Study of Tenofovir Alafenamide (TAF) in Children and Teen Participants With Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection

Last updated: January 28, 2026
Sponsor: Gilead Sciences
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

2

Condition

Hepatitis B

Hepatitis

Liver Disorders

Treatment

Placebo

TAF

Clinical Study ID

NCT02932150
GS-US-320-1092
2016-000785-37
2023-506143-42
  • Ages 2-17
  • All Genders

Study Summary

The goals of this clinical study are to compare the effectiveness, safety and tolerability of study drug, tenofovir alafenamide (TAF), versus placebo in teens and children with CHB and to learn more about the dosing levels in children.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Key Inclusion criteria:

  • Males and non-pregnant, non-lactating females

  • Weight at screening as follows:

  • Cohort 1 = ≥ 35 kg (≥ 77 lbs)

  • Cohort 2 Group 1 = ≥ 25 kg (≥ 55 lbs)

  • Cohort 2 Group 2 = ≥ 14 kg to < 25 kg (≥ 30 lbs to <55 lbs)

  • Cohort 2 Group 3 = ≥ 10 kg to < 14 kg (≥ 22 lbs to < 30 lbs) or

  • 14 kg to < 25 kg (≥ 30 lbs to < 55 lbs)

  • Willing and able to provide written informed consent/assent (child and parent/legalguardian)

  • Documented evidence of CHB (eg, HBsAg-positive for ≥ 6 months)

  • HBeAg-positive, or HBeAg-negative, chronic HBV infection with all of the following:

  • Screening HBV DNA ≥ 2 × 10^4 IU/mL

  • Screening serum ALT > 45 U/L (> 1.5 × ULN: 30 U/L) and ≤ 10 × ULN (by centrallaboratory range)

  • Treatment-naive or treatment-experienced will be eligible for enrollment.

  • Estimated creatinine clearance (CLCr) ≥ 80 mL/min/1.73m^2 (using the Schwartzformula)

  • Normal ECG

Exclusion

Key Exclusion criteria:

  • Females who are pregnant or breastfeeding

  • Males and females of reproductive potential who are unwilling to use an "effective",protocol-specified method(s) of contraception during the study.

  • Coinfection with hepatitis C virus (HCV), HIV, or hepatitis D virus (HDV)

  • Evidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (Note: if screening alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is < 50 ng/mL no imaging study is needed; however, if the screening AFP is > 50 ng/mLan imaging study is required)

  • Any history of, or current evidence of, clinical hepatic decompensation

  • Abnormal hematological and biochemical parameters

  • Chronic liver disease of non-HBV etiology (e.g., hemochromatosis, alpha-1antitrypsin deficiency, cholangitis)

  • Received solid organ or bone marrow transplant

  • Currently receiving therapy with immunomodulators (eg, corticosteroids), orimmunosuppressants

  • Significant renal, cardiovascular, pulmonary, or neurological disease in the opinionof the Investigator

  • Malignancy within the 5 years prior to screening. Individuals under evaluation forpossible malignancy are not eligible.

  • Current alcohol or substance abuse judged by the investigator to potentiallyinterfere with subject compliance.

Note: Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply.

Study Design

Total Participants: 150
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Placebo
Phase: 2
Study Start date:
November 01, 2016
Estimated Completion Date:
October 31, 2029

Connect with a study center

  • Cliniques Universitaires Saint-LUC UCL

    Brussels, 1200
    Belgium

    Site Not Available

  • Cliniques Universitaires Saint-LUC UCL

    Brussels 2800866, 1200
    Belgium

    Completed

  • The Hospital for Sick Children

    Toronto, M5G 1X8
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • The Hospital for Sick Children

    Toronto 6167865, M5G 1X8
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • BC Children's Hospital

    Vancouver, V6H3V4
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • BC Children's Hospital

    Vancouver 6173331, V6H3V4
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Prince of Wales Hospital

