Responses are durable for up to 5 years after completion of peginterferon alfa-2a treatment in hepatitis B e antigen-positive patients

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BACKGROUND: In the large randomised NEPTUNE study, peginterferon alfa-2a 180 μg/wk for 48 weeks produced higher hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) seroconversion rates 24 weeks post-treatment (36%) than a lower dose (90 μg/wk) and/or shorter duration (24 weeks) (range 14%-26%).

AIM: To determine seroconversion rates 5 years after completion of treatment in NEPTUNE.

METHODS: HBeAg-positive patients who completed 24 weeks' follow-up in NEPTUNE (with peginterferon alfa-2a 90 μg/wk × 24 weeks [group 1]; 180 μg/wk × 24 weeks [2]; 90 μg/wk × 48 weeks [3] or 180 μg/wk × 48 weeks [4]) were followed up.

RESULTS: Three hundred and eighty three of the 544 patients in the original study were enrolled in the long-term follow-up study. Many patients (196 overall; more in groups 1-3 than 4) received nucleos(t)ide analogues or immunomodulators during follow-up, and more patients had missing data at year 5 in groups 2 and 4 (48 weeks, 50/112) than in groups 1 and 3 (24 weeks, 23/103), which confounds the planned per-protocol analysis. HBeAg seroconversion rates in groups 1, 2, 3 and 4 at year 5 were 47.5%, 50.7%, 52.2% and 67.1%, respectively, (odds ratio for group 4 versus 1-3: 2.02; 95% CI 1.21, 3.38), using multiple imputation methods for missing measurements.

CONCLUSION: Seroconversion rates are durable for up to 5 years after completion of peginterferon alfa-2a therapy and, consistent with NEPTUNE, the results suggest that the licensed regimen (180 μg × 48 weeks) is more efficacious for HBeAg-positive patients than a lower dose and/or shorter treatment duration.

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CommentIn: Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2018 Jun;47(11):1556-1557. - PMID 29878418

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:47

Enthalten in:

Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics - 47(2018), 9 vom: 23. Mai, Seite 1306-1316

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chuang, W-L [VerfasserIn]
Jia, J [VerfasserIn]
Chan, H L Y [VerfasserIn]
Han, K-H [VerfasserIn]
Tanwandee, T [VerfasserIn]
Tan, D [VerfasserIn]
Chen, X [VerfasserIn]
Gane, E [VerfasserIn]
Piratvisuth, T [VerfasserIn]
Chen, L [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Q [VerfasserIn]
Sung, J J-Y [VerfasserIn]
Messinger, D [VerfasserIn]
Wat, C [VerfasserIn]
Bakalos, G [VerfasserIn]
Liaw, Y F [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3WJQ0SDW1A
Antiviral Agents
DNA, Viral
Hepatitis B e Antigens
Interferon-alpha
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Observational Study
Peginterferon alfa-2a
Polyethylene Glycols
Q46947FE7K
Randomized Controlled Trial
Recombinant Proteins

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Date Completed 31.05.2019

Date Revised 31.05.2019

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2018 Jun;47(11):1556-1557. - PMID 29878418

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/apt.14595

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NLM281775001