Efficacy of Antiviral Therapy in Pregnancy in Preventing Vertical Transmission of HBV in Mothers With a High Viral Load

Case-control Study of Antiviral Therapy During Entire and the Third Trimester of Pregnancy in Preventing MTCT of HBV in Mothers With High Serum HBV DNA Load

Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) is the most common route of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. After given standard immunoprophylaxis, MTCT still occurred in some infants born to a HBsAg positive mothers with high HBV DNA load. The main purpose of this study is evaluating the efficacy of methods used in blocking MTCT of HBV in infants born to a HBsAg positive mothers with high serum HBV DNA loads.

This study contain 600 patients and compose groups as follow: (ⅰ) infants born to a HBsAg positive mothers with high HBV DNA load before delivery receive standard immunoprophylaxis( injection of HBIG 200IU at birth plus HBV vaccine at 0,1 and 6month); (ⅱ) infants born to a HBsAg positive mother with high HBV DNA load before delivery, and based on standard immunoprophylaxis receive addition injection of HBIG 200IU at 1 month after birth; (ⅲ) infants born to a HBsAg positive and high HBV DNA load mothers but treated with antiviral therapy in late pregnancy, receive standard immunoprophylaxis; (ⅳ) infants born to a HBsAg positive mothers treated with antiviral therapy during entire pregnancy for hepatitis receive standard immunoprophylaxis; (ⅴ) infants born to a HBsAg positive mother with serum HBV DNA negative receive standard immunoprophylaxis.

Inclusion Criteria:

• infants born to HBsAg positive mother HBsAg positive mother

Exclusion Criteria:

• mothers coinfected HIV or HCV