Simplifying Treatment Criteria in Chronic Hepatitis B: Reducing Barriers to Elimination
Robert J Wong 1 2 , Harvey W Kaufman 3 , Justin K Niles 3 , Hema Kapoor 3 , Robert G Gish 4
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PMID: 35594550 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac385
Abstract
Background: Early, sustained hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA suppression reduces long-term risks of hepatocellular carcinoma. Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) treatment criteria are complex. Simplifying criteria will improve timely linkage-to-therapy. We evaluated treatment eligibility patterns among U.S. CHB patients and propose stepwise simplification of CHB treatment criteria.
Methods: Using 2016-2020 Quest Diagnostics data, treatment eligibility among CHB patients (two positive HBV tests [HBsAg, HBeAg, or HBV DNA] ≥6 months apart) was evaluated using American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD), European Association for Study of the Liver (EASL), Asian Pacific Association for Study of the Liver (APASL), and Asian American Treatment Algorithm (AATA) criteria.
Results: Among 84,916 CHB patients, 6.7%, 6.2%, 5.8%, and 16.4% met AASLD, EASL, APASL, and AATA criteria, respectively. Among treatment-ineligible CHB patients, proportion with significant fibrosis (AST platelet ratio index >0.5) were 10.4%, 10.4%, 10.8%, and 7.7% based on AASLD, EASL, APASL, and AATA, respectively. In the proposed treatment simplification, proportion of CHB patients eligible for therapy increased from 10.3% for step 1 (HBV DNA >20,000 IU/mL, elevated ALT) to 14.1% for step 2 (HBV >2,000 IU/mL, elevated ALT), 33.5% for step 3 (HBV DNA >2,000 IU/mL, any ALT), and 87.2% for step 4 (detectable HBV DNA, any ALT).
Conclusions: A large proportion of CHB patients not meeting established treatment criteria have significant fibrosis. Simplifying criteria to treat all patients with detectable HBV DNA will reduce complexity and heterogeneity in assessing treatment eligibility, improving treatment rates and progress towards HBV elimination.
Keywords: AASLD; EASL; antivirals; hepatitis B virus; treatment eligibility.
这篇文章其实就是在吉利德赞助下 Rob Wong牵头和美国一家叫Quest Diagnostics做检测的公司和Hepatitis B Foundation的Robert G Gish合作研究了一下不同指南下符合治疗的人群的百分比,然后自己提出了四种简化标准,报告了一下每种标准下的符合治疗的人群的百分比是多少,仅此而已。就是数个数。文章的目的压根就不是说提出一个固定新标准。
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Financial support. This study was supported by Gilead Sciences (investigator-initiated research study grant).
Potential conflicts of interest. R. J. W. has received funding (to his insti- tution) from Gilead Sciences, and has served as a consultant and on the ad- visory board for Gilead Sciences. H. W. K., J. K. N., and H. K. are employees of and H. W. K. and H. K. own stock in Quest Diagnostics. R. G. G. reports grants received from Gilead Sciences; has served as an advisor or consultant to Abbott, AbbVie, Altimunne, Antios, Arrowhead, Dynavax, Eiger, Eisai, Enyo, Genentech, Genlantis, Gerson Lehrman Group, Gilead Sciences, Helios, HepaTX, HepQuant, Intercept, Janssen, Merck, Pfizer, Topography Health, Venatorx, Prodigy, Fibronostics, Fujifilm/Wako, Perspectum, Quest, and Sonic Incytes; has served on the data safety mon- itoring board for Altimmune, Arrowhead, CymaBay Therapeutics, and Durect; has served on the speaker’s bureau for AbbVie, BMS, Eisai, Genentech, Gilead Sciences, and Intercept; is a minor stock shareholder of RiboSciences and CoCrystal; and has received stock options from Eiger, Genlantis, HepQuant, and AngioCrine. All authors have submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. Conflicts that the editors consider relevant to the content of the manuscript have been disclosed.作者: tim889 时间: 2022-8-4 05:05
至于“published on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.” 是指该杂志“Clinical Infectious Diseases”是Infectious Diseases Society of America.办的,由Oxford University Press代为编辑出版。并不是指这篇文章是Infectious Diseases Society of America发表的。
“Clinical Infectious Diseases” 的publisher就叫做“Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America”。该杂志的每一篇文章都有“Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America”的备注。这个journal我没有投过稿,但我理解是他们的主编和editor们都是参加了Infectious Diseases Society of America的学者。由于这个journal不是open access的,那主要收入则从subscriber处来,所得收入则在Oxford University Press和Infectious Diseases Society of America之间分配。