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J Hepatol. 2018 Oct 24. pii: S0168-8278(18)32497-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2018.10.014. [Epub ahead of print]
HBsAg seroclearance further reduces hepatocellular carcinoma risk after complete viral suppression with nucleos(t)ide analogues.
Yip TC1, Wong GL2, Chan HL2, Tse YK1, Lam KL1, Lui GC3, Wong VW4.
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Institute of Digestive Disease, China; Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, China.
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Institute of Digestive Disease, China; Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, China; State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, China.
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Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, China; Division of Infectious Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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Institute of Digestive Disease, China; Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, China; State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS:
In treated patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) who have achieved complete viral suppression, it is unclear if functional cure as indicated by hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) seroclearance confers additional clinical benefit. We compared the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and hepatic events in nucleos(t)ide analogue (NA)-treated patients with and without HBsAg seroclearance.
METHODS:
We performed a territory-wide retrospective cohort study on all CHB patients who had received entecavir and/or tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) for at least 6 months between 2005 and 2016 from Hospital Authority, Hong Kong. Patients' demographics, comorbidities, and laboratory parameters were analyzed. The primary outcome was HCC. The secondary outcomes were hepatic events including cirrhotic complications, liver transplantation, and liver-related mortality.
RESULTS:
20,263 entecavir/TDF-treated CHB patients were identified; 17,499 (86.4%) patients had complete viral suppression; 376 (2.1%) further achieved HBsAg seroclearance. At a median (interquartile range) follow-up of 4.8 (2.8-7.0) years, 603 (3.5%) and 121 (4.4%) patients with and without complete viral suppression developed HCC; 2 (0.5%) patients with HBsAg seroclearance developed HCC. Compared to complete viral suppression, lack of complete viral suppression was associated with a higher risk of HCC (7.8% vs. 5.6% at 8 years, Gray's test, P<0.001) (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] 1.69, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.36-2.09; P<0.001); patients who achieved functional cure had a lower risk of HCC (0.6% vs. 5.6% at 8 years, Gray's test, P<0.001) (aHR 0.24, 95% CI 0.06-0.97; P=0.045) but not hepatic events (aHR 0.99, 95% CI 0.30-3.26; P=0.991).
CONCLUSIONS:
Patients who achieved HBsAg seroclearance on top of complete viral suppression with entecavir/TDF treatment may have a lower risk of HCC but not hepatic events.
LAY SUMMARY:
We investigated 20,263 nucleos(t)ide analogue (NA)-treated patients with chronic hepatitis B. NA-induced hepatitis B surface antigen seroclearance has a lower risk of hepatocellular carcinoma but not hepatic events when compared to complete viral suppression under prolonged NA treatment.
Copyright © 2018 European Association for the Study of the Liver. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
Antiviral therapy; Cohort study; Functional cure; HBsAg seroclearance
PMID:
30367899
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhep.2018.10.014
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