Need blank form fields when page spawned

Hi all,
I have a fillable form that has buttons at the top of every page to for the user to duplicate the page in case more information needs to be entered. Here is the javascript I'm using, courtesy of George Johnson:
// Get a template object from an existing template
var t = getTemplate("myTemplate");
// Spawn the template on the page following this one, and rename the fields
t.spawn({nPage: pageNum + 1, bRename: true, bOverlay: false});
This works great, except when the user has already filled out page 1, then clicks the button to duplicate the page, the new page contains the information already filled in by the user on page 1. Is there a way to clear the fields when the page is duplicated? I am using Adobe X Pro. Thank you!!!

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