Continuing besifovir dipivoxil maleate versus switching from tenofovir disoproxil fumarate for treatment of chronic hepatitis B: Results of 192-week phase 3 trial
- Authors
- Song, Do Seon; Kim, Won; Ahn, Sang Hoon; Yim, Hyung Joon; Jang, Jae Young; Kweon, Young Oh; Cho, Yong Kyun; Kim, Yoon Jun; Hong, Gun Young; Kim, Dong Joon; Jung, Young Kul; Sohn, Joo Hyun; Lee, Jin-Woo; Park, Sung Jae; Lee, Byung Seok; Kim, Ju Hyun; Kim, Hong Soo; Yoon, Seung Kew; Kim, Moon Young; Lee, Kwan Sik; Lim, Young Suk; Lee, Wan Sik; Yang, Jin Mo; Kim, Kyun-Hwan; Han, Kwang-Hyub; Um, Soon Ho
- Issue Date
- Apr-2021
- Publisher
- 대한간학회
- Keywords
- Besifovir; Hepatitis B, Chronic; Drug resistance; Bone mineral density; Nephrotoxicity
- Citation
- Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, v.27, no.2, pp 346 - 359
- Pages
- 14
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- Clinical and Molecular Hepatology
- Volume
- 27
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 346
- End Page
- 359
- URI
- https://scholarworks.korea.ac.kr/kumedicine/handle/2020.sw.kumedicine/53096
- DOI
- 10.3350/cmh.2020.0307
- ISSN
- 2287-2728
2287-285X
- Abstract
- Background/Aims: Besifovir dipivoxil maleate (BSV), an acyclic nucleotide phosphonate, shows potent antiviral activity against hepatitis B virus. Our previous 48-week trial revealed that BSV has comparable antiviral efficacy to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) and better safety profiles in terms of improved renal and bone safety. This extension study evaluated the prolonged efficacy and safety of BSV in treatment-naive chronic hepatitis B patients.
Methods: Patients continued to participate in an open-label BSV study after an initial 48-week double-blind comparison of BSV and TDF treatment. The antiviral efficacy and drug safety was evaluated up to 192 weeks in two groups: patients continuing BSV treatment (BSV-BSV) and patients switching from TDF to BSV after 48 weeks (TDF-BSV).
Results: Among 197 patients receiving randomized treatments, 170 (86%) entered the open-label phase and 152 (77%) entered the 192-week extension study. Virological response rates over 192 weeks were 92.50% and 93.06% in the BSV-BSV and TDF-BSV groups, respectively (P=0.90). Hepatitis B envelop antigen seroconversion and alanine aminotransferase normalization rates were similar between the groups (P=0.75 and P=0.36, respectively). There were no drug-resistant mutations to BSV. Bone mineral density and renal function were well preserved in the BSV-BSV group, whereas these initially worsened then recovered after switching therapy in the TDF-BSV group.
Conclusions: BSV maintained potent antiviral efficacy after 192 weeks and showed no evidence of drug resistance. BSV was safe, well tolerated, and effective in patients who switched from TDF to BSV.
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