TY - JOUR
T1 - Hepatitis B core-related antigen levels are associated with response to entecavir and peginterferon add-on therapy in hepatitis B e antigen-positive chronic hepatitis B patients
AU - van Campenhout, Margo
AU - Brouwer, Willem Pieter
AU - van Oord, Gertine
AU - Xie, Q
AU - Zhang, Q
AU - Zhang, N
AU - Guo, S
AU - Tabak, F
AU - Streinu-Cercel, A
AU - Wang, Johnny
AU - Pas, Suzan
AU - Sonneveld, Milan
AU - de Knegt, Rob
AU - Boonstra, Andre
AU - Hansen, Bettina
AU - Janssen, HLA
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Hepatitis B core-related antigen (HBcrAg), a new serum marker, may be useful in monitoring chronic hepatitis B infection. HBcrAg was measured in 175 hepatitis B e antigen-positive patients treated with entecavir (ETV) with or without peginterferon (PEG-IFN) add-on therapy. Decline in HBcrAg was stronger in patients with vs. without combined response (ETV: -3.22 vs. -1.71 log U/mL, p <0.001; PEG-IFN add-on: -3.16 vs. -1.83 IU/mL, p <0.001) and in patients with vs. without hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) response (ETV: -2.60 vs. -1.74 log U/mL, p <0.001; PEG-IFN addon: -2.38 vs. -2.15 log U/mL, p = 0.31). HBcrAg was associated with combined response (adjusted odds ratio 0.3, 95% confidence interval 0.2-0.5, p <0.001), but was not superior to quantitative HBsAg (qHBsAg). (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
AB - Hepatitis B core-related antigen (HBcrAg), a new serum marker, may be useful in monitoring chronic hepatitis B infection. HBcrAg was measured in 175 hepatitis B e antigen-positive patients treated with entecavir (ETV) with or without peginterferon (PEG-IFN) add-on therapy. Decline in HBcrAg was stronger in patients with vs. without combined response (ETV: -3.22 vs. -1.71 log U/mL, p <0.001; PEG-IFN add-on: -3.16 vs. -1.83 IU/mL, p <0.001) and in patients with vs. without hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) response (ETV: -2.60 vs. -1.74 log U/mL, p <0.001; PEG-IFN addon: -2.38 vs. -2.15 log U/mL, p = 0.31). HBcrAg was associated with combined response (adjusted odds ratio 0.3, 95% confidence interval 0.2-0.5, p <0.001), but was not superior to quantitative HBsAg (qHBsAg). (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
U2 - 10.1016/j.cmi.2016.02.002
DO - 10.1016/j.cmi.2016.02.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 26898481
SN - 1198-743X
VL - 22
JO - Clinical Microbiology and Infection
JF - Clinical Microbiology and Infection
IS - 6
ER -