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Differential HBV RNA and quantitative HBsAg kinetics between
HBeAg(+) and HBeAg(−) patients with chronic hepatitis B on
nucleos(t)ide analogues (NA)
Pir Ahmad Shah1, Rizwan Ishtiaq1, Satinder Pal Kaur1, Jeffrey Gersch2,
Saad Choudhry1, Mary Kuhns2, Gavin Cloherty2, Daryl Lau1. 1Beth
Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Medicine,
Boston, United States; 2Abbott Diagnostics, Infectious Disease Research
Email: [email protected].
Background and Aims: Functional cure with HBsAg clearance is a
desirable treatment goal. Patients with HBeAg (−) chronic hepatitis B
(CHB) have lower baseline quantitative HBsAg (qHBsAg) levels but do
not have higher rate of HBsAg loss on NA therapy.We aim to examine
the on-treatment HBV RNA and qHBsAg kinetics between HBeAg (+)
and (−) patients.Method: CHB patients on NA for at least 1 year with available stored
serial sera from baseline were included in this analysis. Serum HBV
RNA was measured using the Abbott research assay (Sensitivity: 1.65
log U/ml). Serum qHBsAg titers were determined by Abbott Architect
assay (Sensitivity: 0.05 IU/ml).
Results: This predominantly Asian (95%) cohort consisted of 29
HBeAg(+) and 12 HBeAg(−) CHB patients. The duration of therapy was
similar for the HBeAg (+) and (−) groups (58 vs. 55 months, p = 0.9).14
subjects achieved HBeAg loss after 5 to 74 months of therapy. None of
the HBeAg(−) subjects had functional cure. The HBeAg(−) patients
had significantly lower baseline DNA, RNA and qHBsAg levels
compared to the HBeAg(+) ones, and reached optimal HBV DNA
suppression (<1.3 log IU/ml) fastest. The decline of RNA and qHBsAg
from baseline to time of DNA <1.3 log IU/ml, in contrast, was much
slower among the HBeAg(−) patients [Table]. The 14 patients who
achieved HBeAg loss had the greatest initial reduction in RNA and
qHBsAg levels associated with HBV DNA suppression. At last follow
up, 5 of 14(35%) had RNA <1.65 U/ml but only 1 had HBsAg loss. In
contrast, none of the patients who remained HBeAg(+), and only 5
(42%) HBeAg(−) patients, achieved RNA <1.65 U/ml. The annual log
reduction of qHBsAg from baseline to last follow up was significantly
slower among the HBeAg(−) patients. [Table].
Conclusion: In this cohort, HBV RNA kinetics differentiated HBeAg
(+) CHB patients with and without HBeAg loss on long-term NA
therapy. HBeAg(−) subjects achieved optimal HBV DNA suppression
the fastest but had the slowest decline in HBV RNA and qHBsAg levels
over time. The kinetics of HBV RNA and qHBsAg decline elucidated
the low rate of treatment-related HBsAg loss among the HBeAg(−)
patients.
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