    Hong Kong,
    Hong Kong

    Site Not Available

  • Prince of Wales Hospital

    Shatin,
    Hong Kong

    Site Not Available

  • Prince of Wales Hospital

    Shatin 1818920,
    Hong Kong

    Completed

  • GCS Medical Hospital & Research Center

    Ahmedabad, 380025
    India

    Site Not Available

  • GCS Medical Hospital & Research Center

    Ahmedabad 1279233, 380025
    India

    Site Not Available

  • SR Kalla Memorial Gastro And General Hospital

    Jaipur, 302001
    India

    Site Not Available

  • SR Kalla Memorial Gastro And General Hospital

    Jaipur 1269515, 302001
    India

    Site Not Available

  • Pratha Gastro Liver Center

    Kanpur, 208012
    India

    Site Not Available

  • Pratha Gastro Liver Center

    Kanpur 1267995, 208012
    India

    Site Not Available

  • Institute of Post Graduation Medical Education & Research

    Kolkata, 700020
    India

    Site Not Available

  • Institute of Post Graduation Medical Education & Research

    Kolkata 1275004, 700020
    India

    Active - Recruiting

  • M. V Hospital and Research Center

    Lucknow, 226003
    India

    Site Not Available

  • M. V Hospital and Research Center

    Lucknow 1264733, 226003
    India

    Active - Recruiting

  • LTMMC & LTMG Hospital

    Mumbai, 400022
    India

    Site Not Available

  • Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital

    Mumbai, 400012
    India

    Site Not Available

  • Seth GS Medical College and KEM hospital, Parel

    Mumbai, 400022
    India

    Active - Recruiting

  • LTMMC & LTMG Hospital

    Mumbai 1275339, 400022
    India

    Site Not Available

  • Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital

    Mumbai 1275339, 400012
    India

    Active - Recruiting

  • Khalatkar Hospital

    Nagpur, 440009
    India

    Site Not Available

  • Midas Multispecility Hospital PVT. LTD.

    Nagpur, 440010
    India

    Site Not Available

  • Nandita Hospital and Research Centre

    Nagpur, 440003
    India

    Site Not Available

  • Khalatkar Hospital

    Nagpur 1262180, 440009
    India

    Active - Recruiting

  • Midas Multispecility Hospital PVT. LTD.

    Nagpur 1262180, 440010
    India

    Site Not Available

  • Nandita Hospital and Research Centre

    Nagpur 1262180, 440003
    India

    Site Not Available

  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences

    New Delhi, 110029
    India

    Site Not Available

  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences

    New Delhi 1261481, 110029
    India

    Active - Recruiting

  • SIDS Hospital and Research Centre

    Surat, 395002
    India

    Site Not Available

  • Surat Institute of Digestive Sciences

    Surat, 395002
    India

    Active - Recruiting

  • SIDS Hospital and Research Centre

    Surat 1255364, 395002
    India

    Active - Recruiting

  • Samvedna Hospital

    Varanasi, 221005
    India

    Site Not Available

  • Samvedna Hospital

    Varanasi 1253405, 221005
    India

    Active - Recruiting

  • AOU di Bologna - Policlinico S. Orsola Malpighi - Dipartimento Malattic dell'Apparato Digerente e Medicina Intema

    Bologna, 40138
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • AOU di Bologna - Policlinico S. Orsola Malpighi - Dipartimento Malattic dell'Apparato Digerente e Medicina Intema

    Bologna 3181928, 40138
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Kyungpook National University Hospital

    Daegu, 41944
    Korea, Republic of

    Site Not Available

  • Asan Medical Center

    Seoul, 5505
    Korea, Republic of

    Site Not Available

  • Samsung Medical Center

    Seoul, 6351
    Korea, Republic of

    Site Not Available

  • Seoul National University Hospital

    Seoul, 03080
    Korea, Republic of

    Site Not Available

  • Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System

    Seoul,
    Korea, Republic of

    Site Not Available

  • Auckland Clinical Studies Limited

    Grafton, Auckland 1010
    New Zealand

    Site Not Available

  • Auckland Clinical Studies Limited

    Auckland, 1010
    New Zealand

    Site Not Available

  • Auckland Clinical Studies Limited

    Auckland 2193733, 1010
    New Zealand

    Site Not Available

  • Institutul National de Boli Infectioase "Prof.Dr. Matei Bals"

