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AS095
A prospective study of nucleot(s)ide analogue discontinuation in
non-cirrhotic HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B patients:
interimanalysis at week 48 demonstrates profound reductions of
HBsAg associated with ALT flare
Samuel Hall1, Gareth Burns1, Miriam Levy2, John Lubel3,
Amanda Nicoll3, Gail Matthews4, Paul Desmond1, William Sievert5,
Scott Bowden6, Stephen Locarnini6, Jacinta Holmes1,
Kumar Visvanathan1, Alexander Thompson1. 1St. Vincent’s Hospital
Melbourne, Gastroenterology, Fitzroy, Australia; 2Liverpool Hospital,
Gastroenterology, Liverpool, Australia; 3Eastern Health,
Gastroenterology, Box Hill, Australia; 4St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney,
Gastroenterology, Darlinghurst, Australia; 5Monash Medical Centre,
Gastroenterology, Clayton, Australia; 6Victorian Infectious Diseases
Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Australia
Email: [email protected]
Background and Aims: Current guidelines recommend indefinite
Nucleot(s)ide Analogue (NA) therapy for patients with HBeAgnegative
CHB. However, sustained virological response (SVR) has
been described in patients after discontinuation of long-term NA
therapy, as well as HBsAg loss. The HBV-STOP study is a prospective
multi-centre study of NA discontinuation in patients who have
achieved long-term virological suppression on treatment. The study
describes clinical outcomes post-treatment discontinuation, with the
aim of identifying determinants of SVR.
Method: An interim narrative analysis of outcomes at week 48 post-
NA discontinuation was performed. The primary endpoint for the
study is outcomes at week 96. Inclusion criteria for the study were
HBeAg-negative, non-cirrhotic & virological suppression for ≥ 18
months on NA therapy uninterrupted for ≥ 2 years. Criteria for
recommencing NA therapy were HBV DNA >2000 IU/mL with either
ALT >5× ULN for ≥ 16 weeks or ALT >10× ULN for ≥ 8 weeks, INR ≥ 1.5,
Bilirubin >2× ULN, ascites, hepatic encephalopathy and investigator
discretion.
Results: The cohort is fully enrolled and data are currently available
for 90/111 patients. At baseline, median age was 55 yrs, 58% were
male, 83% were Asian. Median HBsAg level was 699 (250–1819) IU/
mL. All patients were non-cirrhotic. Virological reactivation occurred
in all, with median time to detection 8 (4–12)weeks. Atweek 48, four
(4%) patients have experienced HBsAg loss, 42 (47%) had DNA
<2,000 IU/mL, 13 (14%) had DNA >2,000 and ALT >2× ULN, and 10
(11%) had restarted treatment. Patients who achieved HBsAg loss had
low baseline HBsAg levels (HBsAg loss: median baseline HBsAg level
= 3.1 IU/ml in HBsAg loss vs. 776 IU/mL in patients with no HBsAg
loss). The overall median reduction in HBsAg was 68 IU/mL at week
48. 21 (23%) have experienced an ALT flare >10× ULN. ALT flare was
associated with reduction in HBsAg level. Median reduction of
HBsAg level from the flare time-point to week 48 was 2800(106–6090) IU/mL (vs 41.7 IU/mL in patients with peak ALT <10× ULN,
p-value =<0.001).
Conclusion: In this interim analysis, stopping NA therapy was
associated with virological relapse, but at week 48 only 11% had
restarted NA therapy. ALT flare >10xULNwas observed in 23% andwas
associated with profound reductions in HBsAg levels, suggesting that
immunological flare may be important for achieving HBsAg loss.
HBsAg loss itself was observed in a minority at week 48. |
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