Sex Differences in Treatment Response to Nucleos(t)ide Therapy in Chronic Hepatitis B : A Multicenter Longitudinal Study

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BACKGROUND & AIMS: It is unclear if there may be sex differences in response to nucleos(t)ide analogs including virologic response (VR), biochemical response (BR), complete response (CR), and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) incidence among hepatitis B patients. We compared nucleos(t)ide analog treatment outcomes by sex.

METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort study of 3388 treatment-naïve adult hepatitis B patients (1250 female, 2138 male) from the Real-World Evidence from the Global Alliance for the Study of Hepatitis B Virus consortium who initiated therapy with either entecavir or tenofovir from 22 sites (Argentina, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and the United States). We used propensity-score matching to balance background characteristics of the male and female groups and competing-risks analysis to estimate the incidence and subdistribution hazard ratios (SHRs) of VR, BR, CR, and HCC.

RESULTS: Females (vs males) were older (52.0 vs 48.6 y); less likely to be overweight/obese (49.3% vs 65.7%), diabetic (9.9% vs 13.1%), or cirrhotic (27.9% vs 33.0%); and had a lower HBV DNA level (5.9 vs 6.0 log10 IU/mL) and alanine aminotransferase level (91 vs 102 IU/L) (all P < .01). However, after propensity-score matching, relevant background characteristics were balanced between the 2 groups. Females (vs males) had similar 5-year cumulative VR (91.3% vs 90.3%; P = .40) and HCC incidence rates (5.1% vs 4.4%; P = .64), but lower BR (84.0% vs 90.9%; P < .001) and CR (78.8% vs 83.4%; P = .016). Males were more likely to achieve BR (SHR, 1.31; 95% CI, 1.17-1.46; P < .001) and CR (SHR, 1.16; 95% CI, 1.03-1.31; P = .016), but VR and HCC risks were similar.

CONCLUSIONS: Sex differences exist for treatment outcomes among hepatitis B patients. Male sex was associated with a 16% higher likelihood of clinical remission and a 31% higher likelihood of biochemical response than females, while virologic response and HCC incidence were similar between the 2 groups.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association - 22(2024), 3 vom: 06. Feb., Seite 572-580.e5

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chau, Angela [VerfasserIn]
Yeh, Ming-Lun [VerfasserIn]
Tsai, Pei-Chien [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Daniel Q [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Sung Eun [VerfasserIn]
Trinh, Huy [VerfasserIn]
Yoon, Eileen L [VerfasserIn]
Oh, Hyunwoo [VerfasserIn]
Jeong, Jae Yoon [VerfasserIn]
Ahn, Sang Bong [VerfasserIn]
An, Jihyun [VerfasserIn]
Tseng, Cheng-Hao [VerfasserIn]
Hsu, Yao-Chun [VerfasserIn]
Jeong, Soung Won [VerfasserIn]
Cho, Yong Kyun [VerfasserIn]
Shim, Jae-Jun [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Hyoung Su [VerfasserIn]
Ito, Takanori [VerfasserIn]
Marciano, Sebastián [VerfasserIn]
Kawashima, Keigo [VerfasserIn]
Suzuki, Takanori [VerfasserIn]
Watanabe, Tsunamasa [VerfasserIn]
Nozaki, Akito [VerfasserIn]
Ishikawa, Toru [VerfasserIn]
Inoue, Kaori [VerfasserIn]
Eguchi, Yuichiro [VerfasserIn]
Uojima, Haruki [VerfasserIn]
Abe, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]
Takahashi, Hirokazu [VerfasserIn]
Chuma, Makoto [VerfasserIn]
Ishigami, Masatoshi [VerfasserIn]
Hoang, Joseph K [VerfasserIn]
Maeda, Mayumi [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Chung-Feng [VerfasserIn]
Gadano, Adrian [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Chia-Yen [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Jee-Fu [VerfasserIn]
Tanaka, Yasuhito [VerfasserIn]
Chuang, Wan-Long [VerfasserIn]
Lim, Seng Gee [VerfasserIn]
Cheung, Ramsey [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Ming-Lung [VerfasserIn]
Jun, Dae-Won [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen, Mindie H [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antiviral Agents
Antiviral Therapy
Biochemical Response
Complete Response
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Virologic Response

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Date Completed 26.02.2024

Date Revised 26.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cgh.2023.09.002

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NLM36231182X