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Tenofovir alafenamide fumarate therapy for the prevention of hepatitis B vertical transmission in highly viremic mothers with chronic hepatitis B
TAF in Pregnancy Helps Prevent Maternal Transmission of HBV to Infants
AASLD The Liver Meeting Digital Experience, November 13-16, 2020
Mark Mascolini
Tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) taken during the second and third trimester helped prevent mother-to-child transmission of HBV in a 71-woman, 73-infant nationwide observational analysis in China [1]. A similar 116-woman/117-infant study in China will be presented later at AASLD The Liver Meeting [2]. Both studies involved women with chronic HBV infection and an HBV load above 200,000 IU/mL.
Researchers who conducted the 71-woman study [1] noted that randomized controlled trials found lower perinatal transmission of HBV in women with high HBV loads taking the anti-HBV agents lamivudine, telbivudine, and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF). To assess the impact of TAF in preventing HBV transmission, a China/US team planned this multicenter, single-arm national cohort study [1], which was published online a few months before AASLD The Liver Meeting [3].
The investigators retrospectively enrolled women positive for HBeAg (indicating active HBV infection) with HBV DNA above 200,000 IU/mL. All women took TAF to prevent perinatal HBV transmission between December 4, 2018 and May 18, 2020. At birth infants received hepatitis B immunoglobulin, and they got the HBV vaccination at birth, 1 month, and 6 months.
The 71 women enrolled averaged 30.3 years in age when they started TAF in the second or third trimester. They took this anti-HBV nucleotide for an average 12.8 weeks until delivery. Neither women nor infants had severe adverse effects, and infants had no congenital defects or malformations. Growth measures in infants did not vary much from national standards for physical development. Eleven of 71 women (15.5%) had postpartum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) flares, with an average ALT peak of 140.2 U/mL.
Adherence to daily TAF before delivery stood at 77.5%. Sixty-one of 71 women (86%) reached an HBV DNA load below 200,000 IU/mL by delivery. HBV DNA dwindled by an average 3.69 log10 IU/mL from starting TAF to delivery, when HBV load averaged 4.09 log10 IU/mL (about 12,000 IU/mL).
After completing the immunoprophylaxis described above by age 24 to 28 weeks, all infants tested negative for HBsAg (indicating current HBV infection) and had undetectable HBV DNA (below 100 IU/mL). Two thirds of infants breastfed, and this did not affect chances of HBV acquisition.
The researchers concluded that TAF prophylaxis during pregnancy raises no safety concerns for mothers or infants and contributes to prevention of mother-to-child HBV transmission. They called for prospective studies with longer follow-up to confirm their results. Meanwhile, the investigators believe their study “suggests that TAF should be considered as one of the first-line treatments for preventing mother to child transmission [of HBV] in this special population” [3].
References
1. Ding Y, Cao L, Zhu L, et al. Tenofovir alafenamide fumarate therapy for the prevention of hepatitis B vertical transmission in highly viremic mothers with chronic hepatitis B. AASLD The Liver Meeting Digital Experience, November 13-16, 2020. Abstract 20.
2. Zeng QL, Yu Z, Wang FS. Tenofovir alafenamide to prevent perinatal hepatitis B transmission in mothers with high viral load: a multicenter, prospective, observational study. AASLD The Liver Meeting Digital Experience, November 13-16, 2020. Abstract 160.
3. Ding Y, Cao L, Zhu L, et al. Efficacy and safety of tenofovir alafenamide fumarate for preventing mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus: a national cohort study. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020;52:1377-1386. doi: 10.1111/apt.16043. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/apt.16043 |
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