Sustained serological and complete responses in HBeAg-positive patients treated with Peginterferon alfa-2b : a 6-year long-term follow-up of a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial in China

BACKGROUND: Pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) alfa-2b is recommended for chronic hepatitis B (CHB). We aimed to investigate the sustainability of off-treatment responses among Chinese HBeAg-positive CHB patients treated with PEG-IFN alfa-2b from a randomized trial.

METHODS: Eligible Chinese patients (n = 322) were followed up by one visit after a median of 6 years (LTFU) following their participation in a randomized trial evaluating the efficacy of three PEG-IFN alfa-2b dosing regimens (1.0 or 1.5 μg/kg/wk. 24 weeks or 1.5 μg/kg/wk. 48 weeks). Primary endpoints at the LTFU were sustained SR and CR (SR/CR at the end of original study [EOS] and at the LTFU). SR was defined as HBeAg loss and seroconversion to anti-HBe and CR as HBeAg loss and seroconversion to anti-HBe and HBV-DNA < 2000 IU/mL.

RESULTS: The proportions of patients achieving sustained SR among patients who had SR at EOS were high in three treatment groups (61.9, 65.5, 76.5%, respectively, p = 0.46); treatment with PEG-IFN alfa-2b 1.5 μg/kg/wk. 48 weeks had the highest proportion of a sustained CR among patients who had CR at EOS (75.0%, p = 0.05). A considerable number of patients achieved sustained SR (18.2-29.9%) and sustained CR (14.8-18.3%) after EOS despite no further NA treatment. At the LTFU, rates of SR and CR were less than 70.0 and 50.0%, respectively, among all enrolled patients regardless of additional nucleos(t)ide analogs before the LTFU.

CONCLUSIONS: PEG IFN alfa-2b therapy had considerable off-treatment sustainability in Chinese HBeAg positive chronic hepatitis B patients with serological and complete responses.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

BMC gastroenterology - 19(2019), 1 vom: 02. Mai, Seite 65

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sun, Jian [VerfasserIn]
Ding, Huiguo [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Guofeng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Guiqiang [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Lai [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jiming [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Qing [VerfasserIn]
Wan, Mobin [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Hong [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Shijun [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Zhiliang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yuming [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Dazhi [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Wenxiang [VerfasserIn]
Sheng, Jifang [VerfasserIn]
Ning, Qin [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Dongliang [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Jian [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Chen [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Yuxiu [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jue [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Chuanzhen [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Qixin [VerfasserIn]
Hou, Jinlin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3WJQ0SDW1A
Antiviral Agents
Chronic hepatitis B
G8RGG88B68
Hepatitis B e Antigens
Interferon alpha-2
Interferon-alpha
Journal Article
Long-term follow-up
Multicenter Study
Peg-interferon
Peginterferon alfa-2b
Polyethylene Glycols
Randomized Controlled Trial
Recombinant Proteins
Sustained combined clinical response
Sustained serological response

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Date Completed 16.05.2019

Date Revised 25.02.2020

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12876-019-0981-5

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM296663115