Tenofovir Is Associated With Lower Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Than Entecavir in Patients With Chronic HBV Infection in China

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BACKGROUND & AIMS: There have been conflicting results from studies comparing the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection treated with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) vs those treated with entecavir. We compared the effects of TDF vs entecavir on HCC risk in a large cohort of patients with chronic HBV infection in China.

METHODS: We performed a retrospective study of consecutive adults with chronic HBV infection who initially received treatment with entecavir or TDF, for at least 6 months, from January 2008 through June 2018. Patients who had cancers or liver transplantation before or within the first 6 months of treatment were excluded. Propensity score weighting and 1:5 matching were used to balance the clinical characteristics between the 2 groups. Fine-Gray model was used to adjust for competing risk of death and liver transplantation.

RESULTS: We analyzed data from 29,350 patients (mean age, 52.9 ± 13.2 years; 18,685 men [63.7%]); 1309 were first treated with TDF (4.5%) and 28,041 were first treated with entecavir (95.5%). TDF-treated patients were younger (mean age, 43.2 years vs 53.4 years) and a lower proportion had cirrhosis (38 patients [2.9%] vs 3822 patients treated with entecavir [13.6%]). At a median follow-up time of 3.6 years after treatment began (interquartile range, 1.7-5.0 years), 8 TDF-treated patients (0.6%) and 1386 entecavir-treated patients (4.9%) developed HCC. Patients' clinical characteristics were comparable after propensity score weighting. TDF treatment was associated with a lower risk of HCC than entecavir treatment after propensity score weighting (weighted subdistribution hazard ratio, 0.36; 95% confidence interval 0.16-0.80; P = .013) and 1:5 matching (weighted subdistribution hazard ratio, 0.39; 95% confidence interval 0.18-0.84; P = .016).

CONCLUSIONS: In a retrospective analysis of 29,350 patients with chronic HBV infection in China, treatment with TDF was associated with a lower risk of HCC than treatment with entecavir, over a median follow-up time of 3.6 years.

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CommentIn: Gastroenterology. 2020 Jan;158(1):42-44. - PMID 31706943

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:158

Enthalten in:

Gastroenterology - 158(2020), 1 vom: 15. Jan., Seite 215-225.e6

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yip, Terry Cheuk-Fung [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Vincent Wai-Sun [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Henry Lik-Yuen [VerfasserIn]
Tse, Yee-Kit [VerfasserIn]
Lui, Grace Chung-Yan [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Grace Lai-Hung [VerfasserIn]

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5968Y6H45M
5Z93L87A1R
99YXE507IL
Antiviral Agents
Antiviral Therapy
Comparative Study
Entecavir
Guanine
Journal Article
Liver Cancer
Nucleos(t)ide Analogues
Observational Study
PS Matching
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tenofovir

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Date Completed 14.02.2020

Date Revised 12.02.2021

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Gastroenterology. 2020 Jan;158(1):42-44. - PMID 31706943

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1053/j.gastro.2019.09.025

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NLM301816735