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Title: A randomized study of adefovir dipivoxil in place of HBIG in combination with lamivudine as post-liver transplantation hepatitis B prophylaxis.
Austin Authors: Angus, Peter W ;Patterson, Scott J ;Strasser, Simone I;McCaughan, Geoffrey W;Gane, Edward
Affiliation: Victorian Liver Transplant Unit
Issue Date: 1-Nov-2008
Publication information: Hepatology (baltimore, Md.); 48(5): 1460-6
Abstract: Prior to effective prophylaxis, liver transplantation for hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related disease was frequently complicated by recurrence, which could be severe and rapidly progressive. Combination hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) and lamivudine prophylaxis reduces this rate of recurrence to <5% at 5 years; however, HBIG administration is costly and inconvenient. We conducted a multicenter randomized study of adefovir dipivoxil substitution for low-dose intramuscular (IM) HBIG in patients without HBV recurrence at least 12 months posttransplantation for HBV-related disease. Thirty-four patients were randomized, 16 to adefovir (1 patient withdrew consent at 3 months and is not considered in the results) and 18 to continue HBIG. All continued lamivudine. Groups were well matched by age, sex, and time since transplantation (median, 4.5 years), and background virological risk for HBV recurrence (30% of patients in the adefovir group, 24% in the HBIG group having detectable HBV DNA at transplantation). All patients were alive at study completion without recurrence. One patient in the adefovir group became hepatitis B surface antigen-positive at 5 months but was persistently HBV DNA undetectable via polymerase chain reaction (sensitivity 14 IU/mL) over the following 20 months. Median creatinine was not significantly changed over the course of the study in either group. One patient in the adefovir group with a background of diabetic and hypertensive nephropathy (baseline creatinine 150 micromol/L) developed increased creatinine leading to dose reduction and ultimately cessation of adefovir at 15 months. Yearly cost of combination adefovir/lamivudine prophylaxis was $8,290 versus $13,718 IM HBIG/lamivudine.Compared with combination HBIG plus lamivudine prophylaxis, combination adefovir plus lamivudine provides equivalent protection against recurrent HBV infection but with better tolerability and less cost.
URI: https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/10693
DOI: 10.1002/hep.22524
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Journal: Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18925641
Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Adenine.analogs & derivatives.therapeutic use
Adult
Aged
Antiviral Agents.therapeutic use
DNA, Viral.blood
Female
Hepatitis B.immunology.prevention & control
Humans
Immunization, Passive
Immunoglobulins.therapeutic use
Lamivudine.therapeutic use
Liver Transplantation.adverse effects
Male
Middle Aged
Organophosphonates.therapeutic use
Patient Selection
Postoperative Complications.prevention & control
Viral Load
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