Journal
JOURNAL OF VIRAL HEPATITIS
Volume 25, Issue 2, Pages 187-197Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12784
Keywords
corporate data warehouse; direct-acting antiviral; hepatitis B; hepatitis C; hepatotoxicity; human; veteran
Funding
- NIDDK NIH HHS [P30 DK050306] Funding Source: Medline
- CSRD VA [I01 CX000981] Funding Source: Medline
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Recently, cases of hepatitis B virus reactivation (HBVr) with direct-acting antiviral therapy (DAAs) for HCV have been reported. However, few data exist from large, Western cohorts. The study objectives were to evaluate the incidence of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) flares, clinically significant hepatic events, and HBVr among a national cohort of US veterans with prior exposure to HBV (anti-HBc+) treated with DAAs. We used a national administrative database to identify patients treated with DAAs from January 2014 through November 2016 and obtained clinical and demographic as well as HBV and HCV treatment data. HBVr was defined as an at least 1-log increase in HBV DNA titre. Among 17779 anti-HBc+ patients, 17400 were HIV- and 379 were HIV+. Among the HIV- patients, 17266 (99%) were HBsAg- prior to DAA therapy and 134 were HBsAg+. Among HIV-, HBsAg- patients, ALT elevations greater than 10 times the upper limit of normal (ULN; >= 300IU/mL) were rare and occurred more frequently after treatment completion: 31 cases (<0.1%) during vs 85 (0.6%) following treatment. Clinically significant hepatic events defined as ALT increases >100IU/L with total bilirubin >2.5mg/dL occurred in 39 cases (0.3%), most often following DAA completion (n=35 cases, 3/35 in setting of HCV relapse). Among 31 patients with post-DAA hepatic events without HCV relapse, 10 (32%) were confirmed unrelated to HBVr by HBsAg and/or HBV DNA testing, 1 (3%) confirmed due to HBVr, and 20 (65%) did not have documented HBV-related testing. One additional case of HBsAg- to + seroreversion was identified. Among HBsAg+ DAA recipients, 2/97 (2%), both with cirrhosis, experienced ALT elevations 300IU/mL in the setting of HBVr. In conclusion, clinically significant hepatic events and HBVr were rare and much more likely among HBsAg-positive individuals. Anti-HBc + patients should be monitored for ALT flares and HBVr during and possibly for up to 6months post-DAA therapy.
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