Similarly low risk of hepatocellular carcinoma after either spontaneous or nucleos(t)ide analogue-induced hepatitis B surface antigen loss

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BACKGROUND: It is unknown whether patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) who achieved hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) seroclearance spontaneously or following anti-viral therapy have similar clinical outcomes.

AIM: To compare the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with CHB who either cleared HBsAg spontaneously or following anti-viral therapy METHODS: Adult CHB-monoinfected patients who cleared HBsAg between January 2000 and March 2019 were identified from a territory-wide database in Hong Kong. Patients with liver transplantation and/or HCC before HBsAg loss were excluded. Patients' demographics, comorbidities, anti-viral treatment, laboratory parameters and HCC development were analysed.

RESULTS: Of 7,124 identified patients with CHB who cleared HBsAg, mean age was 58.1 ± 13.8 years; 4,340 (60.9%) were male; 451 (6.3%) had cirrhosis; 5,917 (83.1%) and 1,207 (16.9%) had spontaneous and nucleos(t)ide analogue (NA)-induced HBsAg seroclearance, respectively. Most patients had normal liver function at HBsAg loss. Patients with NA-induced HBsAg seroclearance were younger, and more likely to be male and cirrhotic than patients with spontaneous HBsAg loss. At a median (interquartile range) follow-up of 4.3 (2.2-7.6) years, 97 (1.6%) and 16 (1.3%) patients with spontaneous and NA-induced HBsAg loss developed HCC, respectively. Patients who achieved NA-induced HBsAg loss had comparable HCC risk as those with spontaneous HBsAg loss (adjusted subdistribution hazard ratio 0.75, 95% CI 0.43-1.32, P = 0.323). The results remained robust in propensity score weighting and matching analyses.

CONCLUSION: The HCC risk was similarly low after either spontaneous or NA-induced HBsAg seroclearance in a territory-wide cohort of patients with CHB who had cleared HBsAg.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:53

Enthalten in:

Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics - 53(2021), 2 vom: 22. Jan., Seite 321-331

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yip, Terry Cheuk-Fung [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Vincent Wai-Sun [VerfasserIn]
Tse, Yee-Kit [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Lilian Yan [VerfasserIn]
Hui, Vicki Wing-Ki [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xinrong [VerfasserIn]
Li, Guan-Lin [VerfasserIn]
Lui, Grace Chung-Yan [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Henry Lik-Yuen [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Grace Lai-Hung [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antiviral Agents
DNA, Viral
Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 15.02.2021

Date Revised 15.02.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/apt.16174

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM317892908