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Article: Long-term outcome of renal transplant recipients with chronic hepatitis B infection-impact of antiviral treatments

TitleLong-term outcome of renal transplant recipients with chronic hepatitis B infection-impact of antiviral treatments
Authors
KeywordsHepatitis B
Kidney transplantation
Lamivudine
Resistance
Issue Date2010
PublisherLippincott Williams & Wilkins. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.transplantjournal.com
Citation
Transplantation, 2010, v. 90 n. 3, p. 325-330 How to Cite?
AbstractBackground: Antiviral treatment has improved the short-term outcome of kidney transplant recipients with chronic hepatitis B infection, but its long-term impact, especially in patients who have developed drug resistance, remains uncertain. Methods: Sixty-three hepatitis B surface antigen positive (HBsAg+) and 63 HBsAg-patients who have undergone kidney transplantation from 1985 to 2008 were retrospectively reviewed and their clinical outcomes were compared. Results: With lamivudine as initial treatment, 62% of patients developed drug resistance after 4 years. Lamivudine resistance was associated with a higher incidence of chronic hepatitis but had no significant impact on liver stiffness score or patient survival during follow-up. Salvage treatment with adefovir or entecavir was well tolerated, and resulted in a three-log decrease in hepatitis B deoxynucleic acid after 6 months and normalization of alanine aminotransferase in 75% of patients. The survival rate of HBsAg+ patients transplanted in the recent era of antiviral treatment was 81% at 10 years. Treatment of hepatitis B with nucleoside/nucleotide analogues resulted in significantly improved patient survival (83% vs. 34% at 20 years, P=0.006). Although antiviral treatment was associated with reduced mortality because of liver complications (P=0.036), liver-related deaths still accounted for 40% of mortalities in HBsAg+ patients in the era of antiviral therapies and 22.2% of all deaths that occurred in patients who had received antiviral treatment. Conclusion: Treatment of HBsAg+ renal transplant recipients with nucleoside/nucleotide analogues confers long-term survival benefit, and that rescue therapy with adefovir or entecavir is effective and well tolerated in patients who had developed resistance to lamivudine. © 2010 by World Health Organization.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/129293
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2023 Impact Factor: 5.3
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.371
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Funding AgencyGrant Number
Wai Hung Charity Foundation
Funding Information:

Supported by the Wai Hung Charity Foundation (S.Y.).

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dc.contributor.authorYap, DYHen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTang, CSOen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYung, Sen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChoy, BYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYuen, MFen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChan, TMen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-23T08:34:47Z-
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dc.date.issued2010en_HK
dc.identifier.citationTransplantation, 2010, v. 90 n. 3, p. 325-330en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0041-1337en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/129293-
dc.description.abstractBackground: Antiviral treatment has improved the short-term outcome of kidney transplant recipients with chronic hepatitis B infection, but its long-term impact, especially in patients who have developed drug resistance, remains uncertain. Methods: Sixty-three hepatitis B surface antigen positive (HBsAg+) and 63 HBsAg-patients who have undergone kidney transplantation from 1985 to 2008 were retrospectively reviewed and their clinical outcomes were compared. Results: With lamivudine as initial treatment, 62% of patients developed drug resistance after 4 years. Lamivudine resistance was associated with a higher incidence of chronic hepatitis but had no significant impact on liver stiffness score or patient survival during follow-up. Salvage treatment with adefovir or entecavir was well tolerated, and resulted in a three-log decrease in hepatitis B deoxynucleic acid after 6 months and normalization of alanine aminotransferase in 75% of patients. The survival rate of HBsAg+ patients transplanted in the recent era of antiviral treatment was 81% at 10 years. Treatment of hepatitis B with nucleoside/nucleotide analogues resulted in significantly improved patient survival (83% vs. 34% at 20 years, P=0.006). Although antiviral treatment was associated with reduced mortality because of liver complications (P=0.036), liver-related deaths still accounted for 40% of mortalities in HBsAg+ patients in the era of antiviral therapies and 22.2% of all deaths that occurred in patients who had received antiviral treatment. Conclusion: Treatment of HBsAg+ renal transplant recipients with nucleoside/nucleotide analogues confers long-term survival benefit, and that rescue therapy with adefovir or entecavir is effective and well tolerated in patients who had developed resistance to lamivudine. © 2010 by World Health Organization.en_HK
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherLippincott Williams & Wilkins. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.transplantjournal.comen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofTransplantationen_HK
dc.subjectHepatitis Ben_HK
dc.subjectKidney transplantationen_HK
dc.subjectLamivudineen_HK
dc.subjectResistanceen_HK
dc.subject.meshAdenine - analogs and derivatives - therapeutic use-
dc.subject.meshAntiviral Agents - adverse effects - therapeutic use-
dc.subject.meshHepatitis B, Chronic - complications - diagnosis - drug therapy - mortality-
dc.subject.meshKidney Diseases - complications - surgery-
dc.subject.meshKidney Transplantation - adverse effects - mortality-
dc.titleLong-term outcome of renal transplant recipients with chronic hepatitis B infection-impact of antiviral treatmentsen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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