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A. Rivero-Juarez J. A. Mira A. Camacho K. Neukam I. Perez-Camacho A. Caruz J. Macias J. Torre-Cisneros J. A. Pineda A. Rivero 《Infection》2013,41(1):21-26
Purpose
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) viral relapse (VR) after end-of-treatment response (ETR) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infected patients is observed in as many as one in three co-infected patients. The aim of the study was to identify baseline risk factors for VR in HIV/HCV co-infected patients treated with pegylated interferon plus ribavirin (PEG-INF/RBV).Methods
A total of 212 Caucasian HIV-infected patients with chronic hepatitis C naïve for PEG-INF/RBV were followed prospectively. Patients were included in this prospective study if they had completed a full course of therapy with an ETR. We assessed the relationship between VR rate and potential predictors of relapse.Results
Of the patients followed, 130 (61.3 %) attained ETR and 103 (79.2 %) achieved sustained virological response (SVR). Consequently, 27 (20.8 %) showed VR. Patients who relapsed were more often male (p = 0.036), carried the non-CC rs14158 genotype in the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLr) gene (p = 0.039), had higher baseline HCV RNA levels (p = 0.012), body mass index (BMI) ≥25 kg/m2 (p = 0.034), significant liver fibrosis (p < 0.001), had been diagnosed with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-defining criteria in the past (p = 0.001) and bore the HCV genotypes 1/4 (p = 0.046) when compared with SVR patients. The IL28B genotype was not associated with relapse. Multivariate binary logistic regression showed that high baseline HCV RNA, significant liver fibrosis, HCV genotypes 1/4, being overweight and being diagnosed with AIDS-defining criteria in the past were independently associated with relapse.Conclusions
Our study shows that VR can be accurately predicted in HIV/HCV co-infected patients on the basis of risk factors which can be identified before treatment. 相似文献2.
A. H. Lashin Y. A. Shaheen M. A. Metwally H. M. El-Feky M. F. Hegab S. M. Abbas 《Indian journal of gastroenterology》2013,32(5):316-323
Aim
The aim of this paper was to study the incidence and predictors of hematological abnormalities during treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients with interferon and ribavirin.Methods
One thousand and eighty-one chronic HCV patients who were treated with PEGylated interferon α-2a 180 μg (n?=?536) or α-2b 1.5 μg/kg (n?=?545) plus ribavirin for 48 weeks were included. Baseline demographic, laboratory, and histopathological data and, during treatment, hematological data were collected and analyzed using univariate and multivariate analyses to identify independent predictors of hematological side effects.Results
During therapy, 168 of 1,018 (15.5 %) had moderate anemia (Hb?<10 and ≥8.5 g/dL) and 88 (8.1 %) had severe anemia (Hb?<8.5 g/dL). Two hundred and six patients (19.1 %) had moderate neutropenia (absolute neutrophil count (ANC)?<750 and ≥500/mm3); only 55 (5.1 %) had severe neutropenia (ANC?<500/mm3). Forty-three patients (4 %) had moderate (platelet <50,000 and ≥25,000/mm3) and 5 (1.4 %) had severe thrombocytopenia (platelet <25,000/mm3). Fibrosis stage, week 4 Hb level, and week 2 and 4 reduction level in Hb were independent predictors of moderate and severe anemia (p?<?0.001). Fibrosis stage and ANC at weeks 2 and 4 were predictors of neutropenia (p?<?0.001, 0.001, and 0.004, respectively). Fibrosis stage and platelet count at weeks 2 and 4 were predictors of thrombocytopenia (p?<?0.001, <0.001, and 0.005, respectively). There was no association between interferon type and anemia (p?=?0.57), neutropenia (p?=?0.6), or thrombocytopenia (p?=?0.79).Conclusions
Fibrosis stage and week 2 and 4 hematological parameter reduction levels were independent predictors of hematological side effects, which are not related to interferon type. 相似文献3.
