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Last refreshed on: 13 February 2023
Main ID:  NCT02995005
Date of registration: 08/12/2016
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Public title: Tenofovir in Early Pregnancy to Prevent Mother-to-child Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus
Scientific title: Prevention of Mother-to-child Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus: a One Arm, Open Label Intervention Study to Estimate the Optimal Timing of Tenofovir (TDF) in Pregnancy
Date of first enrolment: May 24, 2018
Target sample size: 98
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02995005
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: N/A. Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Prevention. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 1/Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Thailand
Contacts
Name:     Stephan Ehrhardt, MD
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Affiliation:  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Pregnant women aged 18 and over

- HBsAg positive

- In the 12th-20th week of pregnancy

- Willing to take TDF daily during pregnancy

- Providing written informed consent

- Plans to deliver at Shoklo Malaria Research Unit (SMRU)

- Able and willing to comply with study requirements

Exclusion Criteria:

- Anti-HIV positive

- Negative qualitative HBV DNA if HBeAg negative

- On immunosuppressive therapy

- Elevated creatinine

- History of kidney disease

- Short cervix

- History of pregnancy complications or prior pre-term labor



Age minimum: 16 Years
Age maximum: 49 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hepatitis B
Intervention(s)
Drug: Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate
Primary Outcome(s)
The time (from inclusion through delivery; up to 6 months) to HBV DNA suppression (<100 IU/ml) [Time Frame: Up to 9 months]
The proportion of women with undetectable HBV DNA at delivery [Time Frame: At delivery]
Secondary Outcome(s)
The proportion of women who adhered to TDF treatment during the course of the study (from inclusion through 1 month after delivery; up to 7 months; drug accountability) [Time Frame: Up to 9 months]
Proportion of hepatitis B flares in mothers postpartum [Time Frame: Monthly measured for 3 months after stopping TDF.]
The proportion of women who adhered to TDF treatment during the course of the study (from inclusion through 1 month after delivery; up to 7 months; drug levels) [Time Frame: Up to 9 months]
The proportion of hepatitis B infections in the offspring at 1 year of age [Time Frame: Between month 2 and 12 month]
The proportion of women who adhered to TDF treatment during the course of the study (from inclusion through 1 month after delivery; up to 7 months; questionnaire) [Time Frame: Up to 9 months]
Secondary ID(s)
JHSPH-TDF
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Thrasher Research Fund
Shoklo Malaria Research Unit
Chiang Mai University
University of Oxford
Ethics review
Results
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