Studies 437 and 438Resistance Surveillance Results
10 patients with substitutions at conserved sites
- 6 in placebo
- 4 in ADV
- 2 ADV 10 mg, 2 ADV 30 mg
- S467A, H481L, V562A, H582Q
- All had ~4 log10 copies/mL HBV DNA reductions at week 48 and no rebound viremia
All susceptible to adefovir in vitro
No adefovir-associated resistance mutations identified up to 48 weeks