Slower fibrosis progression in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients with successful HIV suppression using antiretroviral therapy 总被引:10,自引:0,他引:10
Bräu N Salvatore M Ríos-Bedoya CF Fernández-Carbia A Paronetto F Rodríguez-Orengo JF Rodríguez-Torres M 《Journal of hepatology》2006,44(1):47-55
BACKGROUND/AIMS: HIV/HCV-coinfected patients reportedly have a faster fibrosis progression rate (FPR) than HCV-monoinfected patients. This study examined whether HIV suppression through highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) attenuates this accelerated fibrosis progression. METHODS: In two hepatitis C centers, a retrospective analysis identified 656 consecutive treatment-na?ve HCV-infected patients who had undergone a liver biopsy, had a presumed date of HCV infection, and had been tested for HIV, 274 of them HIV-positive (95.2% on HAART) and 382 HIV-negative. The primary outcome measure was the FPR, defined as Ishak fibrosis score [0-6] over estimated duration of HCV infection. RESULTS: Among HIV/HCV-coinfected patients, 51.2% had undetectable HIV RNA (< 400 copies/mL). There was no difference in FPR between HIV/HCV-coinfected and HCV-monoinfected patients (0.136 vs. 0.128 Ishak fibrosis units/year, P=0.29). However, HIV/HCV-coinfected patients with any detectable HIV viral load >400 copies/mL had a faster FPR (0.151) than HCV-monoinfected patients (0.128, P=0.015) and than HIV/HCV-coinfected patients with undetectable plasma HIV RNA (0.122, P=0.013) who in turn had the same FPR as HCV-monoinfected subjects (0.128, P=0.52). An accelerated FPR in HIV viremic patients was seen with CD4+ cells <500/mm(3) (0.162 vs. 0.123, undetectable HIV RNA, P=0.005) but not with CD4+ cells >500/mm(3) (0.118 vs. 0.121, P=0.89). In multivariable linear regression analysis of HIV/HCV-coinfected patients, log(10) HIV RNA level, necroinflammation, and age at HCV infection were independently correlated to FPR, but not alcohol use or CD4+ cell count (r(2)=0.45 for model). CONCLUSIONS: HIV/HCV-coinfected patients with undetectable HIV RNA through HAART have a slower FPR than those with any HIV RNA level and an FPR similar to HCV-monoinfected individuals. 相似文献
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Graziella Isgro Vincenza Calvaruso Lorenzo Andreana Tu Vinh Luong Matteo Garcovich Pinelopi Manousou Angela Alibrandi Sergio Maimone Laura Marelli Neil Davies David Patch Amar Paul Dhillon Andrew Kenneth Burroughs 《Journal of gastroenterology》2013,48(8):921-929
Background
Collagen proportionate area (CPA) has a better correlation with hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) than with Ishak stage. Liver stiffness measurement (LSM) is proposed as non invasive marker of portal hypertension/disease progression. Our aim was to compare LSM and CPA with Ishak staging in chronic viral hepatitis, and HVPG in HCV hepatitis after transplantation.Methods
One hundred and sixty-nine consecutive patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections pre/post liver transplantation (LT), had a liver biopsy combined with LSM (transient elastography), CPA (biopsies stained with Sirius Red and evaluated by digital image analysis and expressed as CPA) and HVPG (measured contemporaneously with transjugular biopsies in LT HCV patients).Results
LSM was dependent on CPA in HBV (r 2 = 0.61, p < 0.0001), HCV (r 2 = 0.59, p < 0.0001) and LT groups (r 2 = 0.64, p < 0.0001). In all three groups, CPA and Ishak were predictors of LSM, but multivariately CPA was better related to LSM (HBV: r 2 = 0.61, p < 0.0001; HCV: r 2 = 0.59, p < 0.0001; post-LT: r 2 = 0.68, p < 0.0001) than Ishak stage. In the LT group, multiple regression analysis including HVPG, LSM, aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index (APRI) and Ishak stage/grade, showed that only CPA was related to HVPG (r 2 = 0.41, p = 0.01), both for HVPG ≥6 mmHg (OR 1.34, 95 % CI 1.14–1.58; p < 0.0001) or ≥10 mmHg (OR 1.25, 95 % CI 1.06–1.47; p = 0.007).Conclusion
CPA was related to LSM in HBV or HCV hepatitis pre/post-LT. CPA was better related to LSM than Ishak stage. In the LT HCV group, CPA was better related to HVPG than Ishak stage/grade, LSM or APRI. CPA may represent a better comparative histological index for LSM, rather than histological stages. 相似文献5.