    Bucharest, 21105
    Romania

    Site Not Available

  • Spitalul Grigore Alexandrescu-Sectia Pediatrie III

    Bucharest, 11743
    Romania

    Site Not Available

  • Institutul National de Boli Infectioase "Prof.Dr. Matei Bals"

    Bucharest 683506, 21105
    Romania

    Site Not Available

  • Spitalul Grigore Alexandrescu-Sectia Pediatrie III

    Bucharest 683506, 11743
    Romania

    Site Not Available

  • Krasnoyarsk Regional Clinical Center of Maternal and Child Welfare

    Krasnoyarsk 1502026, 660074
    Russia

    Site Not Available

  • Federal Budgetary Institution of Science "Central Scientific-Research Institute of Epidemiology"

    Moscow 524901, 111123
    Russia

    Site Not Available

  • Federal Research Centre of Nutrition, Biotechnology and Food Safety

    Moscow 524901, 115446
    Russia

    Completed

  • Scientific Center of Children's Health of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

    Moscow 524901, 119991
    Russia

    Site Not Available

  • Federal Budgetary Scientific Institution Pasteur St. Petersburg Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology

    Saint Petersburg 498817, 197101
    Russia

    Site Not Available

  • Federal State-Financed Institution Pediatric Research and Clinical Center for Infectious Diseases

    Saint Petersburg 498817, 197022
    Russia

    Completed

  • Republican Clinical Hospital of Infectious Diseases named after A.F. Agafonov

    Tatarstan 7501657, 420110
    Russia

    Completed

  • Limited Medical Company Hepatolog

    Tolyatti 482283, 445009
    Russia

    Completed

  • Republican Clinical Hospital of Infectious Diseases named after A.F. Agafonov

    Kazan, Tatarstan 420110
    Russian Federation

    Site Not Available

  • Krasnoyarsk Regional Clinical Center of Maternal and Child Welfare

    Krasnoyarsk, 660022
    Russian Federation

    Site Not Available

  • Federal Budgetary Institution of Science "Central Scientific-Research Institute of Epidemiology"

    Moscow, 111123
    Russian Federation

    Site Not Available

  • Federal Research Centre of Nutrition, Biotechnology and Food Safety

    Moscow, 115446
    Russian Federation

    Site Not Available

  • Scientific Center of Children's Health of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

    Moscow, 119991
    Russian Federation

    Site Not Available

  • Federal Budgetary Scientific Institution Pasteur St. Petersburg Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology

    Saint Petersburg, 197101
    Russian Federation

    Site Not Available

  • Federal Budgetary Scientific Institution Pasteur St. Petersburg Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology

    Saint-Petersburg, 197101
    Russian Federation

    Site Not Available

  • Federal State-Financed Institution Pediatric Research and Clinical Center for Infectious Diseases

    Saint-Petersburg, 197022
    Russian Federation

    Site Not Available

  • Republican Clinical Hospital of Infectious Diseases named after A.F. Agafonov

    Tatarstan, 420110
    Russian Federation

    Site Not Available

  • Limited Medical Company Hepatolog

    Tolyatti, 445009
    Russian Federation

    Site Not Available

  • Kyungpook National University Hospital

    Daegu 1835329, 41944
    South Korea

    Completed

  • Asan Medical Center

    Seoul 1835848, 5505
    South Korea

    Completed

  • Samsung Medical Center

    Seoul 1835848, 6351
    South Korea

    Site Not Available

  • Seoul National University Hospital

    Seoul 1835848, 03080
    South Korea

    Site Not Available

  • Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System

    Seoul 1835848,
    South Korea

    Site Not Available

  • Chang Gung Medical Foundation, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

    Kaohsiung, 83301
    Taiwan

    Site Not Available

  • Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

    Kaohsiung City, 807
    Taiwan

    Site Not Available

  • Chang Gung Medical Foundation, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

