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HIGH RATES OF SURFACE ANTIGEN LOSS AND SUSTAINED VIRAL SUPPRESSION IN ASIAN CHRONIC HEPATITIS B PATIENTS TREATED WITH ORAL ANTIVIRAL THERAPY: COMMUNITY-BASED REAL WORLD OUTCOMES
Author(s): Robert Wong
, My Nguyen
, Chuck Chan
, Huy Trinh
, Andrew Huynh
, Mytop Ly
, Huy Nguyen
, Khanh Nguyen
, Sharon Torres
, Jenny Yang
, Benny Liu
, Ruel Garcia
, Taft Bhuket
, Brian Levitt
, Eduardo DaSilvera
, Robert Gish
FRI-141
Topic: Hepatitis B & D - clinical (therapy, new compounds, resistance)
Background and aims
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. While the majority of chronic HBV patients are from Asian-Pacific regions, large community-based real world outcomes on the effectiveness of antiviral therapies among this cohort are limited. The most definitive endpoint of antiviral therapy, surface antigen (HBsAg) loss with complete viral suppression and normalization of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), is rare. Furthermore, whether HBsAg loss correlates with undetectable virus and normalization of ALT on treatment, or risk of seroreversion or detectable virus after stopping therapy is not well reported. We aim to evaluate rates of HBsAg loss, baseline predictors of HBsAg loss, normalization of ALT and undetectable virus, and rates of HBsAg seroreversion or re-emergence of detectable virus among chronic HBV patients.
Methods
We retrospectively evaluated 1,072 adults (age >18) with chronic HBV on oral antiviral therapy at two large community gastroenterology clinics from June 1997 to October 2015. The majority (98.1%) were Asian ethnicity. Rates of HBsAg loss, normalization of ALT, achieving undetectable virus, and developing surface antibody (anti-HBs) were stratified by HBeAg status. Following HBsAg loss, rates of HBsAg seroreversion or re-emergence of detectable virus were analyzed. Multivariate logistic regression models evaluated for baseline and on-treatment predictors of HBsAg loss.
Results
With a mean follow up of 81.6 months and mean duration of treatment of 76.7 months, overall rate of HBsAg loss was 4.77% (n=51), with similar rates between HBeAg positive and negative patients (Table). Among HBsAg loss patients, 31.4% developed anti-HBs, 94.1% achieved undetectable virus, and 66.0% normalized ALT. Only 3.92% (n=2) who achieved HBsAg loss had detectable virus, whereas 17.3% (n=9) of HBsAg loss patients had seroreversion of positive HBsAg within 1-32 months. All 9 patients who seroreverted had sustained undetectable virus. No significant associations between baseline characteristics (age, ALT, platelets, HBeAg, FIB-4 score, APRI score) and HBsAg loss were seen.
Conclusions
Among a large community-based cohort of Asian chronic HBV patients, high rates of HBsAg loss were achieved with antiviral therapy. While 17.3% of patients experienced HBsAg seroreversion, all of these patients remained viral load undetectable, demonstrating the sustainability of HBsAg loss in most patients and stable suppression of HBV viral load.
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