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[A clinical study of adefovir dipivoxil treatment for chronic hepatitis patients with cirrhosis in their decompensation period].

AbstractOBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of 96 weeks adefovir dipivoxil (ADV) treatment for chronic hepatitis patients with cirrhosis in their decompensation period.
METHODS:
Chronic hepatitis patients with cirrhosis in their decompensation period were randomly divided into two groups. An ADV group: patients treated with 10 mg ADV per day; a lamivudine (LMV) group: patients treated with 100mg LMV per day. The course of treatment lasted 96 weeks. Serum levels of ALT, AST, Alb, Tbil, HbeAg, HBV DNA, PCIII, IVC, LN and HA, renal function, Child-Pugh scores, drug adverse reactions and complication during the treatment of the two groups were analyzed.
RESULTS:
During the two-year treatment, the proportions of patients with a return to normal liver function were similar in both groups. With the treatment prolonged, serum HBV DNA levels of the patients in adefovir dipivoxil group decreased gradually. The HBV DNA level in some lamivudine-treated patients was increased. The sero-conversion rate of HBeAg/HBeAb of the patients in the two groups was increased with the prolongation of the treatment. At 96 weeks, the ratio of emerging virus-resistant strains was lower in the adefovir dipivoxil group than in the lamivudine group. The levels of the serum markers of hepatic fibrosis of the patients in the two groups remained low. Child-Pugh scores of the patients in the two groups were significantly improved. No significant difference in the total incidence of complications between the two groups was noticed. Each of the two groups had a patient with liver-kidney syndrome and other serious complications.
CONCLUSION:
The efficacy and safety of adefovir dipivoxil and lamivudine treatment for the above patients are similar, but the ratio of emerging virus-resistant strains of the adefovir dipivoxil treatment group is lower than that of lamivudine treatment group.
AuthorsQing Yang, Zuo-jiong Gong, Dan-feng Hu
JournalZhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology (Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi) Vol. 17 Issue 7 Pg. 515-9 (Jul 2009) ISSN: 1007-3418 [Print] China
PMID19912686 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial)
Chemical References
  • Antiviral Agents
  • DNA, Viral
  • Hepatitis B e Antigens
  • Organophosphonates
  • Lamivudine
  • Collagen
  • Adenine
  • adefovir dipivoxil
Topics
  • Adenine (adverse effects, analogs & derivatives, therapeutic use)
  • Administration, Oral
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antiviral Agents (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
  • Collagen (blood)
  • DNA, Viral (blood)
  • Drug Resistance, Viral
  • Female
  • Hepatitis B e Antigens (blood)
  • Hepatitis B virus (drug effects, genetics)
  • Hepatitis B, Chronic (blood, complications, drug therapy)
  • Humans
  • Lamivudine (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
  • Liver Cirrhosis (blood, drug therapy, etiology)
  • Liver Function Tests
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Organophosphonates (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome

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