Tenofovir Alafenamide in HBV Related Decompensated Liver

December 21, 2020 updated by: Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

Safety and Efficacy of Tenofovir Alafenamide for Chronic Hepatitis B Patients With Decompensated Liver Disease

TAF is a new prodrug of tenofovir, specifically designed to achieve higher intracellular active drug concentration allowing for dosing of only 25 mg once daily and thus can potentially lower the already relatively low risk of renal toxicity and bone loss with TDF. However, such renal and bone complications with TDF may become more pronounced in decompensated CHB patients10. In the phase 3 trials11, 12, TAF had demonstrated a compatible antiviral effect (noninferior efficacy), and a higher rate of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) normalization to TDF. TAF also demonstrated an improved renal function and less bone loss compared to TDF. Therefore, TAF was approved as the first line therapy for CHB patients with compensated liver function. The lack of data regarding TAF therapy in decompensated CHB patients raised the concern of safety and efficacy of TAF in this group of patients. A small, single arm Phase 2 switch study (GS-US-320-4035; Study 4035; NCT03180619) which has enrolled 31 subjects with CPT scores ≥7, either at time of screening or by history, who were virally suppressed on TDF and/or other oral antiviral agents is currently underway with favorable safety and efficacy results through 48 weeks.[Lim YS, Lin CY, Heo J, et al. EASL 2020, poster SAT442.] While Gilead Study 4035 will continue through 96 weeks of treatment, additional data in this population are thus needed, particularly in CHB patients who have decompensated liver disease and are not being treated and are viremic. Herein, we conduct the present study and aim to investigate the safety and efficacy of TAF in CHB patients with hepatic decompensation.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

100

Phase

  • Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

  • Name: Ming-Lung Yu, Professor
  • Phone Number: 7475 886-7-3121101
  • Email: fish6069@gmail.com

Study Locations

  • Taiwan
      • Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 807
        • Recruiting
        • Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

20 years to 100 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male or non-pregnant female, age ≥20 years
  • Chronic HBV infection with positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) for at least 6 months at screening.
  • Hepatic decompensation, defined as Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) score ≥7, or the presence of portal hypertension related complications including ascites, hepatic encephalopathy (<grade 2) at screening.
  • HBV NUC treatment naïve or experienced (except prior TAF) for Arm A or currently under HBV NUC treatment (except TAF) with HBV DNA < 20 IU/mL within 6 months prior screening for Arm B.
  • Patients with either liver cirrhosis or non-cirrhosis (defined by histology, non-invasive assessments, or imaging/clinical based diagnosis).
  • Estimated creatinine clearance ≥30 ml/min (using the Cockcroft-Gault method) at screening. (Note: multiply estimated rate by 0.85 for women).
  • Willing and able to provide informed consent
  • Able to comply with dosing instructions for study drug administration and able to complete the study schedule of assessments

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant women, women who are breast feeding or who believe they may wish to become pregnant during the course of the study.
  • Previous recipient of a solid organ (including liver), or bone marrow transplant.
  • Severe or uncontrolled comorbidities determined by the Investigator.
  • Currently ≥grade 2 hepatic encephalopathy, currently or history (within 60 days) of variceal bleeding, hepatorenal syndrome, refractory ascites or spontaneous bacterial peritonitis; cytopenia of absolute neutrophil count < 750/mm3, or hemoglobin < 8 g/dL, or platelet <30000/mm3; or MELD score ≥30 at screening.
  • Malignancy history including hepatocellular carcinoma, except basal cell skin cancer without recurrence for more than 5 years.
  • Acute exacerbation of HBV, defined as an elevation of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) activity to more than 10 times the upper limit of normal and more than twice the baseline value.
  • On any of the disallowed concomitant medications listed in the prior and concomitant medications list (pg. 16). Subjects on prohibited medications who are otherwise eligible will need a wash out period of at least 30 days prior to the Screening.
  • Males and females of reproductive potential who are unwilling to use "effective" protocol-specified method(s) of contraception during the study.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Arm A - initial TAF treatment group
cirrhotic or non-cirrhotic CHB patients with hepatic decompensation and HBV NUC treatment naïve or experienced (except prior TAF) will receive initial treatment (Arm A) with TAF 25 mg/day.
Drug: Tenofovir Alafenamide Tablets
Approximately 100 adults, cirrhotic or non-cirrhotic (capped at 50), CHB patients with hepatic decompensation, will receive initial treatment (Arm A) with or switch (Arm B) to TAF 25 mg/day for 144 weeks. For Initiation Arm (Arm A), CHB patients with hepatic decompensation, who are currently not under HBV antiviral treatment will be enrolled. For Switch Arm (Arm B), CHB patients who are currently with hepatic decompensation and virally suppressed under HBV NUC treatment (HBV DNA < 20 IU/mL) will be enrolled.
Experimental: Arm B - switch to TAF treatment group
cirrhotic or non-cirrhotic CHB patients with hepatic decompensation and currently under HBV NUC treatment (except TAF) with HBV DNA < 20 IU/mL within 6 months prior screening will switch (Arm B) to TAF 25 mg/day
Drug: Tenofovir Alafenamide Tablets
Approximately 100 adults, cirrhotic or non-cirrhotic (capped at 50), CHB patients with hepatic decompensation, will receive initial treatment (Arm A) with or switch (Arm B) to TAF 25 mg/day for 144 weeks. For Initiation Arm (Arm A), CHB patients with hepatic decompensation, who are currently not under HBV antiviral treatment will be enrolled. For Switch Arm (Arm B), CHB patients who are currently with hepatic decompensation and virally suppressed under HBV NUC treatment (HBV DNA < 20 IU/mL) will be enrolled.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Complete virological suppression
Time Frame: week 48
Proportion of patients treated with TAF who achieve complete virological suppression (HBV DNA < 20 IU/ml) at week 48 of TAF therapy in per-protocol (PP) population.
week 48

