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ArticleWorld journal of gastroenterology2011

Long-term effects of lamivudine treatment in Japanese chronic hepatitis B patients.

Masayuki Murata, Norihiro Furusyo, Mami Unno, Eiichi Ogawa, Kazuhiro Toyoda, Hiroaki Taniai, Hachiro Ohnishi, Jun Hayashi

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Masayuki MurataDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan. mmurata@gim.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Norihiro Furusyo
Mami Unno
Eiichi Ogawa
Kazuhiro Toyoda
Hiroaki Taniai
Hachiro Ohnishi
Jun Hayashi

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aimTo analyze the association between the emergence of tyrosine-methionine-asparatate-asparatate (YMDD) mutants (reverse transcription; rtM204I/V) and deterioration of liver function during long-term lamivudine treatment of Japanese patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.

methodsThe data of 61 consecutive Japanese patients with chronic hepatitis B who underwent continuous lamivudine treatment for more than 24 mo and had a virological response were analyzed. Analysis of YMDD mutants was done by real-time polymerase chain reaction with LightCycler probe hybridization assay for up to 90 mo (mean, 50.8 mo; range, 24-90 mo).

resultsA mixed mutant-type (YMDD + tyrosine-isoleucine-asparatate-asparatate: YIDD or tyrosine-valine-asparatate-asparatate: YVDD) or a mutant-type (YIDD or YVDD) were found in 57.4% of 61 patients at 1 year, 78.7% of 61 patients at 2 years, 79.6% of 49 patients at 3 years, 70.5% of 34 patients at 4 years, 68.4% of 19 patients at 5 years, 57.1% of 14 patients at 6 years, and 33.3% of 6 patients at 7 years. Of the 61 patients, 56 (92%) had mixed mutant- or a mutant-type. Only 5 (8%) had no mutants at each observation point. Virological breakthrough was found in 26 (46.4%) of 56 patients with YMDD mutants, 20 of whom had a hepatitis flare-up: the remaining 30 (53.6%) had neither a virological breakthrough nor a flare-up. All 20 patients who developed a hepatitis flare-up had a biochemical and virological response after adefovir was added to the lamivudine treatment.

conclusionOur results suggest that it is possible to continue lamivudine treatment, even after the emergence of YMDD mutants, up to the time that the patients develop a hepatitis flare-up.

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AdultAgedAsian PeopleDisease ProgressionDNA, ViralDrug Resistance, ViralFemaleHepatitis B, ChronicHepatitis B virusHumansLamivudineMaleMiddle AgedMutationReverse Transcriptase InhibitorsTimeDNA, ViralLamivudineReverse Transcriptase InhibitorsDrug resistanceHepatitis B virusLamivudineTyrosine-methionine-asparatate-asparatate mutant

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PMID21734806
PMCPMC3129509

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