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ArticleThe Journal of infectious diseases2024

Circulating HBV RNA and Hepatitis B Core-Related Antigen Trajectories in Persons With HIV/HBV Coinfection and Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Loss During Tenofovir Therapy.

Lorin Begré, Anders Boyd, Marie-Laure Plissonnier, Barbara Testoni, Luisa Salazar-Vizcaya, Franziska Suter-Riniker, Caroline Scholtès, Charles Béguelin, Jürgen K Rockstroh, Huldrych F Günthard and 10 more

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Article in The Journal of infectious diseases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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20 authors at 12 institutions in 5 countries.

Lorin BegréDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-1015-8947
Anders BoydDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Research and Prevention, Public Health Service of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-9512-8928
Marie-Laure PlissonnierCancer Research Center of Lyon (CRCL), UMR Inserm U1052 / CNRS 5286, Lyon, France.ORCID 0000-0003-4879-4586
Barbara TestoniCancer Research Center of Lyon (CRCL), UMR Inserm U1052 / CNRS 5286, Lyon, France.ORCID 0000-0001-5588-5465
Luisa Salazar-VizcayaDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-0527-0141
Franziska Suter-RinikerInstitute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-8568-578X
Caroline ScholtèsCancer Research Center of Lyon (CRCL), UMR Inserm U1052 / CNRS 5286, Lyon, France.ORCID 0000-0003-0691-8480
Charles BéguelinDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9346-5146
Jürgen K RockstrohHIV Clinic, Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2858-3888
Huldrych F GünthardDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-1142-6723
Alexandra CalmyDivision of Infectious Diseases, HIV Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-1137-6826
Matthias CavassiniDivision of Infectious Diseases, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-0933-7833
Hans H HirschTransplantation and Clinical Virology, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-0883-0423
Patrick SchmidDivision of Infectious Diseases, Infection Prevention and Travel Medicine, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-1978-5082
Enos BernasconiDivision of Infectious Diseases, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale Lugano, University of Geneva and University of Southern Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9724-8373
Massimo LevreroCancer Research Center of Lyon (CRCL), UMR Inserm U1052 / CNRS 5286, Lyon, France.ORCID 0000-0002-4978-0875
Gilles WandelerDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-5278-8763
Fabien ZoulimCancer Research Center of Lyon (CRCL), UMR Inserm U1052 / CNRS 5286, Lyon, France.ORCID 0000-0002-2245-0083
Andri RauchDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-5297-6062
Swiss HIV Cohort Study
University of Bern · CHUniversity Hospital of Bern · CHUniversité Claude Bernard Lyon 1 · FRUniversity of St.Gallen · CHUniversity of Geneva · CHUniversity Hospital Bonn · DECentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRUniversity of Basel · CHUniversity of Lausanne · CHUniversity of Zurich · CHStichting HIV Monitoring · NLUniversity Hospital of Zurich · CH

Funding

Department of Teaching and Research, Inselspital, Bern University HospitalEuropean Union EU H2020-847939-IP-cure-BFrench National Research AgencyG. and J. Bangerter-Rhyner Foundation YTCR 13/19Gilead Sciences CO-SW-985-5602Investissements d'Avenir Program ANR-17-RHUS-0003Liquid Biobank Inselspital BernNEAT-ID FoundationprogramSHCS research foundationSwiss Academy of Medical SciencesSwiss National Science Foundation 201369Young Talents in Clinical Research
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe evaluated long-term trajectories of circulating hepatitis B virus (HBV) RNA and hepatitis B core-related antigen (HBcrAg) in persons with and without hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) loss during tenofovir therapy in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study.

methodsWe included 29 persons with HIV with HBsAg loss and 29 matched persons with HIV without HBsAg loss. We compared HBV RNA and HBcrAg decline and assessed the cumulative proportions with undetectable HBV RNA and HBcrAg levels during tenofovir therapy using Kaplan-Meier estimates.

resultsHBsAg loss occurred after a median of 4 years (IQR, 1-8). All participants with HBsAg loss achieved suppressed HBV DNA and undetectable HBV RNA preceding undetectable quantitative HBsAg levels, whereas 79% achieved negative HBcrAg. In comparison, 79% of participants without HBsAg loss achieved undetectable HBV-RNA and 48% negative HBcrAg. After 2 years of tenofovir therapy, an HBV RNA decline ≥1 log10 copies/mL had 100% sensitivity and 36.4% specificity for HBsAg loss, whereas an HBcrAg decline ≥1 log10 U/mL had 91.0% sensitivity and 64.5% specificity.

conclusionsHBV RNA suppression preceded undetectable quantitative HBsAg levels and had high sensitivity but low specificity for HBsAg loss during tenofovir therapy in persons with HIV. HBcrAg remained detectable in approximately 20% of persons with HBsAg loss and 50% of persons without HBsAg loss.

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CoinfectionHepatitis B Core AntigensHepatitis B Surface AntigensHepatitis B virusHIV InfectionsRNA, ViralTenofovirAdultAnti-HIV AgentsCohort StudiesDNA, ViralFemaleHepatitis BHepatitis B, ChronicHumansMaleAnti-HIV AgentsDNA, ViralHepatitis B Core AntigensHepatitis B Surface AntigensRNA, ViralTenofovirHBV RNAhepatitis B core–related antigenhepatitis B virusHIVkinetics

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PMID38626170
PMCPMC11481342
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