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P0654
LONG-TERM SUSTAINED SUPPRESSION OF VIRAL REPLICATION
IS ASSOCIATED WITH LOW HBsAg LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH
CHRONIC HEPATITIS B (CHB) TREATED WITH NUCLEOS(T)IDE
ANALOGUES (NUCS)
E. Sua´ rez1, M. Prieto2, C.A. Navascue´ s3, E. Hoyas1, V. Hontagas2,
M.L. Gonz´ alez-Gieguez3, B. Figueruela1, M. Garc´ıa-Eliz2,
M. Rodr´ıguez3. 1Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitario Valme,
Sevilla, 2Hepatology, Hospital Universitario Polit´ecnico La Fe, Valencia,
3Hepatology, Hospital Central Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
E-mail: [email protected]
Background and Aims: The ideal endpoint of CHB treatment is loss
of HBsAg but this is rarely achieved in patients treated with NUCs.
The aims of the study were to assess long-term HBsAg levels in
patients treated with NUCs and to identify factors associated with
low HBsAg levels.
Methods: The study population consisted of 224 patients treated
with NUCs for at least 1 yr. HBV-DNA levels were assessed
by a TR-PCR assay and HBsAg levels by an ELISA quantitative
method. Low HBsAg levels were defined as HBsAg <1000 IU/mL.
Sustained virological response time (SVRT) was defined as the time
elapsed between confirmed negativization of HBV-DNA and the last
available HBV-DNA result.
Results: 70% of patients were male with mean age of 44.7±12 yrs;
most of them had genotype D (59%) or A (30%), 28% were HBeAg+
and 22% had cirrhosis at baseline. Mean pre-treatment HBV-DNA
levels were 6.08±1.47 log IU/mL and mean baseline ALT levels were
129±159 U/mL. First line of treatment consisted of first generation
NUCs in 50% of the cases and second generation NUCs in the
remaining 50%. Median duration of treatment and SVRT were
6 yrs (range:1–15 yrs) and 4.6 yrs (range:0–12.6 yrs), respectively.
31% patients developed resistance to some NUC during treatment.
At the last follow-up, HBV-DNA was negative in 97% of the patients
and median HBsAg levels were 1606 IU/mL (range:1–21000 IU/mL).
Last HBsAg levels were <1000 IU/mL and <100 IU/mL in 40.2%
and 12.5% of the patients, respectively. Mean HBsAg levels were
4268±4293 IU/mL in patients treated <5 yrs, 2640±3244 IU/mL in
those treated 5–10 yrs, and 1480±2217 IU/mL in those treated
>10 yrs (p = 0.007 between <5 yrs and 5–10 yrs; p = 0.01 between
5–10 yrs and >10 yrs). Variables associated with low HBsAg levels
in the univariate analysis: male sex (p = 0.001), development
of NUC resistance (p = 0.01), baseline HBV-DNA <5.8 log IU/mL
(p = 0.01), treatment for more than 5 yrs (p < 0.001), and SVRT
>4 yrs (p < 0.001). Male sex (OR 2.06, 95% CI: 1.05–4.02, p = 0.01),
baseline HBV-DNA <5.8 log IU/mL (OR 2.06, 95% CI: 1.05–4.02,
p = 0.01), and SVRT >4 yrs (OR 2.91, 95% CI: 1.43–5.89, p = 0.01) were
independently associated with low HBsAg levels in the multivariate
analysis.
Conclusions: Long-term treatment with NUCs achieves suppression
of viral replication in nearly all patients with CHB and low
HBsAg levels in a significant proportion of them. This sustained
suppression of viral replication seems to be playing a significant
role in obtaining low HBsAg levels with its potential clinical
implications.
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