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Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015 Aug 4. pii: S1198-743X(15)00784-3. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.07.023. [Epub ahead of print]
10-years follow-up of hepatitis B relapse after cessation of lamivudine or telbivudine treatment in chronic hepatitis B patients.Pan HY1, Pan HY2, Chen L3, Yang DH4, Huang HJ5, Tong YX6, Chen CR7, Yan J8.
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- 1Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, University of Zhejiang Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
- 2Department of Medicine, Pujiang People's Hospital, Zhejiang, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
- 3Zhejiang Chinese Medicinal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
- 4Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, University of Zhejiang Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
- 5Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, University of Zhejiang Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
- 6Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, University of Zhejiang Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
- 7Department of Internal Medicine, Hangzhou XiXi hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
- 8Department of Internal Medicine, Hangzhou XiXi hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
AbstractBACKGROUND & AIMS: The high rate of relapse after cessation of nucleos(t)ide analogues (NUCs) treatment in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients leads us to re-assess the feasibility for off-therapy, but long-term follow-up data are scarce. We assessed the feasibility for off-therapy by a long-term observation of relapse in response to lamivudine (LAM) and telbivudine (LdT).
METHODS: 86 NUCs-naïve CHB patients, treated with LAM (n=46) or LdT (n=40) who reached the guidelines recommended for off-therapy were followed for up to 10-years. Hepatitis B virus (HBV), viral serology and biochemistries were periodically determined. COX model was used to predict the risk of relapse.
RESULTS: 52.3% of patients relapsed within a median of 115-months (61-122). 93.3% of relapses occurred within 48-months. Relapse rates in HBeAg-positive (n=56) and HBeAg-negative (n=30) patients were 39.3% and 72.9%, respectively (P<0.01). HBeAg-positive patients who achieved an early viral response (EVR), defined as undetectable HBV-DNA within 6-months, had a lower relapse rate compared to non-EVR patients (21.4% versus 59.2%, P<0.01). EVR patients had both lower HBV-DNA (<106copies/mL) at baseline and lower HBsAg at end of treatment had a relapse rate of 10.7%.
CONCLUSIONS: The high relapse rates in CHB patients over this 10-years follow-up make LAM or LdT off-therapy infeasible in most of the cases, except in the case of HBsAg loss and/or seroconversion. HBeAg-positive patients with EVR, lower HBV-DNA, HBsAg had lower relapse rates and could be good candidates for off-therapy. Long-term monitoring, especially during the first 4 years, is critical for off-therapy patients.
Copyright © 2015. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
KEYWORDS: chronic; durability; hepatitis B; long-term; nucleoside analogues
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