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Gut doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2014-308546
Hepatology
Original article
Baseline quantitative hepatitis B core antibody titre alone strongly predicts HBeAg seroconversion across chronic hepatitis B patients treated with peginterferon or nucleos(t)ide analogues
Open Access
Rong Fan1,
Jian Sun1,
Quan Yuan2,
Qing Xie3,
Xuefan Bai4,
Qin Ning5,
Jun Cheng6,
Yanyan Yu7,
Junqi Niu8,
Guangfeng Shi9,
Hao Wang10,
Deming Tan11,
Mobin Wan12,
Shijun Chen13,
Min Xu14,
Xinyue Chen15,
Hong Tang16,
Jifang Sheng17,
Fengmin Lu18,
Jidong Jia19,
Hui Zhuang18,
Ningshao Xia2,
Jinlin Hou1,20,
Chronic Hepatitis B Study Consortium
- Author Affiliations
1State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Viral Hepatitis Research, Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology Unit, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
2State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
3Department of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
4Department of Infectious Diseases, Tangdu Hospital, Xi'an, China
5Department and Institute of Infectious Disease, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
6Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
7Department of Infectious Diseases, First Hospital of Peking University, Beijing, China
8Department of Hepatology, First Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, China
9Department of Infectious Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
10Hepatology Unit, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
11Department of Infectious Diseases, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
12Department of Infectious Diseases, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai, China
13Ji'nan Infectious Diseases Hospital, Ji'nan, China
148th People's Hospital, Guangzhou, China
15Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
16Department of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Chengdu, China
17Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang University 1st Affiliated Hospital, Hangzhou, China
18Department of Microbiology, Health science Center, Peking University, Beijing, China
19Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
20Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Correspondence to Professor Jinlin Hou, Hepatology Unit, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China; [email protected] and Professor Ningshao Xia, National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361105, China; [email protected]
Received 8 October 2014
Revised 5 December 2014
Accepted 23 December 2014
Published Online First 13 January 2015
Abstract
Objective The investigation regarding the clinical significance of quantitative hepatitis B core antibody (anti-HBc) during chronic hepatitis B (CHB) treatment is limited. The aim of this study was to determine the performance of anti-HBc as a predictor for hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) seroconversion in HBeAg-positive CHB patients treated with peginterferon (Peg-IFN) or nucleos(t)ide analogues (NUCs), respectively.
Design This was a retrospective cohort study consisting of 231 and 560 patients enrolled in two phase IV, multicentre, randomised, controlled trials treated with Peg-IFN or NUC-based therapy for up to 2 years, respectively. Quantitative anti-HBc evaluation was conducted for all the available samples in the two trials by using a newly developed double-sandwich anti-HBc immunoassay.
Results At the end of trials, 99 (42.9%) and 137 (24.5%) patients achieved HBeAg seroconversion in the Peg-IFN and NUC cohorts, respectively. We defined 4.4 log10 IU/mL, with a maximum sum of sensitivity and specificity, as the optimal cut-off value of baseline anti-HBc level to predict HBeAg seroconversion for both Peg-IFN and NUC. Patients with baseline anti-HBc ≥4.4 log10 IU/mL and baseline HBV DNA <9 log10 copies/mL had 65.8% (50/76) and 37.1% (52/140) rates of HBeAg seroconversion in the Peg-IFN and NUC cohorts, respectively. In pooled analysis, other than treatment strategy, the baseline anti-HBc level was the best independent predictor for HBeAg seroconversion (OR 2.178; 95% CI 1.577 to 3.009; p<0.001).
Conclusions Baseline anti-HBc titre is a useful predictor of Peg-IFN and NUC therapy efficacy in HBeAg-positive CHB patients, which could be used for optimising the antiviral therapy of CHB.
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