BACKGROUND: The efficacy of nucleoside and nucleotide analogues for hepatitis B has been linked to the magnitude and durability of hepatitis B virus (HBV) suppression. OBJECTIVE: To compare the antiviral efficacy of telbivudine and adefovir dipivoxil, and the effects of switching from adefovir to telbivudine, in hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-positive patients with chronic hepatitis B. DESIGN: Randomized, controlled, open-label trial. SETTING: 16 outpatient clinics. PATIENTS: 135 treatment-naive, HBeAg-positive adults with chronic hepatitis B. INTERVENTION: Patients were randomly assigned in a 1:1:1 ratio to 52 weeks of telbivudine (group A) or adefovir (group B), or 24 weeks of adefovir and then telbivudine for the remaining 28 weeks (group C). One hundred thirty-one patients completed 52 weeks of treatment. MEASUREMENTS: The primary efficacy comparison was serum HBV DNA reduction at week 24, with a secondary comparison at week 52. RESULTS: At week 24, mean HBV DNA reduction was greater in group A than in pooled groups B and C (-6.30 vs. -4.97 log10 copies/mL; difference, -1.33 log10 copies/mL [95% CI, -1.99 to -0.66 log(10) copies/mL]; P < 0.001), and more patients in group A were polymerase chain reaction-negative (39% vs. 12%; odds ratio, 4.46 [CI, 1.86 to 10.72]; P = 0.001). At week 52, the mean residual HBV DNA level was lower in group A and group C than in group B (3.01 log10 copies/mL [group A] and 3.02 log10 copies/mL [group C] vs. 4.00 log10 copies/mL [group B]; difference, -0.99 log10 copies/mL [CI, -1.67 to -0.32 log10 copies/mL] and -0.98 log10 copies/mL [CI, -1.64 to -0.32 log10 copies/mL]; P = 0.004). Adverse events were similar across groups; the most common were upper respiratory symptoms, headache, back pain, and diarrhea. LIMITATIONS: The trial was open-label and was not of sufficient size or duration to compare clinical outcomes and long-term efficacy. CONCLUSION:Telbivudine demonstrated greater and more consistent HBV DNA suppression than adefovir after 24 weeks of treatment. After 52 weeks, HBV DNA suppression was greater in patients who had received continuous telbivudine or were switched to telbivudine after 24 weeks than in those who received continuous adefovir.
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BACKGROUND: The efficacy of nucleoside and nucleotide analogues for hepatitis B has been linked to the magnitude and durability of hepatitis B virus (HBV) suppression. OBJECTIVE: To compare the antiviral efficacy of telbivudine and adefovir dipivoxil, and the effects of switching from adefovir to telbivudine, in hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-positive patients with chronic hepatitis B. DESIGN: Randomized, controlled, open-label trial. SETTING: 16 outpatient clinics. PATIENTS: 135 treatment-naive, HBeAg-positive adults with chronic hepatitis B. INTERVENTION: Patients were randomly assigned in a 1:1:1 ratio to 52 weeks of telbivudine (group A) or adefovir (group B), or 24 weeks of adefovir and then telbivudine for the remaining 28 weeks (group C). One hundred thirty-one patients completed 52 weeks of treatment. MEASUREMENTS: The primary efficacy comparison was serum HBV DNA reduction at week 24, with a secondary comparison at week 52. RESULTS: At week 24, mean HBV DNA reduction was greater in group A than in pooled groups B and C (-6.30 vs. -4.97 log10 copies/mL; difference, -1.33 log10 copies/mL [95% CI, -1.99 to -0.66 log(10) copies/mL]; P < 0.001), and more patients in group A were polymerase chain reaction-negative (39% vs. 12%; odds ratio, 4.46 [CI, 1.86 to 10.72]; P = 0.001). At week 52, the mean residual HBV DNA level was lower in group A and group C than in group B (3.01 log10 copies/mL [group A] and 3.02 log10 copies/mL [group C] vs. 4.00 log10 copies/mL [group B]; difference, -0.99 log10 copies/mL [CI, -1.67 to -0.32 log10 copies/mL] and -0.98 log10 copies/mL [CI, -1.64 to -0.32 log10 copies/mL]; P = 0.004). Adverse events were similar across groups; the most common were upper respiratory symptoms, headache, back pain, and diarrhea. LIMITATIONS: The trial was open-label and was not of sufficient size or duration to compare clinical outcomes and long-term efficacy. CONCLUSION:Telbivudine demonstrated greater and more consistent HBV DNA suppression than adefovir after 24 weeks of treatment. After 52 weeks, HBV DNA suppression was greater in patients who had received continuous telbivudine or were switched to telbivudine after 24 weeks than in those who received continuous adefovir.
Authors: Markus Peck-Radosavljevic; Johann Deutsch; Peter Ferenci; Ivo Graziadei; Harald Hofer; Heidemarie Holzmann; Wolf-Dietrich Huber; Herman Laferl; Andreas Maieron; Rudolf Stauber; Wolfgang Vogel Journal: Wien Klin Wochenschr Date: 2010-05-04 Impact factor: 1.704
Authors: Hana Park; Jun Yong Park; Seung Up Kim; Do Young Kim; Kwang-Hyub Han; Chae Yoon Chon; Sang Hoon Ahn Journal: World J Gastroenterol Date: 2013 Impact factor: 5.742
Authors: Yun-Fan Liaw; Nancy Leung; Jia-Horng Kao; Teerha Piratvisuth; Edward Gane; Kwang-Hyub Han; Richard Guan; George K K Lau; Stephen Locarnini Journal: Hepatol Int Date: 2008-05-10 Impact factor: 6.047