Long-term efficacy of hepatitis B vaccination as post-transplant prophylaxis in hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive recipients and HBsAg negative recipients of anti-hepatitis B core positive grafts

Hepatology Research : the Official Journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology
Atsushi YoshizawaShinji Uemoto

Abstract

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation after liver transplantation in HBV patients, or in HBV negative recipients of anti-hepatitis B core (HBc) positive grafts, has been prevented by prophylactic use of hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) and/or nucleoside/nucleotide analogs (NA). Vaccination against HBV is an alternative that may provide a chance to discontinue prophylaxis by producing anti-hepatitis B surface (HBs) antibodies. We retrospectively reviewed 40 HBV positive recipients (HBV+ group) and 27 HBV negative recipients of anti-HBc positive grafts (HBV-/anti-HBc+ graft group), who were administrated double-dose hepatitis B vaccination. Recipients were regarded as responders when anti-HBs greater than 100 IU/L was maintained for 6 months or more without HBIG. Response rates of vaccine and long-term outcomes were analyzed. Eighteen of the 40 patients in the HBV+ group (45%) and 18 of the 27 patients in the HBV-/anti-HBc+ graft group (67%) responded to vaccination after a median of four and three times, respectively. Younger age was the only independent factor associated with vaccine response in the HBV-/anti-HBc+ graft group (P = 0.03), whereas no factor was found to be an independent predictor for vaccine response in the HBV+...Continue Reading

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