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Ann Hepatol. 2018 Mar 1;17(2):232-241. doi: 10.5604/01.3001.0010.8640.
Long-Term Follow-up and Quantitative Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Monitoring in North American Chronic HBV Carriers.O'Neil CR1, Congly SE2, Rose MS3, Lee SS2, Borman MA2, Charlton CL4, Osiowy C5, Swain MG2, Burak KW2, Coffin CS6.
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1Division of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.2University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Calgary Liver Unit, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.3Research Facilitation, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.4University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology.5National Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.6Calgary Liver Unit, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
AbstractINTRODUCTION: Quantitative hepatitis B surface antigen (qHBsAg) combined with HBV DNA may be useful for predicting chronic hepatitis B (CHB) activity and nucleoside analogue (NA) response.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: In this retrospective cohort study we evaluated qHBsAg levels according to CHB disease phase and among patients on treatment. Random effect logistic regression analysis was used to analyze qHBsAg change with time in the NA-treated cohort.
RESULTS: 545 CHB carriers [56% M, median age 48 y (IQR 38-59), 73% Asian] had qHBsAg testing. In the untreated group (44%), 8% were classified as immune tolerant, 10% immune clearance, 40% inactive, and 43% had HBeAg- CHB and the median HBsAg levels were 4.6 (IQR 3.4-4.9), 4.0 (IQR 3.4-4.5), 2.9 (IQR 1.4-3.8), and 3.2 log IU/mL (IQR 2.6-4.0), respectively; p < 0.001. In the NA-treated group (28% entecavir, 68% tenofovir, 4% lamivudine), no significant change in qHBsAg levels occurred with time, 19% of patients on long-term NA had sustained qHBsAg < 2 log10 IU/mL.
CONCLUSION: qHBsAg titers were associated with CHB phase and remained stable in those on long-term NA. A significant number of treated patients had low-level qHBsAg, of which some may be eligible for treatment discontinuation without risk of flare.
KEYWORDS: Chronic Hepatitis B. Natural History. Disease Phase. Nucleoside Analogues. Diagnostic Test. Canada.
PMID:29469040DOI:10.5604/01.3001.0010.8640
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