A comparison of telbivudine and entecavir in the treatment of hepatitis B e antigen-positive patients: a prospective cohort study in China
A comparison of telbivudine and entecavir in the treatment of hepatitis B e antigen-positive patients: a prospective cohort study in China
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替比夫定和恩替卡韦治疗乙型肝炎e抗原阳性患者的比较:中国的一项前瞻性队列研究。
DOI:
10.1016/j.cmi.2015.10.024
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发表时间:
2016-03-01
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14.2
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Zhang, J. -M.
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Zhang, Y.;Hu, P.;Zhang, J. -M.
There are few studies directly comparing the efficacy and safety of telbivudine and entecavir. The present prospective cohort study aimed to evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of these compounds in 196 hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-positive patients with chronic hepatitis B for a median follow-up period of 172 weeks; 97 were treated with telbivudine and 99 were treated with entecavir. Patients showing suboptimal responses could also take adefovir at 24-48 weeks and all patients with viral breakthrough were started on adefovir. The 240-week cumulative proportions of patients showing undetectable hepatitis B DNA levels and serum alanine transaminase (ALT) normalization were similar in the two study groups. Viral breakthrough developed in 14% of the telbivudine group and in 2% of the entecavir group (p 0.002). Interestingly, the cumulative proportions of patients treated with entecavir and telbivudine showing HBeAg seroconversion were 12% versus 21% at 48 weeks (p 0.041), 15% versus 38% at 96 weeks (p 0.001), 24% versus 50% at 144 weeks (p 0.001), 33% versus 53% at 192 weeks (p 0.004) and 36% versus 53% at 240 weeks (p 0.005), respectively. Patients treated with telbivudine were therefore significantly more likely to show HBeAg seroconversion than those receiving entecavir and similar results were observed in study sub-groups matched for age, serum ALT, and HBV DNA levels. A safety analysis identified no differences between grade 3/4 creatine kinase elevations in the study groups and only telbivudine was associated with improved kidney function. Clinical Microbiology and Infection (C) 2015 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.