Switching from combination therapy with entecavir hydrate plus tenofovir alafenamide fumarate to tenofovir alafenamide fumarate monotherapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B based on nucleotide sequences of hepatitis B virus pregenome RNA

© 2024 The Authors. Hepatology Research published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japan Society of Hepatology..

AIM: Patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection experiencing viral breakthrough (BTH) or partial response (PR) during lamivudine (LAM) or entecavir hydrate (ETV) administration often took ETV plus tenofovir alafenamide fumarate (TAF) due to the emergence of a drug-resistance mutation. However, in patients lacking drug-resistance mutation against TAF, sufficient antiviral effects may be achievable with TAF monotherapy. We assessed the drug-resistance profile through nucleotide sequences of HBV pregenome RNA, and subsequently changed to TAF monotherapy from ETV plus TAF.

METHODS: This prospective study included 25 patients with serum HBV-DNA below 20 IU/mL under ETV plus TAF administration. Pregenome RNA nucleotide sequences of HBV in the sera were analyzed using direct sequencing and deep sequencing. ETV was discontinued in patients without rtA194T and rtS106C + rtH126Y + rtD134E + rtL269I quadruple mutations in direct sequencing.

RESULTS: LAM-PR, LAM-BTH, ETV-PR, and ETV-BTH were observed in 1, 16, 7, and 1 patient(s), respectively. Pregenome RNA nucleotide sequences were analyzable in 20 patients. Among the 12 patients classified as LAM-BTH, six patients showed rtL180M + rtM204V/I in direct sequencing, and one patient showed minor clones containing rtL180M + rtM204V + A194T in deep sequencing at a frequency of 0.3%. In the six patients classified as ETV-PR, one patient harbored rtM204I. No clones showing rtS106C + rtH126Y + rtD134E + rtL269I quadruple mutation were detected in deep sequencing. Subsequently, ETV was discontinued, and serum HBV-DNA remained undetectable up to 48 weeks in all patients.

CONCLUSION: Patients receiving ETV plus TAF due to partial response or BTH during initial LAM or ETV administration were able to safely transition to TAF monotherapy based on nucleotide sequences of HBV pregenome RNA in the sera.

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology - (2024) vom: 22. März

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yamada, Shunsuke [VerfasserIn]
Uchida, Yoshihito [VerfasserIn]
Kouyama, Jun-Ichi [VerfasserIn]
Naiki, Kayoko [VerfasserIn]
Tsuji, Shohei [VerfasserIn]
Uemura, Hayato [VerfasserIn]
Sugawara, Kayoko [VerfasserIn]
Nakayama, Nobuaki [VerfasserIn]
Imai, Yukinori [VerfasserIn]
Tomiya, Tomoaki [VerfasserIn]
Mizuno, Suguru [VerfasserIn]
Mochida, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]

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Drug‐resistance
HBV
Journal Article
Pregenome RNA
Tenofovir alafenamide fumarate

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Date Revised 22.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1111/hepr.14036

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NLM37007257X