Safety and Efficacy of Adefovir Dipivoxil in Children and Adolescents With Chronic Hepatitis B

Matching placebo

10-mg tablet or 2-mg/mL oral suspension

100-mg tablet administered according to package labeling. Lamivudine was to be added to the open-label ADV regimen of subjects with a serum HBV DNA concentration \>= 1000 copies/mL at 2 consecutive study visits at or after Study Week 96. If the HBV DNA concentration remained \>= 1000 copies/mL at 2 consecutive study visits after the addition of lamivudine, the investigator was required to discontinue all study drugs, perform the early termination ssessments, and have the subject return every 4 weeks for 16 weeks of posttreatment evaluations.