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Resistance is no Longer a Problem with Entecavir and Tenofovir
Seng Gee Lim,
Guan Huei Lee,
Kieron Lim,
Poh Seng Tan
Abstract
The treatment of chronic hepatitis B has been transformed with the advent of nucleos(t)ide analogues. With this came the recognition of viral resistance which was defined as rebound of viral HBV DNA >1 log from nadir associated with genotypic mutations of viral resistance. Resistance was associated with loss of efficacy, with the clinical consequences of viral relapse, reactivation of chronic hepatitis B, increased risk of hepatitis B flares, liver decompensation, and increased mortality especially in cirrhotic patients. Resistance rates varied between different nucleos(t)ide analogues and were generally classified as low or high genetic barrier to resistance. Different pathways to development of viral resistance were recognized, with therapeutic options for rescue therapy determined by such pathways. The two high genetic barrier drugs, entecavir and tenofovir showed remarkably low or absence of viral resistance in treatment naïve patients over 5 years or longer of therapy. However in treatment-experienced patients, particularly those with viral resistance, results were less optimal. For entecavir, prior lamivudine resistance conferred an entecavir resistance rate of 43 % over 5 years while with tenofovir, although resistance did not seem apparent, patients with prior adefovir resistance had suboptimal responses to tenofovir therapy. In cases of multiresistant hepatitis B virus defined as resistance to at least two nucleos(t)ide analogues in the same viral strain, rescue with a combination of tenofovir and entecavir appeared highly efficacious. Consequently, the optimistic view that these new drugs lead to absence of resistance needs to be tempered by the larger burden of drug experienced and drug resistant patients compared to treatment naïve patients. Furthermore, it is unclear whether resistance may be a concern with high genetic barrier drugs after one or two decades of therapy. In time, it is possible that with the increasing use of high genetic barrier drugs, viral resistance will be a lesser problem, but unlikely to disappear completely
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