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Long-term outcomes of two rescue therapies in lamivudine-refractory patients with chronic hepatitis B: combined lamivudine and adefovir, and 1-mg entecavir

Clinical and Molecular Hepatology 2014;20(3):267-273.
Published online: September 25, 2014

Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Ang University College of Mediciner, Seoul, Korea.

Corresponding author: Hyun Woong Lee. Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-Ku, Seoul 156-755, Korea. Tel: +82-2-6299-1417, Fax: +82-2-6299-1137, lhwdoc@hanmail.net
• Received: June 3, 2014   • Revised: August 15, 2014   • Accepted: August 27, 2014

Copyright © 2014 by The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver

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Figure 1 Cumulative rates of undetectable HBV DNA in patients treated with lamivudine plus adefovir therapy and entecavir monotherapy. *P-value from Log rank test. ETV, entecavir; LAM+ADV, lamivudine plus adefovir.
Figure 2 Cumulative rates of HBeAg seroconversion in patients treated with lamivudine plus adefovir therapy and entecavir monotherapy. *P-value from Log rank test. ETV, entecavir; LAM+ADV, lamivudine plus adefovir.
Figure 3 Cumulative rates of virologic breakthrough and resistance in patients treated with lamivudine plus adefovir therapy and entecavir monotherapy. *P-value from Log rank test. ETV, entecavir; LAM+ADV, lamivudine plus adefovir.
Long-term outcomes of two rescue therapies in lamivudine-refractory patients with chronic hepatitis B: combined lamivudine and adefovir, and 1-mg entecavir
LAM+ADV (n = 36) ETV (n = 24) P-value
Male: Female (%) 25:11 (69:31) 18:6 (75:25) 0.640
Age (years) 51±10 (28-78) 54±12 (31-78) 0.381
ALT (IU/L)* 174±219 (17-484) 215±157 (46-590) 0.431
HBV-DNA (log10 copies/mL) 6.9±1.6 (3.9-8.9) 7.1±1.3 (5.5-9.3) 0.626
Positivity of HBeAg (%) 31 (86.1) 23 (95.8) 0.387
Liver cirrhosis (%) 13 (36.1) 3 (12.5) 0.072
HCC (%) 2 (5.6) 0 (0) 0.512
Duration of therapy with LAM (months) 23±13 (6-84) 19±8 (5-37) 0.205
Duration of rescue therapy (months) 56±21 (14-100) 42±21 (12-73) 0.014
Patient No. Duration of LAM therapy (months) LAM-resistance mutational pattern Duration of LAM plus ADV therapy (months) ADV-resistance mutational pattern HBV DNA at virological breakthrough (copies/mL)
1 31 M204V, L180M 15 A181T/S 46,480
2 15 M204V, L180M 13 A181T 29,400
3 20 M204I/V, L180M 27 A181V 1,738,800
4 18 M204I, L180M 37 A181T, N236T 635,600
5 32 M204I/V, L180M 39 A181V 34,440,000
Patient No. Duration of LAM therapy (months) LAM-resistance mutational pattern Duration of ETV rescue therapy (months) ETV-resistance mutational pattern HBV DNA at virological breakthrough (copies/mL)
1 12 M204I, L180M 20 T184I, S202G 68,040
2 19 M204V, L180M 25 T184L 14,280
3 36 M204V,L180M 31 S202G/C/I 171,640
4 14 M204I/V, L180M 23 T184I, S202G 58,240
5 18 M204I, L180M 32 S202 G/C/I 1,078,000
6 17 M204V, L180M 28 T184L 103,320
7 16 M204I, L180M 12 T184L 12,012
8 12 M204V/I, L180M 18 S202G 607,600
9 18 M204I, L180M 17 S202G, T184L 14,504,000
10 12 M204V, L180M 33 S202G, T184I 14,168,000
11 13 M204V, L180M 12 S202I, T184V 17,276
12 14 M204I, L180M 10 S202G, T184L 123,760,000
13 14 M204V/I, L180M 12 S202G 122,080
Table 1. Baseline Characteristics of the patients

Values are given as mean ± standard error of the mean.

LAM, lamivudine; ADV, adefovir; ETV, entecavir; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HBeAg (+), HBeAg positive; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma.

The upper limit of normal ALT levels is 40 IU/L.

Table 2. Mutation patterns in patients with LAM-resistant mutation and ADV-resistant mutation

LAM, lamivudine; ADV, adefovir.

Table 3. Mutation patterns in patients with LAM-resistant mutation and ETV-resistant mutation

LAM, lamivudine; ETV, entecavir.