Hepatitis B core‐related antigen monitoring during peginterferon alfa treatment for HBeAg‐negative chronic hepatitis B
Margo J. H. van Campenhout
Vincent Rijckborst
Willem Pieter Brouwer
Gertine W. van Oord
Peter Ferenci
Fehmi Tabak
Meral Akdogan
Binnur Pinarbasi
Krzysztof Simon
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First published: 28 May 2019 https://doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13117
Funding information:
This work was supported, initiated and sponsored by the Foundation for Liver and Gastrointestinal Research, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Financial support was provided by Fujirebio Europe, Ghent, Belgium and the Dutch government (Health Holland‐ TKI‐ LSH, [project number LSHM15032]). The studies are part of the Virgo consortium, funded by the Dutch government [project number FES0908]. For the original study, financial support, study medication and drug supply were provided by F. Hoffmann‐La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland. The funding sources did not have any influence on study design, data collection, analysis and interpretation of the data, writing of the report nor the decision to submit for publication.
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Abstract
Serum Hepatitis B core‐related antigen (HBcrAg) level moderately correlates with cccDNA. We examined whether HBcrAg can add value in monitoring the effect of peginterferon (PEG‐IFN) therapy for HBeAg‐negative chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection. Thus, serum HBcrAg level was measured in 133 HBeAg‐negative, mainly Caucasian CHB patients, treated with 48 weeks of PEG‐IFN alfa‐2a. We assessed its association with response (ALT normalization & HBV DNA < 2000 IU/mL) at week 72. HBcrAg level strongly correlated with HBV DNA level (r = 0.8, P < 0.001) and weakly with qHBsAg and ALT (both r = 0.2, P = 0.01). At week 48, mean HBcrAg decline was −3.3 log U/mL. Baseline levels were comparable for patients with and without response at week 72 (5.0 vs 4.9 log U/mL, P = 0.59). HBcrAg decline at week 72 differed between patients with and without response (−2.4 vs −1.0 log U/mL, P = 0.001), but no cut‐off could be determined. The pattern of decline in responders resembled that of HBV DNA, but HBcrAg decline was weaker (HBcrAg −2.5 log U/mL; HBV DNA: −4.0 log IU/mL, P < 0.001). For early identification of nonresponse, diagnostic accuracy of HBV DNA and qHBsAg decline at week 12 (AUC 0.742, CI‐95% [0.0.629‐0.855], P < 0.001) did not improve by adding HBcrAg decline (AUC 0.747, CI‐95% [0.629‐0.855] P < 0.001), nor by replacing HBV DNA decline by HBcrAg decline (AUC 0.754, CI‐95% [0.641‐0.867], P < 0.001). In conclusion, in Caucasian patients with HBeAg‐negative CHB, decline of HBcrAg during PEG‐IFN treatment was stronger in patients with treatment response. However, HBcrAg was not superior to HBV DNA and qHBsAg in predicting response during PEG‐IFN treatment.
Abbreviations
ALT
alanine aminotransferase
AUC
area under the curve
BCP
basal core promoter
cccDNA
covalently closed circular DNA
CHB
chronic hepatitis B infection
CI‐95%
95% confidence interval
HBcAg
hepatitis B core antigen
HBcrAg
Hepatitis B core‐related antigen
HBeAg
hepatitis B e antigen
HBsAg
hepatitis B surface antigen
HBV
hepatitis B virus
LTFU
long‐term follow‐up
NA(s)
nucleos(t)ide analogue(s)
p22cr
22‐kD precore protein
PC
prescore
PEG‐IFN
peginterferon
qHBsAg
quantitative hepatitis B surface antigen
ROC
receiver operating characteristic
SD
standard deviation
ULN
upper limit of normal
作者: StephenW 时间: 2019-8-7 12:59
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Margo J. H. van Campenhout
Vincent Rijckborst
Willem Pieter Brouwer
Gertine W. van Oord
彼得费伦齐
Fehmi Tabak
Meral Akdogan
Binnur Pinarbasi
Krzysztof Simon
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首次发表：2019年5月28日 https://doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13117