Sustained serological and complete responses in HBeAg-positive patients treated with Peginterferon alfa-2b: a 6-year long-term follow-up of a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial in China
BackgroundPegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) alfa-2b is recommended for chronic hepatitis B (CHB). We aimed to investigate the sustainability of off-treatment responses among Chinese HBeAg-positive CHB patients treated with PEG-IFN alfa-2b from a randomized trial.MethodsEligible Chinese patients (n=322) were followed up by one visit after a median of 6years (LTFU) following their participation in a randomized trial evaluating the efficacy of three PEG-IFN alfa-2b dosing regimens (1.0 or 1.5g/kg/wk. 24weeks or 1.5g/kg/wk. 48weeks). Primary endpoints at the LTFU were sustained SR and CR (SR/CR at the end of original study [EOS] and at the LTFU). SR was defined as HBeAg loss and seroconversion to anti-HBe and CR as HBeAg loss and seroconversion to anti-HBe and HBV-DNA<2000IU/mL.ResultsThe proportions of patients achieving sustained SR among patients who had SR at EOS were high in three treatment groups (61.9, 65.5, 76.5%, respectively, p=0.46); treatment with PEG-IFN alfa-2b 1.5g/kg/wk. 48weeks had the highest proportion of a sustained CR among patients who had CR at EOS (75.0%, p=0.05). A considerable number of patients achieved sustained SR (18.2-29.9%) and sustained CR (14.8-18.3%) after EOS despite no further NA treatment. At the LTFU, rates of SR and CR were less than 70.0 and 50.0%, respectively, among all enrolled patients regardless of additional nucleos(t)ide analogs before the LTFU.ConclusionsPEG IFN alfa-2b therapy had considerable off-treatment sustainability in Chinese HBeAg positive chronic hepatitis B patients with serological and complete responses.
第一作者单位:[1]Southern Med Univ, State Key Lab Organ Failure Res, Guangdong Prov Key Lab Viral Hepatitis Res, Dept Infect Dis,Nanfang Hosp, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Peoples R China
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Sun Jian,Ding Huiguo,Chen Guofeng,et al.Sustained serological and complete responses in HBeAg-positive patients treated with Peginterferon alfa-2b: a 6-year long-term follow-up of a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial in China[J].BMC GASTROENTEROLOGY.2019,19:doi:10.1186/s12876-019-0981-5.
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Sun, Jian,Ding, Huiguo,Chen, Guofeng,Wang, Guiqiang,Wei, Lai...&Hou, Jinlin.(2019).Sustained serological and complete responses in HBeAg-positive patients treated with Peginterferon alfa-2b: a 6-year long-term follow-up of a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial in China.BMC GASTROENTEROLOGY,19,
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Sun, Jian,et al."Sustained serological and complete responses in HBeAg-positive patients treated with Peginterferon alfa-2b: a 6-year long-term follow-up of a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial in China".BMC GASTROENTEROLOGY 19.(2019)