The utility of P-I-R classification in predicting the on-treatment histological and clinical outcomes of patients with hepatitis B and advanced liver fibrosis

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The predominantly progressive, indeterminate, and predominantly regressive (P-I-R) classification extends beyond staging and provides information on dynamic changes of liver fibrosis. However, the prognostic implication of P-I-R classification is not elucidated. Therefore, in the present research, we investigated the utility of P-I-R classification in predicting the on-treatment clinical outcomes.

APPROACH AND RESULTS: In an extension study on a randomized controlled trial, we originally enrolled 1000 patients with chronic hepatitis B and biopsy-proven histological significant fibrosis, and treated them for more than 7 years with entecavir-based therapy. Among the 727 patients with a second biopsy at treatment week 72, we compared P-I-R classification and Ishak score changes in 646 patients with adequate liver sections for the histological evaluation. Progressive, indeterminate, and regressive cases were observed in 70%, 17%, and 13% of patients before treatments and 20%, 14%, and 64% after 72-week treatment, respectively, which could further differentiate the histological outcomes of patients with stable Ishak scores. The 7-year cumulative incidence of HCC was 1.5% for the regressive cases, 4.3% for the indeterminate cases, and 22.8% for the progressive cases ( p <0.001). After adjusting for age, treatment regimen, platelet counts, cirrhosis, Ishak fibrosis score changes, and Laennec staging, the posttreatment progressive had a HR of 17.77 (vs. posttreatment regressive; 95% CI: 5.55-56.88) for the incidence of liver-related events (decompensation, HCC, and death/liver transplantation).

CONCLUSIONS: The P-I-R classification can be a meaningful complement to the Ishak fibrosis score not only in evaluating the histological changes but also in predicting the clinical outcomes.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:79

Enthalten in:

Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 79(2024), 2 vom: 01. Feb., Seite 425-437

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chang, Xiujuan [VerfasserIn]
Lv, Caihong [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Bingqiong [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Song, Zheng [VerfasserIn]
An, Linjing [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Shuyan [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yongping [VerfasserIn]
Shang, Qinghua [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Zujiang [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Lin [VerfasserIn]
Li, Qin [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Huabao [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Li [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Guangming [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Liang [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Xiaoyu [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Zheng [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Yameng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xiaodong [VerfasserIn]
Li, Zhiqin [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Da [VerfasserIn]
You, Hong [VerfasserIn]
Jia, Jidong [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Yongping [VerfasserIn]

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Antiviral Agents
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial

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Date Completed 18.01.2024

Date Revised 13.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/HEP.0000000000000563

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM361096976