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Randomized Controlled Trial of Entecavir Versus Placebo in Children with HBeAg-positive Chronic Hepatitis B
Maureen M. Jonas1,*, Mei-Hwei Chang2, Etienne Sokal3, Kathleen B. Schwarz4, Deirdre Kelly5, Kyung Mo Kim6, Simon C. Ling7, Philip Rosenthal8, Dumitru Oraseanu9, Laurie Reynolds10, Alexandra Thiry10 andPeter Ackerman10
DOI: 10.1002/hep.28015
© 2015 by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
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Hepatology
Accepted Article (Accepted, unedited articles published online and citable. The final edited and typeset version of record will appear in future.)
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1 Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
2 National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
3 Cliniques Universitaires St Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
4 Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore, MD
5 Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK
6 Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
7 The Hospital For Sick Children, and Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
8 University of California, San Francisco, CA
9 Grigore Alexandrescu Emergency Hospital for Children, Bucharest, Romania
10 Bristol-Myers Squibb, Wallingford, CT
*Corresponding author: Maureen M. Jonas, M.D, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA, Email: [email protected], Phone: 617-355-5837, Fax: 617-730-0716
Publication History
Accepted manuscript online: 29 JUL 2015 07:49PM EST
Manuscript Revised: 27 JUL 2015
Manuscript Accepted: 27 JUL 2015
Manuscript Received: 11 FEB 2015
Funded by
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Keywords:
hepatitis B virus;nucleos(t)ide analog treatment;child;adolescent;pediatric
Abstract
This ongoing, randomized phase III study assesses the safety and efficacy of entecavir versus placebo in nucleos(t)ide-naive children (2 to <18 years) with HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B (CHB). Blinded treatment was administered for a minimum of 48 weeks. After Week 48, patients with HBeAg seroconversion continued blinded treatment; those without, switched to open-label entecavir. The primary endpoint was HBeAg seroconversion and HBV DNA <50 IU/mL at Week 48. A total of 180 patients were randomized (2:1) and treated. Baseline median age was 12 years, with approximately 50% of children aged >12 to <18, and 25% each aged ≥2 to ≤6 and >6 to ≤12. Rates for the primary endpoint at Week 48 were significantly higher with entecavir than placebo (24.2% [29/120] versus 3.3% [2/60]; P=0.0008). Furthermore, higher response rates were observed with entecavir compared with placebo for the key Week 48 secondary endpoints: HBV DNA <50 IU/mL (49.2% [59/120] versus 3.3% [2/60]; P < 0.0001), alanine aminotransferase normalization (67.5% [81/120] versus 23.3% [14/60]; P < 0.0001), and HBeAg seroconversion (24.2% [29/120] versus 10.0% [6/60]; P = 0.0210). Among entecavir-randomized patients there was an increase in all efficacy endpoints between Weeks 48 and 96, including an increase from 49% to 64% in virologic suppression. The cumulative probability of emergent entecavir resistance through Years 1 and 2 of entecavir was 0.6 and 2.6%, respectively. Entecavir was well tolerated with no observed differences in adverse events or changes in growth compared with placebo. Conclusion: In childhood CHB, entecavir demonstrated superior antiviral efficacy to placebo with a favorable safety profile. These results support the use of entecavir as a therapeutic option in children and adolescents with CHB. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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