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Rate of adverse events
Time Frame: week 48
Rate of adverse events including serious adverse events and discontinuation at Week 48
week 48
Rate of recovery from hepatic decompensation
Time Frame: week 48, 96, and 144
Rate of recovery from hepatic decompensation (improvement of CTP score ≥1) at week 48, 96, and 144 of TAF therapy in FAS, modified FAS (mFAS) and PP populations.
week 48, 96, and 144
Liver transplant-free survival
Time Frame: week 48, 96, and 144
Liver transplant-free survival at week 48, 96, and 144 of TAF therapy in FAS, mFAS and PP populations.
week 48, 96, and 144
Rate of virological response
Time Frame: week 96, and 144
Rate of virological response (HBV DNA < 20 IU/ml) at week 96, and 144 of TAF therapy
week 96, and 144
Rate of ALT normalization
Time Frame: week 48, 96, and 144
Rate of ALT normalization by local (<40 U/L), and AASLD (male ≤35, female ≤25 U/L) criteria at week 48, 96, and 144 of TAF therapy in FAS, mFAS and PP populations.
week 48, 96, and 144
Rate of HBeAg loss/seroconversion, HBsAg loss/seroconversion
Time Frame: week 48, 96, and 144
Rate of HBeAg loss/seroconversion in baseline HBeAg-seropositive patients, HBsAg loss/seroconversion, and change in HBsAg titer at week 48, 96, and 144 of TAF therapy.
week 48, 96, and 144
Changes of serum creatinine
Time Frame: week 48, 96, and 144
Changes of serum creatinine from baseline to week 48, 96, and 144 of TAF in mFAS and PP populations.
week 48, 96, and 144
Changes of calculated creatinine clearance
Time Frame: week 48, 96, and 144
Changes of calculated creatinine clearance (Cockcroft-Gault) from baseline to week 48, 96, and 144 of TAF in mFAS and PP populations.
week 48, 96, and 144
Changes in bone mineral density
Time Frame: week 144
Changes in bone mineral density from baseline to week 144 of TAF in mFAS and PP populations.
week 144
Changes in value of transient elastography
Time Frame: week 144
Changes in value of transient elastography (Fibroscan, kPa) from baseline to week 144 in mFAS and PP populations.
week 144
Changes in body mass index
Time Frame: week 48, 96, and 144
Changes in body mass index (BMI) from baseline to week 48, 96, and 144 of TAF in mFAS and PP populations.
week 48, 96, and 144
Changes in blood lipid profile
Time Frame: week 48, 96, and 144
Changes in fasting blood lipid profiles from baseline to week 48, 96, and 144 of TAF in mFAS and PP populations.
week 48, 96, and 144
Changes in blood glucose
Time Frame: week 48, 96, and 144
Changes in fasting blood glucose from baseline to week 48, 96, and 144 of TAF in mFAS and PP populations.
week 48, 96, and 144

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Ming-Lung Yu, Professor, Hepatobiliary Division, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

September 1, 2020

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

January 31, 2021

Study Completion (Anticipated)

April 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 12, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 21, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

December 24, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

December 24, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 21, 2020

Last Verified

November 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • TAF-Deliver

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

Yes

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