Baseline quantitative hepatitis B core antibody titre alone strongly predicts HBeAg seroconversion across chronic hepatitis B patients treated with peginterferon or nucleos(t)ide analogues

The investigation regarding the clinical significance of quantitative hepatitis B core antibody (anti-HBc) during chronic hepatitis B (CHB) treatment is limited. The aim of this study was to determine the performance of anti-HBc as a predictor for hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) seroconversion in HBeAg-positive CHB patients treated with peginterferon (Peg-IFN) or nucleos(t)ide analogues (NUCs), respectively. This was a retrospective cohort study consisting of 231 and 560 patients enrolled in two phase IV, multicentre, randomised, controlled trials treated with Peg-IFN or NUC-based therapy for up to 2 years, respectively. Quantitative anti-HBc evaluation was conducted for all the available samples in the two trials by using a newly developed double-sandwich anti-HBc immunoassay. At the end of trials, 99 (42.9%) and 137 (24.5%) patients achieved HBeAg seroconversion in the Peg-IFN and NUC cohorts, respectively. We defined 4.4 log10 IU/mL, with a maximum sum of sensitivity and specificity, as the optimal cut-off value of baseline anti-HBc level to predict HBeAg seroconversion for both Peg-IFN and NUC. Patients with baseline anti-HBc ≥4.4 log10 IU/mL and baseline HBV DNA <9 log10 copies/mL had 65.8% (50/76) and 37.1% (52/140) rates of HBeAg seroconversion in the Peg-IFN and NUC cohorts, respectively. In pooled analysis, other than treatment strategy, the baseline anti-HBc level was the best independent predictor for HBeAg seroconversion (OR 2.178; 95% CI 1.577 to 3.009; p<0.001). Baseline anti-HBc titre is a useful predictor of Peg-IFN and NUC therapy efficacy in HBeAg-positive CHB patients, which could be used for optimising the antiviral therapy of CHB..

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Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:65

Enthalten in:

Gut - 65(2016), 2, Seite 313-320

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sheng, Jifang [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Yanyan [Sonstige Person]
Chen, Shijun [Sonstige Person]
Ning, Qin [Sonstige Person]
Fan, Rong [Sonstige Person]
Xia, Ningshao [Sonstige Person]
Jia, Jidong [Sonstige Person]
Tan, Deming [Sonstige Person]
Niu, Junqi [Sonstige Person]
Cheng, Jun [Sonstige Person]
Wang, Hao [Sonstige Person]
Shi, Guangfeng [Sonstige Person]
Yuan, Quan [Sonstige Person]
Lu, Fengmin [Sonstige Person]
Xie, Qing [Sonstige Person]
Tang, Hong [Sonstige Person]
Hou, Jinlin [Sonstige Person]
Wan, Mobin [Sonstige Person]
Bai, Xuefan [Sonstige Person]
Xu, Min [Sonstige Person]
Chen, Xinyue [Sonstige Person]
Sun, Jian [Sonstige Person]
Zhuang, Hui [Sonstige Person]

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doi:

10.1136/gutjnl-2014-308546

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OLC1971865524