Continuous long-term entecavir therapy in naïve chronic hepatitis B patients showing partial virologic response.
Gut Liver
; 7(6): 712-8, 2013 Nov.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND/AIMS:
We investigated the efficacy of continuous long-term entecavir 0.5 mg treatment in naïve chronic hepatitis B patients showing a partial virologic response (PVR).METHODS:
A total of 227 patients were included. PVR was defined as a more than 1 log10 IU/mL decline in detectable serum hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA by polymerase chain reaction (PCR; ≥20 IU/mL) at week 48. A complete virologic response (CVR) was defined as undetectable serum HBV DNA by PCR (<20 IU/mL) at week 48.RESULTS:
At week 48, the rate of the PVR was 64/227 (28.2%). Among patients with PVR, the cumulative rates of virologic response (serum HBV DNA <20 IU/mL) at weeks 96 and 144 were 45.2% and 73.8%, respectively. The cumulative rates of genotypic resistance were not significantly different between patients with a PVR and patients with a CVR (p=0.057). However, the cumulative rates of virologic breakthrough were higher in patients with PVR than in patients with CVR (4% vs 0% and 11.2% vs 0% at weeks 96 and 144, respectively; p<0.001).CONCLUSIONS:
Long-term continuous entecavir 0.5 mg treatment in patients with a PVR resulted in an additional virologic response without a significant increase in genotypic resistance. However, the rate of virologic breakthrough was higher in the partial responders.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Antivirales
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ADN Viral
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Virus de la Hepatitis B
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Hepatitis B Crónica
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Guanina
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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En
Año:
2013
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