    Measured: 48 weeks

  4. Percentage of patients with Aspartamine transferase (AST) levels within the normal limit

    To calculate the percentage of patients at the end of 48 weeks whose AST (U/L) levels stay within the normal limit in response to TAF therapy in Asian adults with CHB infection who are SOR to nucleos(t)ide therapy.

    Measured: 48 weeks

  5. Percentage of patients who experience loss/seroconversion of HBsAg and/or HBeAg during the study.

    Assess the percentage of patients who loss/seroconversion of HBsAg or/and HBeAg during the study. Loss is defined by a test showing a negative HBsAg/HBeAg result at the end of the trial, given a positive respective test result at baseline. A seroconversion is defined as a test showing a negative HBsAg and a positive HBsAb result, or a negative HBeAg and a positive HBeAb result at the end of the trial, given a positive HBsAg/HBeAg test result at baseline.

    Measured: 48 weeks

  6. Percentage of patients with detectable drug resistance mutations

    To evaluate the incidence of drug resistance and drug resistance mutations in 48 weeks of TAF treatment if patients have HBV DNA levels >300 IU/mL. Drug resistance by population sequencing and genotyping will be done for these patients.

    Measured: 48 weeks

  7. Percentage of patients who have skipped TAF treatment during the study

    Assess the medication compliance on patients and compare the two sub-groups of patients who will be stratified by the levels of HBV DNA using the cut of of 20 IU/mL at 48 weeks.

    Measured: 48 weeks.

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted17 Dec 2019
  2. Study start1 May 2021 (estimated)
  3. Primary completion30 Sep 2023 (estimated)
  4. Study completion30 Sep 2023 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Model description
This is single-arm, multicenter cohort study evaluating the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of TAF monotherapy in Asian CHB adults with SOR to the nucleos(t)ide therapy by assessing the HBV DNA suppression over a duration of 48 weeks.
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
100 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04201808
Sponsor's protocol ID
IN-CN-320-5556
Status last verified
Dec 2019
First submitted
6 Dec 2019
Last updated
17 Nov 2020
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Publications

  • Agarwal K, Brunetto M, Seto WK, Lim YS, Fung S, Marcellin P, Ahn SH, Izumi N, Chuang WL, Bae H, Sharma M, Janssen HLA, Pan CQ, Celen MK, Furusyo N, Shalimar D, Yoon KT, Trinh H, Flaherty JF, Gaggar A, Lau AH, Cathcart AL, Lin L, Bhardwaj N, Suri V, Mani Subramanian G, Gane EJ, Buti M, Chan HLY; GS-US-320-0110; GS-US-320-0108 Investigators. 96 weeks treatment of tenofovir alafenamide vs. tenofovir disoproxil fumarate for hepatitis B virus infection. J Hepatol. 2018 Apr;68(4):672-681. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2017.11.039. Epub 2018 Jan 17.

    PubMed 29756595
  • Buti M, Gane E, Seto WK, Chan HL, Chuang WL, Stepanova T, Hui AJ, Lim YS, Mehta R, Janssen HL, Acharya SK, Flaherty JF, Massetto B, Cathcart AL, Kim K, Gaggar A, Subramanian GM, McHutchison JG, Pan CQ, Brunetto M, Izumi N, Marcellin P; GS-US-320-0108 Investigators. Tenofovir alafenamide versus tenofovir disoproxil fumarate for the treatment of patients with HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B virus infection: a randomised, double-blind, phase 3, non-inferiority trial. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016 Nov;1(3):196-206. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(16)30107-8. Epub 2016 Sep 22.

    PubMed 28404092
  • European Association for the Study of the Liver. EASL 2017 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the management of hepatitis B virus infection. J Hepatol. 2017 Aug;67(2):370-398. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2017.03.021. Epub 2017 Apr 18.

    PubMed 28427875
  • Lu L, Yip B, Trinh H, Pan CQ, Han SH, Wong CC, Li J, Chan S, Krishnan G, Wong CC, Nguyen MH. Tenofovir-based alternate therapies for chronic hepatitis B patients with partial virological response to entecavir. J Viral Hepat. 2015 Aug;22(8):675-81. doi: 10.1111/jvh.12368. Epub 2014 Nov 24.

    PubMed 25417914
  • Pan CQ, Chan S, Trinh H, Yao A, Bae H, Lou L. Similar efficacy and safety of tenofovir in Asians and non-Asians with chronic hepatitis B. World J Gastroenterol. 2015 May 14;21(18):5524-31. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i18.5524.

    PubMed 25987775
  • Pan CQ, Hu KQ, Yu AS, Chen W, Bunchorntavakul C, Reddy KR. Response to tenofovir monotherapy in chronic hepatitis B patients with prior suboptimal response to entecavir. J Viral Hepat. 2012 Mar;19(3):213-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2011.01533.x. Epub 2011 Oct 17.

    PubMed 22329376
  • Terrault NA, Lok ASF, McMahon BJ, Chang KM, Hwang JP, Jonas MM, Brown RS Jr, Bzowej NH, Wong JB. Update on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic hepatitis B: AASLD 2018 hepatitis B guidance. Hepatology. 2018 Apr;67(4):1560-1599. doi: 10.1002/hep.29800. No abstract available.

    PubMed 29405329
  • Tong MJ, Pan CQ, Han SB, Lu DS, Raman S, Hu KQ, Lim JK, Hann HW, Min AD. An expert consensus for the management of chronic hepatitis B in Asian Americans. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2018 Apr;47(8):1181-1200. doi: 10.1111/apt.14577. Epub 2018 Feb 26.

    PubMed 29479728

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 4 study testing Tenofovir Alafenamide 25 MG in people with Hepatitis B, Chronic, run by New Discovery LLC at 10 sites in China.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 8 inclusion and 35 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 17 Nov 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 10 sites in China. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 4 studies take place after a treatment is approved, to learn more about its long-term benefits and risks in everyday use.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Wen Xie, MD ((+86) 13651113763, Xiewen6218@163.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

this study seeks to evaluate the efficacy of TAF in Asian CHB adults with a proven SOR to previous nucleo(t)side therapy by assessing the percentage of patients who achieve HBV DNA viral suppression over a time span of 48 weeks. (time frame: 48 weeks). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04201808, which also lists 8 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 17 Nov 2020.

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