The purpose of this study is to determine if treatment with intramuscular hepatitis B virus immune globulin Grifols, a new specific hepatitis B immune globulin, is effective and safe for the prevention of hepatitis B virus recurrence after orthotopic liver transplantation.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
18
Biweekly intramuscular doses of 2000 IU administered during 6 consecutive months
Cisanello Hospital. (University of Pisa).
Pisa, Italy
Ospedaliera Molinette
Torino, Italy
Mean trough serum HBsAg Ab titer
Time frame: Months 4-6
HBV recurrence percentage in long-term OLT recipients during i.m. HBIG Grifols treatment period
Time frame: Week 2 - 7 months
Mean trough HBsAg Ab titer
Time frame: 4 months
Individualised trough HBsAg Ab titer
Time frame: Week 2 - 7 months
Number of subjects with serum HBV DNA-positive samples by DNA PCR-amplification assay
Time frame: Week 2 - 7 months
Safety and tolerability
Time frame: 7 months
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