Can we stop nucleoside analogues before HBsAg loss?

Journal of Viral Hepatitis
Margarita Papatheodoridi, George Papatheodoridis

Abstract

Most of the current guidelines and the existing data suggest that long-term therapy with nucleos(t)ide analogue(s) [NA(s)] may be stopped in carefully selected chronic hepatitis B patients who remain HBsAg positive. In particular, NA(s) may be discontinued in such patients without pre-existing cirrhosis who achieved long-term on-therapy virological remission (>12 months of HBeAg seroconversion and HBV DNA undetectability for initially HBeAg-positive cases; ≥3 years of HBV DNA undetectability for HBeAg-negative cases) and are expected to remain under close follow-up after NA(s) discontinuation. The majority of patients will develop post-NA(s) virological relapses and a proportion of them will have biochemical relapses and occasionally flares, but prompt retreatment can reintroduce remission. No reliable predictor(s) of post-NA(s) relapses have been identified so far. HBsAg loss develops in a progressively increasing proportion of chronic hepatitis B patients who discontinue NA(s) with HBsAg loss rates being higher in Caucasian patients with HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B. Follow-up at least every 3 months for the first year seems to be appropriate for all chronic hepatitis B patients who discontinue NA(s), while HBeAg-negati...Continue Reading

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Feb 26, 2020·Cells·Margarita Papatheodoridi, George Papatheodoridis
Jul 16, 2020·Liver International : Official Journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver·Apichat KaewdechTeerha Piratvisuth
Dec 11, 2021·Liver International : Official Journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver·Margarita PapatheodoridiGeorge V Papatheodoridis

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