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Kinetics in HBsAg after Stopping Entecavir or Tenofovir in Patients with Virological Relapse but Not Clinical Relapse
Tzu-Ning Tseng 1 , Yuan-Hung Kuo 1 , Tsung-Hui Hu 1 , Chao-Hung Hung 1 , Jing-Houng Wang 1 , Sheng-Nan Lu 1 , Chien-Hung Chen 1
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Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 833, Taiwan.
PMID: 35746660 DOI: 10.3390/v14061189
Abstract
This study investigated the kinetics in HBsAg and the HBsAg loss rate after entecavir or tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) cessation in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) who achieved virological suppression after virological relapse without clinical relapse. A total 504 HBeAg-negative, non-cirrhotic patients who previously received entecavir or TDF with post-treatment and who were followed up for at least 30 months were included. Of the 504 patients, 128 achieved sustained virological suppression (Group I), and 81 experienced virological relapse without clinical relapse. Of the 81 patients, 52 had intermittent or persistent HBV DNA > 2000 IU/mL (Group II), and 29 achieved persistent virological suppression (HBV DNA < 2000 IU/mL) for at least 1.5 years (Group III) after virological relapse. A generalized estimating equations analysis showed that Groups I and III experienced larger off-treatment HBsAg declines than Group II (both, p < 0.001). The post-treatment HBsAg declines of Group I and Group III were similar (p = 0.414). A multivariate analysis showed that there were no differences in the HBsAg change and HBsAg decline (p = 0.920 and 0.886, respectively) or HBsAg loss rate (p = 0.192) between Group I and Group III. The patients who achieved persistent viral suppression after HBV relapse without clinical relapse have a similar decline in HBsAg and the HBsAg loss rate as the sustained responders.
Keywords: HBsAg; entecavir; generalized estimating equations; tenofovir.
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NMRPG8G6102/Ministry of Science and Technology
CMRPG8F0221/Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
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