Pegylated Interferon Alpha for Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection

Autor: Vasconcelos, Joana, Domingos, João, Bastos, Lia, Baptista, Teresa, Mansinho, Kamal
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Case Reports in Infectious Diseases.
ISSN: 2090-6625
DOI: 10.1155/2022/3890309
Popis: Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is a potentially life-threatening and prevalent disease worldwide. Far from attaining the ultimate treatment goal, hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection eradication, the two current therapeutic options aim to prevent progression to end-stage liver disease, maintaining long-term suppression of HBV replication. Pegylated interferon-α (PEG-INFα) is often poorly tolerated and disregarded considering the orally administered nucleos(t)ide analogues. However, PEG-INFα may achieve similar treatment endpoints with a finite course of treatment. We report a case of PEG-INFα-treated CHB that attained sustained off-treatment virological response with only 16 weeks of treatment, with loss of both HBeAg and HBsAg (this latter the optimal treatment endpoint).
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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