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Safety and efficacy of entecavir in adefovir-experienced patients JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY Nguyen, N. H., Trinh, H. N., Nguyen, T. T., Do, S. T., Tran, P., Nguyen, H. A., Nguyen, K. K., Garcia, R. T., Lutchman, G. A., Nguyen, M. H. 2015; 30 (1): 43-50

Abstract

Suboptimal viral suppression with adefovir (ADV) poses a challenge in managing chronic hepatitis B. Few studies have evaluated the efficacy of entecavir (ETV) in ADV-experienced patients. Our aim is to assess treatment effectiveness of ETV in ADV-experienced patients.ADV-experienced patients switched to ETV were enrolled from six US clinics. Patients completed a median of 24 months of ETV after switch. Patients were categorized into partial responders (detectable HBV-DNA at switch) or complete responders (undetectable HBV-DNA at switch) to ADV. Primary and secondary outcome measurements were complete viral suppression (CVS, HBV-DNA?

View details for DOI 10.1111/jgh.12728

View details for Web of Science ID 000346783900010

View details for PubMedID 25168842