Metabolic management after sustained virologic response in elderly patients with hepatitis C virus : A multicenter study

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AIMS: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) develops even in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) eradication by direct-acting antiviral agents. Fatty liver and metabolic dysfunction are becoming major etiologies of HCC. We aimed to evaluate the impact of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), a new definition of steatotic liver disease, on the development of HCC after HCV eradication.

METHODS: We enrolled 1280 elderly patients with HCV eradication and no history of HCC. We evaluated α-fetoprotein (AFP), Fibrosis-4 index and MASLD after 24 weeks of sustained virological response. Decision tree analysis was used to investigate factors associated with HCC development after HCV eradication.

RESULTS: A total of 86 patients (6.7%) developed HCC during the follow-up period (35.8 ± 23.7 months). On multivariate analysis, serum AFP level (HR 1.08, CI 1.04-1.11, P = 0.0008), Fibrosis-4 index (HR 1.17, CI 1.08-1.26, P = 0.0007), and MASLD (HR 3.04, CI 1.40-6.58, P = 0.0125) at 24 weeks of sustained virological response were independent factors associated with HCC development. In decision tree analysis, the initial classifier for HCC development was AFP ≥7 ng/mL. However, in patients with AFP <7 ng/mL, MASLD, rather than Fibrosis-4 index, was the classifier for HCC development. No significant difference was observed in the cumulative incidence of HCC between patients with AFP ≥7 ng/mL and patients with AFP <7 ng/mL and MASLD.

CONCLUSION: MASLD at 24 weeks of sustained virological response is a risk factor for HCC development in elderly patients with HCV eradication. Additionally, decision tree analysis revealed that MASLD was associated with HCC development, even in patients with serum AFP levels <7 ng/mL.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:54

Enthalten in:

Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology - 54(2024), 4 vom: 02. Apr., Seite 326-335

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sano, Tomoya [VerfasserIn]
Amano, Keisuke [VerfasserIn]
Ide, Tatsuya [VerfasserIn]
Isoda, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]
Honma, Yuichi [VerfasserIn]
Morita, Yasuyo [VerfasserIn]
Yano, Yoichi [VerfasserIn]
Nakamura, Hiroki [VerfasserIn]
Itano, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Miyajima, Ichiro [VerfasserIn]
Shirachi, Miki [VerfasserIn]
Kuwahara, Reiichiro [VerfasserIn]
Ohno, Miki [VerfasserIn]
Kawaguchi, Toshihiro [VerfasserIn]
Tsutsumi, Tsubasa [VerfasserIn]
Nakano, Dan [VerfasserIn]
Arinaga-Hino, Teruko [VerfasserIn]
Kawaguchi, Machiko [VerfasserIn]
Eguchi, Yuichiro [VerfasserIn]
Torimura, Takuji [VerfasserIn]
Takahashi, Hirokazu [VerfasserIn]
Harada, Masaru [VerfasserIn]
Kawaguchi, Takumi [VerfasserIn]
SAKS Study Group [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alpha‐fetoproteins
Direct‐acting antiviral agents
Fatty liver
Fibrosis‐4 index
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Journal Article
Liver fibrosis
Metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease
Metabolic dysfunction associated fatty liver disease

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Date Revised 02.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/hepr.13993

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364668342