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Quantitation of HBsAg predicts response to entecavir therapy in HBV genotype C patients
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AIM:To analysis the factors that predict the response to entecavir therapy in chronic hepatitis patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype C.METHODS:Fifty patients [hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-negative:HBeAg-positive =26:24] with HBV genotype C,who received na(i)ve entecavir therapy for ＞ 2 years,were analyzed.Patients who showed HBV DNA levels ≥3.0 log viral copies/mL after 2 years of entecavir therapy were designated as slow-responders,while those that showed ＜ 3.0 log copies/mL were termed rapidresponders.Quantitative hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) levels (qHBsAg) were determined by the Architect HBsAg QT immunoassay.Hepatitis B core-related antigen was detected by enzyme immunoassay.Pre-C and Core promoter mutations were determined using by polymerase chain reaction (PCR).Drug-resistance mutations were detected by the PCR-Invader method.RESULTS:At year 2,HBV DNA levels in all patients in the HBeAg-negative group were ＜ 3.0 log copies/mL.In contrast,in the HBeAg-positive group,41.7％ were slow-responders,while 58.3％ were rapid-responders.No entecavir-resistant mutants were detected in the slow-responders.When the pretreatment factors were compared between the slow-and rapid-responders;the median qHBsAg in the slow-responders was 4.57log IU/mL,compared with 3.63 log IU/mL in the rapidresponders (P ＜ 0.01).When the pretreatment factors predictive of HBV DNA-negative status at year 2 in all 50 patients were analyzed,HBeAg-negative status,low HBV DNA levels,and low qHBsAg levels were significant (P ＜ 0.01).Multivariate analysis revealed that the low qHBsAg level was the most significant predictive factor (P =0.03).CONCLUSION:Quantitation of HBsAg could be a useful indicator to predict response to entecavir therapy.
Chronic hepatitis BQuantitation of hepatitis B surface antigenEntecavirHepatitis B virus genotype CSlow-respondersHepatitis B core-related antigenCore promoter mutationPre-C mutation
NETL
NSTL
万方数据
维普
