Acute exacerbation of hepatitis C in hepatocellular carcinoma patients receiving chemotherapy

Acute hepatitis C exacerbations can occur in cancer patients carrying hepatitis C virus (HCV) when receiving systemic chemotherapy. However, clinical studies evaluating these complications remain rare due to the lack of clinically proven effective and tolerable anti-HCV treatments at late cancer stages. Furthermore, no data were available regarding hepatitis C exacerbation in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients receiving chemotherapy. To address this issue, 48 patients with HCV-related advanced HCC, who underwent systemic chemotherapy using 5- fluorouracil, cisplatin, and mitoxantrone from 2008 to 2014 were analyzed. Nine patients developed acute hepatitis exacerbations defined by HCV-RNA elevation ≥10-fold and alanine transaminase (ALT) elevation ≥5-fold of the upper normal limit. Six were genotype 1b and 3 were genotype 2. Three patterns of clinical courses were observed including single episode of exacerbation (n=5), fluctuated flares (n=3), and delayed exacerbation (n=1). Hepatic failure developed in five patients. Patients with acute exacerbations were less likely to have pretreatment ascites (11.1% vs. 53.8%; P=0.028) and displayed a lower baseline ALT (44.1±28.5U/L vs. 72.6±19.2U/L; P=0.007). Paradoxically, despite a high risk of hepatic failure, occurrence of hepatitis C exacerbation was associated with a favorable overall survival (P=0.027; 22.8 vs. 5.4 months). In conclusion, hepatitis C exacerbation can occur in HCC patients receiving chemotherapy, leading to liver failure. However, the flare was associated with a better overall survival, possibly due to its association with a better baseline liver function. J. Med. Virol. 89:153-160, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:89

Enthalten in:

Journal of medical virology - 89(2017), 1, Seite 153-160

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lin, Ji‐Wei [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Ming‐Ling [Sonstige Person]
Hsu, Chao‐Wei [Sonstige Person]
Chen, Yi‐Cheng [Sonstige Person]
Liang, Kung‐Hao [Sonstige Person]
Huang, Ya‐Hui [Sonstige Person]
Lin, Chen‐Chun [Sonstige Person]
Yeh, Chau‐Ting [Sonstige Person]

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44.00

Themen:

5‐fluorouracil
Chemotherapy
Cisplatin
Hepatic failure
Hepatitis
Liver cancer
Mitoxantrone
Survival

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RVK Klassifikation

doi:

10.1002/jmv.24595

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1987073479