    Kaohsiung City 1673820, 83301
    Taiwan

    Site Not Available

  • Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

    Kaohsiung City 1673820, 807
    Taiwan

    Site Not Available

  • National Cheng Kung University Hospital

    Tainan, 704
    Taiwan

    Site Not Available

  • National Cheng Kung University Hospital

    Tainan 1668355, 704
    Taiwan

    Completed

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    Taipei, 100
    Taiwan

    Site Not Available

  • Taipei Mackay Memorial Hospital

    Taipei, 104
    Taiwan

    Site Not Available

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    Taipei 1668341, 100
    Taiwan

    Site Not Available

  • Taipei Mackay Memorial Hospital

    Taipei 1668341, 104
    Taiwan

    Site Not Available

  • Chang Gung Medical Foundation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou

    Taoyuan, 33305
    Taiwan

    Site Not Available

  • Chang Gung Medical Foundation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou

    Taoyuan District 1667905, 33305
    Taiwan

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Hospital of Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California 90027
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Rady Childrens Hospital

    San Diego, California 92123
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

    San Francisco, California 94158
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Hospital of Los Angeles

    Los Angeles 5368361, California 5332921 90027
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Rady Childrens Hospital

    San Diego 5391811, California 5332921 92123
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

    San Francisco 5391959, California 5332921 94158
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Hospital Colorado

    Aurora, Colorado 80045
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Hospital Colorado

    Aurora 5412347, Colorado 5417618 80045
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Miami/Schiff Center for Liver Diseases

    Miami, Florida 33136
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • AdventHealth Medical Group

    Orlando, Florida 32803
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Miami/Schiff Center for Liver Diseases

    Miami 4164138, Florida 4155751 33136
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • AdventHealth Medical Group

    Orlando 4167147, Florida 4155751 32803
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

    Atlanta, Georgia 30322
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

    Atlanta 4180439, Georgia 4197000 30322
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Indiana University School of Medicine

    Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Indiana University School of Medicine

    Indianapolis 4259418, Indiana 4921868 46202
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, Maryland 21287
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore 4347778, Maryland 4361885 21287
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital

    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital

    Minneapolis 5037649, Minnesota 5037779 55455
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Mercy Hospital

    Kansas City, Missouri 64108
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Mercy Hospital

    Kansas City 4393217, Missouri 4398678 64108
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Hospital & Medical Center

    Omaha, Nebraska 68198
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Hospital & Medical Center

    Omaha 5074472, Nebraska 5073708 68198
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • The Children's Hospital at Montefiore

    Bronx, New York 10467
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • The Children's Hospital at Montefiore

    The Bronx 5110266, New York 5128638 10467
    United States

    Completed

  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

    Cincinnati, Ohio 45229
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Nationwide Children's Hospital

    Columbus, Ohio 43205
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

    Cincinnati 4508722, Ohio 5165418 45229
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Nationwide Children's Hospital

    Columbus 4509177, Ohio 5165418 43205
    United States

    Completed

  • Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt

    Nashville, Tennessee 37232
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt

    Nashville 4644585, Tennessee 4662168 37232
    United States

    Completed

  • Children's Medical Center

    Dallas, Texas 75235
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Cook Children's Medical Center

    Fort Worth, Texas 76104
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Texas Children's Hospital - Main Hospital

    Houston, Texas 77030
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • American Research Corporation at Texas Liver Institute

    San Antonio, Texas 78215
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Medical Center

    Dallas 4684888, Texas 4736286 75235
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Cook Children's Medical Center

    Fort Worth 4691930, Texas 4736286 76104
    United States

    Completed

  • Texas Children's Hospital - Main Hospital

    Houston 4699066, Texas 4736286 77030
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • American Research Corporation at Texas Liver Institute

    San Antonio 4726206, Texas 4736286 78215
    United States

    Completed

  • Seattle Children's Hospital

    Seattle, Washington 98105
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Seattle Children's Hospital

    Seattle 5809844, Washington 5815135 98105
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • West Virginia University Hospitals

    Morgantown, West Virginia 26506
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • West Virginia University Hospitals

    Morgantown 4815352, West Virginia 4826850 26506
    United States

    Site Not Available

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