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Hepatitis B Core-Related Antigen and the Novel
Scale-B Score to Predict Relapse Risk after
Cessation of Nucleos(t)Ide Analogs in Patients
with Chronic Hepatitis B
Yao-Chun Hsu1, Mindie H. Nguyen2, Lien-Juei Mou3, Ming-
Shiang Wu4, Tzeng-Huey Yang5, Chieh-Chang Chen4,
Cheng-Hao Tseng6, Chi-Ming Tai6, Chun-Ying Wu7, Jaw-
Town Lin8, Yasuhito Tanaka9 and Chi-Yang Chang8, (1)I-Shou
University, (2)Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,
Stanford University Medical Center, (3)Tainan Municipal
Hospital, (4)National Taiwan University Hospital, (5)Lotung
Poh-Ai Hospital, (6)E-Da Hospital, (7)Taipei Veterans General
Hospital, (8)Fu-Jen Catholic University Hospital, (9)Nagoya
City University
Background: The risk of clinical flare and the chance
of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) loss are major
considerations for a finite nucleos(t)ide analogue (NA) therapy
in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). We aimed to develop
a risk score to predict clinical flare and HBsAg loss after NA
cessation. Methods: This prospective multicenter study
enrolled 135 CHB patients who stopped entecavir or tenofovir
after being treated for at least 3 years with viral remission
for a median of 25.2 months. All patients were serologically
HBeAg-negative without detectable viral DNA at NA cessation.
Study outcomes were clinical relapse and HBsAg loss. Risk
predictors including serum HBsAg and hepatitis B corerelated
antigen (HBcrAg) levels were explored using Cox
proportional hazard model and weighted by their regression
coefficients to develop a scoring system. Results: During a
median follow-up of 25.9 months, clinical relapse and HBsAg
loss occurred in 66 and 8 patients, respectively, with a 5-year
cumulative incidence of 56.14% (95% CI, 46.71-66.00%)
and 8.75% (95% CI, 4.30-17.37%), respectively. HBsAg,
HBcrAg, age, ALT, and tenofovir use were independent risk
factors. The SCALE-B score was calculated by the equation:
35*HBsAg (log IU/mL) + 20*HBcrAg (log U/mL) + 2*age (year)
+ ALT (U/L) + 40 for tenofovir use. The Harrell’s c indices of
the score for clinical relapse were 0.87, 0.88, 0.87, 0.85, and
0.90 at 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 years, respectively. Moreover, HBsAg
seroclearance exclusively occurred in the low-risk patients
according to the SCALE-B score. Conclusion: The novel
SCALE-B score based on serum levels of HBsAg, HBcrAg,
age, ALT, and tenofovir use can predict clinical relapse and
HBsAg loss after cessation of entecavir or tenofovir in patients
with CHB. |
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