TY - JOUR
T1 - Adefovir and lamivudine in combination compared with adefovir monotherapy in HBeAg-negative adults with chronic hepatitis B virus infection and clinical or virologic resistance to lamivudine
T2 - A retrospective, multicenter, nonrandomized, open-label study
AU - Pellicelli, Adriano M.
AU - Barbaro, Giuseppe
AU - Francavilla, Ruggiero
AU - Romano, Mario
AU - Barbarini, Giorgio
AU - Mazzoni, Ettore
AU - Mecenate, Fabrizio
AU - Paffetti, Amerigo
AU - Barlattani, Angelo
AU - Struglia, Carlo
AU - Villani, Roberto
AU - Nauri, Leone
AU - Nosotti, Lorenzo
AU - Armignacco, Orlando
AU - Ferri, Fabrizio
AU - Camporiondo, Maria Pia
AU - Soccorsi, Fabrizio
PY - 2008/2
Y1 - 2008/2
N2 - Objectives:The aim of this study was to assess the therapeutic effectiveness of adefovir dipivoxil (ADV), administered in combination with lamivudine (LAM) or as monotherapy, and the rate of resistance to ADV, in hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-negative adult patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and clinical or virologic resistance to LAM. Furthermore, we evaluated in these selected patients the clinical co-variates associated with a sustained virologic response. Methods:Data from adult outpatients aged >18 years with chronic HBV infection and clinical or virologic resistance to LAM were used in this retrospective, multicenter, nonrandomized, open-label study. Patients were selected if they received ADV 10 mg PO QD + LAM 100 mg QD PO or ADV 10 mg PO QD as monotherapy for 24 to 32 months between June 2003 and July 2006. End points were the proportions of patients who achieved virologic response (undetectable HBV-DNA [10 copies/mL]) and biochemical response (normalization [1 log10 copies/mL compared with on-treatment nadir, as confirmed on molecular analysis) was found. HBV-DNA and ALT levels were checked every month during the first 3 months of treatment and every 3 months thereafter until 28 months. Data from each center were stored in a centralized database and analyzed by a blinded independent investigator. Results:Data from 70 patients were included (48 men, 22 women; median age, 51 years; ADV + LAM, 36 patients; ADV monotherapy, 34). The median duration of the pharmacologic treatment in the 2 groups of patients was 28 months (range, 24-32 months). By month 3, virologic response was achieved in 30 patients (83%) in the ADV + LAM group and in 26 patients (76%) in the ADV monotherapy group. At 12 months, virologic response was achieved in 5 additional patients in the ADV + LAM group and 2 additional patients in the ADV monotherapy group. Biochemical response was found to be time dependent: in the 2 groups, the rates of biochemical response were, respectively, 56% and 54% at month 3, 80% and 71% at month 6, and 96% and 79% at month 12, persisting up to the end of the study period. The rates of clinical resistance to ADV were 3% with ADV + LAM and 18% with ADV monotherapy (with a 6% rate of resistance due to rtA181 mutation in the monotherapy group). Logistic regression analysis found that pre-treatment levels of HBV-DNA 10 copies/mL, ALT levels >150 IU/L, an inflammation score >7, and a fibrosis score
AB - Objectives:The aim of this study was to assess the therapeutic effectiveness of adefovir dipivoxil (ADV), administered in combination with lamivudine (LAM) or as monotherapy, and the rate of resistance to ADV, in hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-negative adult patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and clinical or virologic resistance to LAM. Furthermore, we evaluated in these selected patients the clinical co-variates associated with a sustained virologic response. Methods:Data from adult outpatients aged >18 years with chronic HBV infection and clinical or virologic resistance to LAM were used in this retrospective, multicenter, nonrandomized, open-label study. Patients were selected if they received ADV 10 mg PO QD + LAM 100 mg QD PO or ADV 10 mg PO QD as monotherapy for 24 to 32 months between June 2003 and July 2006. End points were the proportions of patients who achieved virologic response (undetectable HBV-DNA [10 copies/mL]) and biochemical response (normalization [1 log10 copies/mL compared with on-treatment nadir, as confirmed on molecular analysis) was found. HBV-DNA and ALT levels were checked every month during the first 3 months of treatment and every 3 months thereafter until 28 months. Data from each center were stored in a centralized database and analyzed by a blinded independent investigator. Results:Data from 70 patients were included (48 men, 22 women; median age, 51 years; ADV + LAM, 36 patients; ADV monotherapy, 34). The median duration of the pharmacologic treatment in the 2 groups of patients was 28 months (range, 24-32 months). By month 3, virologic response was achieved in 30 patients (83%) in the ADV + LAM group and in 26 patients (76%) in the ADV monotherapy group. At 12 months, virologic response was achieved in 5 additional patients in the ADV + LAM group and 2 additional patients in the ADV monotherapy group. Biochemical response was found to be time dependent: in the 2 groups, the rates of biochemical response were, respectively, 56% and 54% at month 3, 80% and 71% at month 6, and 96% and 79% at month 12, persisting up to the end of the study period. The rates of clinical resistance to ADV were 3% with ADV + LAM and 18% with ADV monotherapy (with a 6% rate of resistance due to rtA181 mutation in the monotherapy group). Logistic regression analysis found that pre-treatment levels of HBV-DNA 10 copies/mL, ALT levels >150 IU/L, an inflammation score >7, and a fibrosis score
KW - adefovir
KW - clinical resistance
KW - hepatitis B virus
KW - lamivudine
KW - virologic resistance
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U2 - 10.1016/j.clinthera.2008.02.012
DO - 10.1016/j.clinthera.2008.02.012
M3 - Article
C2 - 18343270
AN - SCOPUS:41549084159
VL - 30
SP - 317
EP - 323
JO - Clinical Therapeutics
JF - Clinical Therapeutics
SN - 0149-2918
IS - 2
ER -