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Poor adherence is a contributor to viral breakthrough in patients with chronic hepatitis B
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Authors Wang L, Chen P, Zheng C
Received 6 September 2018
Accepted for publication 28 September 2018
Published 8 November 2018 Volume 2018:11 Pages 2179—2185
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S186719
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Peer reviewers approved by Dr Amy Norman
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Editor who approved publication: Professor Suresh Antony
Liguo Wang,1,* Peng Chen,2,* Chao Zheng3
1Department of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Fujian Province, China; 2Department of Emergency, Xinglin Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Fujian Province, China; 3Department of Respiratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Fujian Province, China
*These authors contributed equally to this work
Objective: The objective of this study was to explore the risk factors of poor adherence of nucleoside analogs (NUC) treatment in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients and the virological changes in patients with poor adherence.
Subjects and methods: A total of 205 CHB patients were enrolled. The patients’ demographic data and family history were collected. NUC adherence was calculated every 12 weeks as follows: number of NUC tablets taken by the patients was divided by the number of NUC tablets prescribed. NUC adherence > 90% was defined as good adherence of NUC treatment.
Results: NUC adherence of male patients was significantly lower than that of female patients. Adherence among patients with previous NUC treatment was poorer than that of patients without previous NUC treatment. Multivariate analysis indicated that female gender (OR =0.367, P=0.013) was the protective factor for NUC adherence in CHB patients, while pretreatment with NUC was the risk factor for NUC adherence (OR =3.209, P=0.002). A total of six patients in the good adherence group experienced virological breakthroughs while 15 of 77 patients in the poor adherence group experienced virological breakthroughs (P=0.001). Similar trends were observed in NUC resistance. Four of the 128 patients with good adherence developed NUC resistance while nine of the 77 patients with poor adherence developed resistance (P=0.015). Multivariate analysis suggested that pretreatment with NUC (OR =3.133, P=0.031), NUC drugs (OR = 3.951, P=0.010), and adherence (OR =2.749, P=0.046) were independent risk factors associated with virological breakthroughs and that NUC drugs (OR =7.083, P=0.005) and poor adherence (OR =4.951, P=0.009) were independent risk factors for NUC resistance.
Conclusion: Male gender and pretreatment with NUC were risk factors associated with NUC adherence. Poor NUC adherence is more likely to induce virological breakthroughs and NUC resistance. For patients with poor NUC adherence, it is necessary to give timely education to improve treatment adherence.
Keywords: chronic hepatitis B, adherence, nucleoside analogs, virological breakthroughs, risk factors |
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