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Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-64259

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BACKGROUND: Predictors of response of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) to lamivudine therapy need better definition. Whether hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes could serve as such a predictor has not been well studied. AIM: To study the association of HBV genotypes with the outcome of lamivudine treatment in patients with CHB. METHODS: Seventy-six patients with CHB (45 HBeAg +ve) received lamivudine 100 mg/day, orally for 12 mo. Infecting HBV genotypes were determined in pre-treatment specimens using restriction fragment length polymorphism. End-of-treatment response (ETR) and sustained viral response (SVR) were defined as undetectable HBV DNA (< 0.5 pg/mL) at 12 and 18 months, respectively. RESULTS: ETR was observed in 26 (34%) and SVR in 11 (14%) patients receiving lamivudine. The pre-treatment characteristics of the responders and non-responders were comparable. Genotypes A and D were observed in 28 (37%) and 48 (63%) patients, respectively. The frequency of genotypes A and D was comparable between responders (28.6% vs. 37.5%) and non-responders (71.4% vs. 62.5%), respectively (p=ns). Of the 26 responders, SVR could be evaluated in 20 subjects; 9 (45%) relapsed and 11 achieved SVR. Patients with genotype D achieved higher SVR rate than genotype A (10 of 48, 28.8% vs. 1 of 28, 3.5% p =0.0359). CONCLUSIONS: Forty-five percent of Indian patients with CHB who achieve ETR relapse, and SVR to lamivudine therapy is achieved in 14%. Patients with genotype D achieve higher SVR rate than with genotype A.


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Adult , Aged , Chi-Square Distribution , Drug Resistance, Viral/genetics , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay , Female , Gene Frequency , Genotype , Hepatitis B e Antigens/analysis , Hepatitis B virus/genetics , Hepatitis B, Chronic/drug therapy , Humans , Lamivudine/therapeutic use , Logistic Models , Male , Middle Aged , Predictive Value of Tests , Prognosis , Prospective Studies , Risk Assessment , Sensitivity and Specificity , Severity of Illness Index , Statistics, Nonparametric , Treatment Outcome
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