Efficacy of telbivudine in HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B patients with high baseline ALT levels
Efficacy of telbivudine in HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B patients with high baseline ALT levels
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DOI:
10.3748/wjg.v16.i32.4095
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发表时间:
2010-08-28
影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
Yang, Yi-Da
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作者:
Lv, Guo-Cai;Ma, Wen-Jiang;Yang, Yi-Da
AIM: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of telbivudine (LDT) in hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-positive chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients who have high baseline alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels between 10 and 20 times the upper limit of normal.METHODS: Forty HBeAg-positive CHB patients with high baseline ALT levels between 10 and 20 times the upper limit of normal were enrolled and received LDT monotherapy for 52 wk. Another forty patients with baseline ALT levels between 2 and 10 times the upper limit of normal were included as controls. We compared the virological, biochemical, serological and side effect profiles between the two groups at 52 wk.RESULTS: By week 52, the mean decrease in hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA level compared with baseline was 7.03 log10 copies/mL in the high baseline ALT group and 6.17 log10 copies/mL in the control group, respectively (P