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Aliment Pharmacol Ther
. 2020 May 26.
doi: 10.1111/apt.15741. Online ahead of print.
Extremely Low Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Development in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B in Immune-Tolerant Phase
Han Ah Lee 1 , Hyun Woong Lee 2 , In Hee Kim 3 , Soo Young Park 4 , Dong Hyun Sinn 5 , Jung Hwan Yu 6 , Yeon Seok Seo 1 , Soon Ho Um 1 , Jung Il Lee 2 , Kwan Sik Lee 2 , Chang Hun Lee 3 , Won Young Tak 4 , Young Oh Kweon 4 , Wonseok Kang 5 , Yong-Han Paik 5 , Jin-Woo Lee 6 , Sang Jun Suh 7 , Young Kul Jung 7 , Beom Kyung Kim 8 9 , Jun Yong Park 8 9 , Do Young Kim 8 9 , Sang Hoon Ahn 8 9 , Kwang-Hyub Han 8 9 , Hyung Joon Yim 7 , Seung Up Kim 8 9
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PMID: 32452564 DOI: 10.1111/apt.15741
Abstract
Background: Anti-viral therapy is not indicated for patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) in the immune-tolerant phase.
Aims: To investigate the cumulative incidence of phase change and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and independent predictors for phase change in patients with CHB in immune-tolerant phase.
Methods: In total, 946 patients in immune-tolerant phase, defined as hepatitis B e antigen positivity, HBV-DNA >20 000 IU/mL and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤40 IU/L, between 1989 and 2017 were enrolled from eight institutes.
Results: The mean age of study population (429 men and 517 women) was 36.7 years. The mean ALT and HBV-DNA levels were 24.6 IU/L and 8.50 log10 IU/mL, respectively. Of the study population, 476 (50.3%) patients remained in immune-tolerant phase throughout the study period (median: 63.6 months). The cumulative incidence rates of phase change and HCC at 10 years were 70.7% and 1.7%, respectively. Multivariate analyses revealed that HBV-DNA level >107 IU/mL was associated independently with a reduced risk of phase change (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.734, P = 0.008), whereas a high ALT level, above the cut-off recommended in the Korean Association for the Study of the Liver guidelines (34 IU/L for men and 30 IU/L for women), was associated independently with a greater risk of phase change (HR = 1.885, P < 0.001).
Conclusions: The criterion of HBV-DNA level > 107 IU/mL may be useful to define immune-tolerant phase. In addition, an extremely low risk of HCC development was observed in patients with CHB in immune-tolerant phase.
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