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Trial reportWorld journal of gastroenterology2016

Effect of switching from treatment with nucleos(t)ide analogs to pegylated interferon α-2a on virological and serological responses in chronic hepatitis B patients.

Li-Ting He, Xiao-Guang Ye, Xiao-Yuan Zhou

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in World journal of gastroenterology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Functional Cure for Hepatitis B Virus: Challenges and Achievements.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Li-Ting HeLi-Ting He, Xiao-Guang Ye, Xiao-Yuan Zhou, Department of Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510260, Guangdong Province, China.
Xiao-Guang YeLi-Ting He, Xiao-Guang Ye, Xiao-Yuan Zhou, Department of Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510260, Guangdong Province, China.
Xiao-Yuan ZhouLi-Ting He, Xiao-Guang Ye, Xiao-Yuan Zhou, Department of Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510260, Guangdong Province, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo investigate the efficacy of switching to pegylated interferon-α-2a (PegIFNα-2a) treatment in nucleos(t)ide analog (NA)-treated chronic hepatitis B (CHB) responder patients.

methodsA 48-wk prospective and retrospective treatment trial of NA-treated CHB patients who had received entecavir (ETV) for at least 48 wk and had serum hepatitis B virus (HBV)-DNA < 500 IU/mL, serum hepatitis B envelope antigen (HBeAg) < 100 S/CO, serum alanine aminotransferase, and aspartate aminotransferase levels < 2 × the upper limit of normal of 40 IU/L was performed. The effects on virological and serological responses and adverse reactions to 0.5 mg daily ETV for 48 wk

resultsAfter 48 wk of therapy, the decrease in hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) levels was greater in the PegIFNα-2a group than in the ETV group (3.1340 log

conclusionNA-treated CHB patients switched to sequential PegIFNα-2a achieved highly potent treatment termination safely.

Indexed as

AdultAlanine TransaminaseAntiviral AgentsAspartate AminotransferasesDNA, ViralDrug SubstitutionFemaleGuanineHepatitis B AntibodiesHepatitis B, ChronicHepatitis B e AntigensHepatitis B Surface AntigensHumansInterferon-alphaMalePolyethylene GlycolsAlanine TransaminaseAntiviral AgentsAspartate AminotransferasesDNA, ViralentecavirGuanineHepatitis B AntibodiesHepatitis B e AntigensHepatitis B Surface AntigensInterferon-alphapeginterferon alfa-2aPolyethylene GlycolsRecombinant ProteinsChronic hepatitis BEffectEntecavirpegylated interferon-α-2aSequential therapy

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PMID28028369
PMCPMC5155180

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