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ArticleClinical and experimental medicine2016

Comparison of entecavir monotherapy and de novo lamivudine and adefovir combination therapy in HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B with high viral load: 48-week result.

Shaohang Cai, Tao Yu, Yegui Jiang, Yonghong Zhang, Fangfang Lv, Jie Peng

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6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Shaohang CaiDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology Unit, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, Guangdong Province, China.
Tao YuDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology Unit, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, Guangdong Province, China.
Yegui JiangSouthwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Yonghong ZhangSecond Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China.
Fangfang LvSir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
Jie PengDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology Unit, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, Guangdong Province, China. pjie138@163.com.
Southern Medical University · CNArmy Medical University · CNCentral South University · CNNanfang Hospital · CNZhejiang University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study compared virologic response to entecavir monotherapy and de novo lamivudine plus adefovir (LAM + ADV) combination therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) with high viral load (HVL). Hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-positive patients [hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA levels >1 × 10(7) copies/ml] were assigned to LAM + ADV or entecavir treatment. The primary efficacy endpoint measure of the multicenter prospective cohort study was proportion of patients with CHB with virologic response, defined as HBV DNA <300 copies/ml at week 48. During treatment, 39.1 % (18/46) of patients in the LAM + ADV group and 48.1 % (25/52) of those in the entecavir group achieved virologic response in week 48 (P = 0.37). A baseline alanine aminotransferase (ALT) level ≥5 × ULN (upper limit of normal) or baseline serum HBV DNA level <8 log10 IU/ml could predict virologic response at week 48 (P = 0.025). The mean reduction in HBV DNA was comparable (P = 0.45); no significant difference was found in the proportion of ALT normalization (P = 0.46) or HBeAg seroconversion (P = 0.88). Two cases of genotypic resistance were found (rtM204 V + rtL180 M and rtA181T/V) in the LAM + ADV group, with a resistance rate of 4.3 %; there was no genotypic resistance in the entecavir group (P = 0.13). De novo LAM + ADV combination therapy is as effective as entecavir monotherapy in HBeAg-positive patients with CHB with HVL. Moreover, genotypic resistance was only found in the LAM + ADV group at week 48. Baseline ALT levels ≥5 ULN or baseline serum HBV DNA levels <8 log10 IU/ml were favorable predictors of virologic response in CHB with HVL.

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Viral LoadAdenineAdolescentAdultAlanine TransaminaseAntiviral AgentsBloodDNA, ViralFemaleGuanineHepatitis B, ChronicHepatitis B e AntigensHepatitis B virusHumansLamivudineMaleadefovirAdenineAlanine TransaminaseAntiviral AgentsDNA, ViralentecavirGuanineHepatitis B e AntigensLamivudineOrganophosphonatesChronic hepatitis BHigh viral loadNucleos(t)ide analogsVirologic response

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