Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate Reduces the Severity of COVID-19 in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: HIV-positive patients on tenofovir hydroxyl fumarate (TDF)/emtricitabine have a lower risk of COVID-19 and hospitalization than those given other treatments. Our aim was to analyze the severity of COVID-19 in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) on TDF or entecavir (ETV).

METHODS: Spanish hospital databases (n = 28) including information regarding adult CHB patients on TDF or ETV for the period February 1st to November 30th 2020 were searched for COVID-19, defined as a positive SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction, and for severe COVID-19.

RESULTS: Of 4736 patients, 117 had COVID-19 (2.5%), 67 on TDF and 50 on ETV. Compared to patients on TDF, those on ETV showed (p < 0.05) greater rates of obesity, diabetes, ischemic cardiopathy, and hypertension. COVID-19 incidence was similar in both groups (2.3 vs. 2.6%). Compared to TDF, patients on ETV more often (p < 0.01) had severe COVID-19 (36 vs. 6%), required intensive care unit (ICU) (10% vs. 0) or ventilatory support (20 vs. 3%), were hospitalized for longer (10.8 ± 19 vs. 3.1 ± 7 days) or died (10 vs. 1.5%, p = 0.08). In an IPTW propensity score analysis adjusted for age, sex, obesity, comorbidities, and fibrosis stage, TDF was associated with a sixfold reduction in severe COVID-19 risk (adjusted-IPTW-OR 0.17, 95%CI 0.04-0.67, p = 0.01).

CONCLUSION: Compared to ETV, TDF seems to play a protective role in CHB patients with SARS-CoV-2 whereby the risk of severe COVID-19 is lowered.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:68

Enthalten in:

Digestive diseases and sciences - 68(2023), 6 vom: 03. Juni, Seite 2731-2737

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mateos-Muñoz, Beatriz [VerfasserIn]
Buti, María [VerfasserIn]
Vázquez, Inmaculada Fernández [VerfasserIn]
Conde, Marta Hernández [VerfasserIn]
Bernal-Monterde, Vanesa [VerfasserIn]
Díaz-Fontenla, Fernando [VerfasserIn]
Morillas, Rosa María [VerfasserIn]
García-Buey, Luisa [VerfasserIn]
Badía, Ester [VerfasserIn]
Miquel, Mireia [VerfasserIn]
Amador-Navarrete, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez-Tajes, Sergio [VerfasserIn]
Ramos-Merino, Lucía [VerfasserIn]
Madejón, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
García-Retortillo, Montserrat [VerfasserIn]
Arenas, Juan Ignacio [VerfasserIn]
Cabezas, Joaquín [VerfasserIn]
Santiago, Jesús Manuel González [VerfasserIn]
Fernández-Rodríguez, Conrado [VerfasserIn]
Cordero, Patricia [VerfasserIn]
Diago, Moisés [VerfasserIn]
Mancebo, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Pardo, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez, Manuel [VerfasserIn]
Hoyas, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Moreno, Jose Javier [VerfasserIn]
Turnes, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Simón, Miguel Ángel [VerfasserIn]
Marcos-Fosch, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Calleja, Jose Luis [VerfasserIn]
Bañares, Rafael [VerfasserIn]
Lens, Sabela [VerfasserIn]
Garcia-Samaniego, Javier [VerfasserIn]
Crespo, Javier [VerfasserIn]
Romero-Gomez, Manuel [VerfasserIn]
Gea, Francisco [VerfasserIn]
de Santiago, Enrique Rodríguez [VerfasserIn]
Moreno, Santiago [VerfasserIn]
Albillos, Agustin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

99YXE507IL
Antiviral Agents
COVID-19
Entecavir
Hepatitis B
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tenofovir

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Date Completed 18.05.2023

Date Revised 24.05.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10620-022-07817-w

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM352475978