結果:HBV-DNA水平從停藥后第9月至第24月保持穩定,派羅欣單藥治療和派羅欣聯合拉米夫定治療患者病毒學應答無顯著差異。派羅欣單藥治療和派羅欣聯合拉米夫定治療患者停藥后第1年和第2年的ALT復常率分別為50% vs 45%,32% vs 28%。研究期間接受派羅欣單藥治療的患者有11例出現HbsAg轉陰,其中6例出現HbsAg抗體,在2年隨訪期間維持穩定。接受聯合治療的患者中14例出現HbsAg轉陰,6例出現HbsAg抗體,其中2例在隨訪期間維持穩定。
Suppression of HBV-DNA in Patients with HBeAg-negative CHB Treated with Peginterferon Alfa-2a (40KD) ± Lamivudine: 2-Year Follow-up Results
P. Marcellin1; F. Bonino2; G. K. Lau3; P. Farci4; C. Yurdaydin5; T. Piratvisuth6; K. Luo7; S. Gurel8; S. Hadziyannis9; Y. Wang10; M. Popescu11
1. Service d'Hepatologie, Hopital Beaujon, University of Paris, Paris, France. 2. Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Ospedale Maggiore di Milano Policlinico, Milan, Italy. 3. Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China. 4. Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Università di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy. 5. Department of Gastroenterology, University of Ankara, Ankara, Turkey. 6. Department of Internal Medicine, Songklanagarind Hospital, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand. 7. Department of Infectious Diseases, Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou, China. 8. Department of Gastroenterology, University of Uludag, Bursa, Turkey. f 9. Department of Medicine and Hepatology, Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, Greece. 10. Infectious Disease Department, Xinan Hospital, Chongqing, China. 11. Pharmaceuticals Division, Roche, Basel, Switzerland.
Background: HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is associated with poor prognosis, low rates of treatment response and high rates of relapse, especially following treatment with nucleos(t)ide analogues. Significantly higher response rates 24 weeks post-treatment have been demonstrated in patients receiving peginterferon alfa-2a +/- lamivudine, versus lamivudine alone, in a large multinational trial.
Objective: To evaluate the durability of virological and biochemical response to peginterferon alfa-2a +/- lamivudine for up to 2 years post-treatment.
Methods: In the initial study, HBeAg-negative CHB patients received 180μg peginterferon alfa-2a (40KD) once-weekly (qw) plus either placebo daily (qd) or 100 mg lamivudine (qd) for 48 weeks, and were assessed 6 months post-treatment. In a roll-over long-term observational study, 116/177 (66%) of those receiving peginterferon alfa-2a plus placebo, and 114/179 (64%) receiving the combination with lamivudine, were assessed for HBV-DNA suppression to <20,000 cp/mL, <10,000 cp/mL and <400 cp/mL and ALT normalisation <1 X ULN, (30 or >30–≤ 50 IU/L) at 6, 9, 12 and 24 months post-treatment.
Results: HBV-DNA suppression at 1 and 2 years post-treatment is shown in the table below. HBV-DNA levels were stable from 9 months to 24 months post-treatment and there was no significant difference in the virological response between patients treated with peginterferon alfa-2a monotherapy and peginterferon alfa-2a plus lamivudine. ALT normalisation at 1 and 2 years post-treatment was 50% versus 45% and 32% versus 28% for patients treated with peginterferon alfa-2a monotherapy versus the combination with lamivudine, respectively. A total of 11/116 patients receiving peginterferon alfa-2a monotherapy lost HBsAg during the study, of whom six developed anti-HBs antibody, maintained over 2 years of follow-up. Of those receiving the combination with lamivudine, 14/114 lost HBsAg, and six developed anti-HBs antibody at some time during the study, which was maintained in two patients up to 2 years post-treatment.
Conclusions: Peginterferon alfa-2a provides durable ALT normalisation and HBV-DNA suppression to less than 10,000 cp/mL, a level that has recently been associated with a considerably reduced risk of disease complications and hepatocellular cancer, for up to 2 years post-treatment. Patients who relapsed, did so in the early months of follow-up.