Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30342879›Full record

ReviewGastroenterology2019

Pathogenesis of and New Therapies for Hepatitis D.

Christopher Koh, Theo Heller, Jeffrey S Glenn

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Review in Gastroenterology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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57citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
7.0field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 108 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Bulevirtide Monotherapy Is Safe and Well Tolerated in Chronic Hepatitis Delta: An Integrated Safety Analysis of Bulevirtide Clinical Trials at Week 48.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
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  12. Role of viral hepatitis in pregnancy and its triggering mechanism.Journal of translational internal medicine · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Christopher KohLiver Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Electronic address: Christopher.Koh@nih.gov.
Theo HellerLiver Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Jeffrey S GlennDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California. Electronic address: Jeffrey.glenn@stanford.edu.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · USNational Institutes of Health · USStanford University · US

Funding

Investigation of management and disease manifestations of viral hepatitisZIADK054514 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI HELLER, THEO · 2009 to 2025
$12.9M
Management and Treatment of Chronic Delta Hepatitis Infection and other Liver DiseasesZIADK075150 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI KOH, CHRISTOPHER · 2019 to 2025
$2.8M
Investigation of management and disease manifestations of viral hepatitisZ01DK054514 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI HELLER, THEO · 2007 to 2008
$838k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 DK054514Intramural NIH HHS Z99 DK999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection of humans was first reported in 1977, and now it is now estimated that 15-20 million people are infected worldwide. Infection with HDV can be an acute or chronic process that occurs only in patients with an hepatitis B virus infection. Chronic HDV infection commonly results in the most rapidly progressive form of viral hepatitis; it is the chronic viral infection that is most likely to lead to cirrhosis, and it is associated with an increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma. HDV infection is the only chronic human hepatitis virus infection without a therapy approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. Peginterferon alfa is the only recommended therapy, but it produces unsatisfactory results. We review therapeutic agents in development, designed to disrupt the HDV life cycle, that might benefit patients with this devastating disease.

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsCarcinoma, HepatocellularHepatitis DHepatitis Delta VirusHumansInterferon-alphaLiver CirrhosisLiver NeoplasmsPolyethylene GlycolsRecombinant ProteinsAntiviral AgentsInterferon-alphapeginterferon alfa-2aPolyethylene GlycolsRecombinant ProteinsCancerDrug DevelopmentEpidemiologyHCC Risk

Identifiers

PMID30342879
PMCPMC6340762
OpenAlexW2897289465

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