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Sustained viral response and relapse after discontinuation of oral antiviral drugs in HBeAg-positive patients with chronic hepatitis B infection
Fangfang Sun 1 2 , Zhenhua Li 3 , Leiping Hu 1 , Wen Deng 1 , Tingting Jiang 1 , Shiyu Wang 1 , Xiaoyue Bi 1 , Huihui Lu 1 4 , Liu Yang 1 , Yanjie Lin 5 , Zhan Zeng 5 , Ge Shen 1 , Ruyu Liu 1 , Min Chang 1 , Shuling Wu 1 , Yuanjiao Gao 1 , Hongxiao Hao 1 , Mengjiao Xu 1 , Xiaoxue Chen 1 , Lu Zhang 1 , Yao Lu 1 , Jianping Dong 2 , Yao Xie 1 5 , Minghui Li 1 5
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Department of Hepatology Division 2, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
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Department of Infectious Diseases, Haidian Hospital, Beijing Haidian Section of Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
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Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wuhan Children's Hospital (Wuhan Maternal and Child Healthcare Hospital), Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
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Department of Hepatology Division 2, Peking University Ditan Teaching Hospital, Beijing, China.
PMID: 36505492 PMCID: PMC9732422 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1082091
Abstract
Objective: To investigate the sustained virological response and relapse in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients with hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) positive after stopping oral antiviral drugs, and to monitor the disease progression and the incidence of adverse events such as liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.
Methods: This is a prospective observational study. Patients who continued nucleos(t)ide analogue (NA) treatment after achieving HBeAg seroconversion for more than 3 years were enrolled. After signing the informed consent form, patients stopped NA treatment and received follow-up. During the follow-up, the antiviral treatment information of the patients was collected, and the follow-up observation was carried out every 3 months since the enrollment. We monitored the virological indexes, liver and kidney function, serology and liver imaging during follow-up. The purpose of this study was to explore the sustained virological response rate, HBV DNA recurrence rate, clinical relapse rate and the related factors after drug withdrawal.
Results: A total of 82 patients were enrolled, including 42 males (51.22%) and 40 females (48.78%), with a median age of 34.00 (31.00, 37.25) years. All enrolled patients were followed up for 1 year. At the end of the follow-up, 36.59% (30/82) of patients had sustained virological response, 63.41% (52/82) of patients had HBV DNA reactivation, 17.07% (14/82) of patients had clinical relapse, and 10.98% (9/82) of patients had HBeAg reversion. During the follow-up, there were no adverse events such as liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. The median level of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in patients with sustained virological response was lower than that in patients with HBV DNA reactivation (2.92 vs.3.18 log10IU/ml, Z=-1.492/P=0.136), and the median level of baseline HBsAg in patients with HBV DNA reactivation was lower than that in patients with clinical relapse (3.01 vs.3.45 log10IU/mL, Z=-1.795/P=0.073), but the difference was not significant. There was no significant statistical difference between patients with sustained virological response and HBV DNA reactivation of the median total treatment time [69.50 (56.25, 86.00) vs.62.50 (44.00, 88.50) months, Z=-0.689/P=0.491], and the consolidation treatment time [41.50 (36.75, 54.75) vs.40.50 (36.00, 53.75) months, Z=-0.419/P=0.675].
Conclusion: The sustained virological response rate of HBeAg positive CHB patients after stopping oral antiviral treatment is lower, and it is more common in patients with lower HBsAg levels. Patients still need to be closely monitored after stopping NA therapy.
Keywords: HBV DNA; HBeAg; chronic hepatitis B; clinical relapse; nucleos(t)ide analogue; sustained virological response.
Copyright © 2022 Sun, Li, Hu, Deng, Jiang, Wang, Bi, Lu, Yang, Lin, Zeng, Shen, Liu, Chang, Wu, Gao, Hao, Xu, Chen, Zhang, Lu, Dong, Xie and Li.
Conflict of interest statement
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The reviewer YL declared a shared parent affiliation with the authors to the handling editor at the time of review.
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