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J Viral Hepat. 2019 Feb 23. doi: 10.1111/jvh.13084. [Epub ahead of print]
Sustained off-treatment viral control is associated with high Hepatitis B Surface Antigen seroclearance rates in Caucasian patients with Nucleos(t)ide Analogue induced HBeAg seroconversion.
Van Hees S1,2, Chi H3, Hansen B3,4, Bourgeois S1,5, Van Vlierberghe H6, Sersté T7, Francque S1,2, Wong D4, Sprengers D8, Moreno C9, Nevens F10, Janssen HLA3,4, Vanwolleghem T1,2,3.
Author information
1
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.
2
Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics, Antwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium.
3
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
4
Toronto Centre of Liver Disease, University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
5
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, ZNA Stuivenberg, Antwerp, Belgium.
6
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
7
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
8
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, GZA Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
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Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatopancreatology and Digestive Oncology, CUB Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
10
Department of Hepatology, University Hospitals KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Abstract
Nucleos(t)ide Analogue withdrawal has been described to result in significant Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) loss rates in patients with long-term viral suppression and negative HBeAg at the start of treatment. In these patients off-treatment HBsAg loss is often preceded by viral rebound with concomitant Alanine Aminotransferase flares. In the present study, we investigated off-treatment HBsAg loss in a multicentric, international observational cohort of patients with Nucleos(t)ide Analogue induced HBeAg seroconversion. Ninety eight mono-infected, predominantly male (74.4%) chronic hepatitis B patients of mixed ethnicity (43.9% Asians, 49.0% Caucasians) who stopped treatment at a median of 11.4 (6.1-18.0) months after HBeAg seroconversion were included. A total of 16 patients experienced Hepatitis B surface Antigen loss during a median follow-up of 42.8 (22.7-83.2) months after treatment cessation: 14 off-treatment and 2 after retreatment initiation with subsequent long-term viral suppression. All patients with off-treatment HBsAg loss showed persistently low ALT (<1.5xULN) and HBV DNA (<2000 IU/mL) levels after HBeAg seroconversion. Persistent viral control was associated with significantly higher annual HBsAg seroclearance rates (8.4%) than relapse with (1.5%; p=0.008) or without (0.0%; p=0.009) subsequent retreatment. In addition, Caucasian patients with sustained off-treatment viral control had >6-fold higher annual HBsAg loss rates compared to non-Caucasian patients (14.8% vs 2.3% respectively; p=0.004).Persistent viral control after treatment cessation following NA induced HBeAg seroconversion was associated with high HBsAg loss rates in Caucasian patients.
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KEYWORDS:
RRID ; Ethnicity; Hepatitis B Virus; Hepatitis B surface Antigen; SCR_002865; Sustained Virologic Response; Treatment cessation
PMID:
30801868
DOI:
10.1111/jvh.13084 |
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