Efficacy of prolonged tenofovir therapy on hepatitis delta in HIV-infected patients

2014 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) produces the most severe form of chronic viral hepatitis. We explored whether prolonged tenofovir exposure might be beneficial on hepatitis delta in HIV-infected patients.

METHODS: All HIV-infected patients with hepatitis delta followed at our institution since year 2000 were retrospectively examined. Serum HBV-DNA and HDV-RNA were quantified using commercial assays. Liver fibrosis was measured using elastometry.

RESULTS: A total of 19 HIV/delta patients were identified. All were viremic for HDV and 11 for HBV. After a median tenofovir exposure of 58 months, all had undetectable HBV-DNA and 10 (53%) had undetectable HDV-RNA. The median drop in HDV-RNA in the remaining nine HDV viremic patients at the end of follow-up was 2.4 log copies/ml. A reduction above 30% in liver stiffness occurred in six out 10 (60%) patients who achieved undetectable HDV-RNA, whereas hepatic stiffness did not change in the remaining HDV viremic patients (P = 0.03). Serum HBsAg concentrations did not decline significantly, although HBsAg seroclearance occurred in three patients, all of whom became negative for HDV-RNA.

CONCLUSION: Long-term exposure to tenofovir significantly reduced serum HDV-RNA apart from completely suppressing HBV-DNA in HIV-infected patients with hepatitis delta. This virological benefit is accompanied by significant improvements in liver fibrosis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

AIDS (London, England) - 28(2014), 16 vom: 23. Okt., Seite 2389-94

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Soriano, Vincent [VerfasserIn]
Vispo, Eugenia [VerfasserIn]
Sierra-Enguita, Rocío [VerfasserIn]
Mendoza, Carmen de [VerfasserIn]
Fernández-Montero, José V [VerfasserIn]
Labarga, Pablo [VerfasserIn]
Barreiro, Pablo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

99YXE507IL
Adenine
Antiviral Agents
JAC85A2161
Journal Article
Organophosphonates
RNA, Viral
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tenofovir

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 01.06.2015

Date Revised 18.03.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/QAD.0000000000000417

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM240863925