Direct-Acting Antivirals and the Risk of Hepatitis B Reactivation in Hepatitis B and C Co-Infected Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysisopen access
- Authors
- Oh, Joo Hyun; Park, Dong Ah; Ko, Min Jung; Yoo, Jeong-Ju; Yim, Sun Young; Ahn, Ji-Hyun; Jun, Dae Won; Ahn, Sang Bong
- Issue Date
- Dec-2022
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Keywords
- hepatitis B virus; hepatitis C virus; direct-acting antivirals; reactivation
- Citation
- Journal of Personalized Medicine, v.12, no.12
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- Journal of Personalized Medicine
- Volume
- 12
- Number
- 12
- URI
- https://scholarworks.korea.ac.kr/kumedicine/handle/2021.sw.kumedicine/62063
- DOI
- 10.3390/jpm12121957
- ISSN
- 2075-4426
2075-4426
- Abstract
- Hepatitis B (HBV) reactivation was observed to be more than 10% in patients receiving interferon-based therapy for hepatitis C (HCV) co-infection. At present, when direct-acting antiviral (DAA) has become the main treatment for HCV, there are few large-scale studies on the reactivation of HBV in these population. We studied HBV reactivation risk and prophylactic HBV treatment efficacy in HBV/HCV co-infected patients receiving DAA therapy. Relevant studies were selected from the Ovid-Medline, Ovid-EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, KoreaMed, KMbase, and RISS databases through 4 September 2020. Data pooling was carried out using the random-effects method. We identified 39 articles with 119,484 patients with chronic (n = 1673) or resolved (n = 13,497) HBV infection under DAA therapy. When the studies were pooled, the HBV reactivation rate was 12% (95% confidence interval (CI) 6-19, I2 = 87%), indicating that this population needs careful attention. When stratified by baseline HBV DNA, the undetectable HBV DNA group showed a significantly lower risk of reactivation than the detectable HBV DNA group (odds ratio (OR) 0.30, 95% CI 0.11-0.86, I2 = 0%). Prophylactic HBV therapy reduced HBV reactivation risk (OR 0.25, 95% CI 0.07-0.92, I2 = 0%). Patients with a resolved HBV infection showed a negligible rate (0.4%) of HBV reactivation. In conclusion, patients with detectable HBV DNA levels warrant careful monitoring for HBV reactivation and may benefit from preventive anti-HBV treatment.
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