Aspirin Use and Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B With or Without Cirrhosis
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)
TAKE-HOME MESSAGE
This interesting study looked at the impact of aspirin use on various outcomes in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) with or without cirrhosis. Over 300,000 patients with CHB and at least 90 days of consecutive aspirin use were evaluated. In patients without cirrhosis, aspirin use had a protective effect on the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and caused a reduction in the risk of liver-associated mortality. This effect was not noted in patients with cirrhosis. No increased risk of bleeding was noted with aspirin use.
In patients with CHB without cirrhosis, there may be a benefit to long-term aspirin use in terms of reduced risk of HCC development and liver-associated mortality.
– Natasha von Roenn, MD
abstract
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS
Studies on differential effect of aspirin therapy on HCC risk across the spectrum of liver diseases are lacking. We investigated the association between aspirin use and risks of HCC, liver-associated death, and major bleeding in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients with or without cirrhosis.
APPROACH AND RESULTS
We identified 329,635 eligible adults with CHB from 2007 through 2017, using the Korean National Health Insurance Service database, including patients who received aspirin for ≥90 consecutive days (n = 20,200) and patients who never received antiplatelet therapy (n = 309,435). Risks of HCC, liver-associated mortality, and major bleeding were estimated in a propensity-score-matched cohort (19,003 pairs), accounting for competing risks. With a median follow-up of 6.7 years, 10-year cumulative incidence of HCC was 9.5% in the aspirin-treated group and 11.3% in the untreated group (adjusted subdistribution hazard ratio [aSHR], 0.85; 95% CI, 0.78-0.92). However, among patients with cirrhosis (2479 pairs), an association of aspirin use with HCC risk was not evident (aSHR, 1.00; 95% CI, 0.85-1.18). Cirrhosis status had a significant effect on the association between aspirin use and HCC risk (pinteraction , n = 0.04). Aspirin use was also associated with lower liver-associated mortality (aSHR, 0.80; 95% CI, 0.71-0.90). Moreover, aspirin use was not associated with major bleeding risk (aSHR, 1.09; 95% CI, 0.99-1.21).
CONCLUSIONS
Aspirin use was associated with reduced risks of HCC and liver-associated mortality in adults with CHB. Cirrhosis status had a substantial effect on the association between aspirin use and HCC risk. 作者: StephenW 时间: 2022-8-11 15:04