Digestive Diseases and Sciences
March 2017, Volume 62, Issue 3, pp 784–793
Effectiveness and Safety of Entecavir or Tenofovir in a Spanish Cohort of Chronic Hepatitis B Patients: Validation of the Page-B Score to Predict Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- Mar Riveiro-Barciela
- David Tabernero
- José L. Calleja
- Sabela Lens
- María L. Manzano
- Francisco Gea Rodríguez
- Javier Crespo
- Belén Piqueras
- Juan M. Pascasio
- Carmen Comas
- Maria L. Gutierrez
- Alberto Aguirre
- Emilio Suárez
- Javier García-Samaniego
- Miguel Rivero
- Mar Riveiro-Barciela
- David Tabernero
- José L. Calleja
- Sabela Lens
- María L. Manzano
- Francisco Gea Rodríguez
- Javier Crespo
- Belén Piqueras
- Juan M. Pascasio
- Carmen Comas
- Maria L. Gutierrez
- Alberto Aguirre
- Emilio Suárez
- Javier García-Samaniego
- Miguel Rivero
- Doroteo Acero
- Miguel Fernandez-Bermejo
- Diego Moreno
- Pilar Sánchez-Pobre
- Beatriz de Cuenca
- J. J Moreno-Palomares
- Rafael Esteban
- Maria Buti
Email author
- 1.Liver Unit, Department of Internal MedicineHospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron and Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
- 2.Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd)Instituto de Salud Carlos IIIMadridSpain
- 3.Liver Pathology Unit, Departments of Biochemistry and Microbiology (Virology Unit)Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron and Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
- 4.Liver Unit, Hospital U. Puerta de HierroUniversidad Autonoma de MadridMajadahondaSpain
- 5.Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic de BarcelonaIDIBAPSBarcelonaSpain
- 6.Digestive Diseases DepartmentHospital Universitario 12 de octubreMadridSpain
- 7.Digestive Diseases DepartmentHospital Universitario Ramón y CajalMadridSpain
- 8.Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, Hospital Universitario Valdecilla, IDIVALFacultad de MedicinaSantanderSpain
- 9.Digestive Diseases DepartmentHospital Universitario de FuenlabradaFuenlabradaSpain
- 10.Digestive Diseases DepartmentHospital Universitario Virgen del RocíoSevilleSpain
- 11.Digestive Diseases DepartmentHospital Universitario Infanta SofíaSan Sebastián de los ReyesSpain
- 12.Digestive Diseases DepartmentHospital Universitario Fundación AlcorcónAlcorcónSpain
- 13.Digestive Diseases DepartmentHospital Universitario Severo OchoaLeganésSpain
- 14.Digestive Diseases DepartmentHospital Universitario Virgen de ValmeSevilleSpain
- 15.Liver Unit, Hospital Universitario La PazIdiPAZMadridSpain
- 16.Digestive Diseases DepartmentHospital Universitario del SuresteArganda del ReySpain
- 17.Digestive Diseases DepartmentHospital Universitario de Girona Dr. Josep TruetaGironaSpain
- 18.Digestive Diseases DepartmentHospital San Pedro de AlcántaraCáceresSpain
- 19.Digestive Diseases DepartmentHospital Universitario de MóstolesMóstolesSpain
- 20.Digestive Diseases DepartmentHospital Clínico San CarlosMadridSpain
- 21.Digestive Diseases DepartmentHospital Infanta CristinaParlaSpain
- 22.Internal Medicine DepartmentHospital General de SegoviaSegoviaSpain
Original ArticleFirst Online: 11 January 2017
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-017-4448-7
Cite this article as: Riveiro-Barciela, M., Tabernero, D., Calleja, J.L. et al. Dig Dis Sci (2017) 62: 784. doi:10.1007/s10620-017-4448-7
AbstractBackgroundLong-term antiviral therapy has resulted in viral suppression and biochemical response in chronic hepatitis B, although the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma has not been abolished. The Page-B score could be useful to estimate the probability of HCC.
AimsTo analyze the effectiveness and safety of entecavir or tenofovir for more than 4 years and the usefulness of Page-B score in the real-world setting.
MethodsAnalysis of Caucasian chronic hepatitis B subjects treated with entecavir or tenofovir from the prospective, multicenter database CIBERHEP.
ResultsA total of 611 patients were enrolled: 187 received entecavir and 424 tenofovir. Most were men, mean age 50 years, 32% cirrhotic and 16.5% HBeAg-positive. Mean follow-up was 55 (entecavir) and 49 (tenofovir) months. >90% achieved HBV DNA <69 IU/mL and biochemical normalization by months 12 and 36, respectively. Cumulative HBeAg loss and anti-HBe seroconversion were achieved by 33.7 and 23.8%. Four patients lost HBsAg; three HBeAg-positive. Renal function remained stable on long-term follow-up. Fourteen (2.29%) developed HCC during follow-up all of them with baseline Page-B ≥10. Nine were diagnosed within the first 5 years of therapy. This contrasts with the 27 estimated by Page-B, a difference that highlights the importance of regular HCC surveillance even in patients with virological suppression.
ConclusionsEntecavir and tenofovir achieved high biochemical and virological response. Renal function remained stable with both drugs. A Page-B cut-off ≥10 selected all patients at risk of HCC development.
KeywordsHepatitis BHepatocellular carcinomaPage-BTenofovirEntecavirEffectivenessSafety
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