Monika Sarkar Peter Bacchetti Phyllis Tien Elizabeth Mileti Audrey L. French Brian R. Edlin Marla Keller Eric Seaberg Marek J. Nowicki Mary Young Marion G. Peters 《Digestive diseases and sciences》2013,58(5):1341-1348
Background/Aims
Among individuals without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), African Americans have lower spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) than Caucasians, and women have higher clearance than men. Few studies report racial/ethnic differences in acute HCV in HIV infected, or Hispanic women. We examined racial/ethnic differences in spontaneous HCV clearance in a population of HCV mono- and co-infected women.Methods
We conducted a cross sectional study of HCV seropositive women (897 HIV infected and 168 HIV uninfected) followed in the US multicenter, NIH-funded Women’s Interagency HIV Study (WIHS), to determine the association of race/ethnicity with spontaneous HCV clearance, as defined by undetectable HCV RNA at study entry.Results
Among HIV and HCV seropositive women, 18.7 % were HCV RNA negative, 60.9 % were African American, 19.3 % Hispanic and 17.7 % Caucasian. HIV infected African American women were less likely to spontaneously clear HCV than Hispanic (OR 0.59, 95 % CI 0.38–0.93, p = 0.022) or Caucasian women (OR 0.57, 95 % CI 0.36–0.93, p = 0.023). Among HIV uninfected women, African Americans had less HCV clearance than Hispanics (OR 0.18, 95 % CI 0.07–0.48, p = 0.001) or Caucasians (OR 0.26, 95 % CI 0.09–0.79, p = 0.017). There were no significant differences in HCV clearance between Hispanics and Caucasians, among either HIV infected (OR 0.97, 95 % CI 0.57–1.66, p = 0.91) or uninfected (OR 1.45, 95 % CI 0.56–3.8, p = 0.45) women.Conclusions
African Americans were less likely to spontaneously clear HCV than Hispanics or Caucasians, regardless of HIV status. No significant differences in spontaneous HCV clearance were observed between Caucasian and Hispanic women. Future studies incorporating IL28B genotype may further explain these observed racial/ethnic differences in spontaneous HCV clearance. 相似文献6.
Don Hayes Jr. Robert S. Higgins Ahmet Kilic Stephen Kirkby Amy L. Pope-Harman Thomas J. Preston Bryan A. Whitson 《Lung》2014,192(4):571-576
Background
Despite limited organ availability, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and retransplantation are becoming more commonplace.Methods
Using the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) database, we evaluated survival of patients treated with ECMO before lung transplantation and undergoing retransplantation. A query identified cadaveric recipients from 2001 to 2012 over the age of 6 years.Results
Of 15,772 lung recipients, 15 583 never received ECMO, whereas 189 did. Mean age was 52.1 ± 14.4 versus 46.8 ± 16.5 years for non-ECMO and ECMO groups, respectively (p < 0.0001). Using Kaplan–Meier method, there were survival differences between ECMO and non-ECMO groups (p < 0.0001) and first-time transplants with and without ECMO to retransplants with and without ECMO (p < 0.0001). The proportional hazards model identified higher risk with ECMO use in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (hazard ratio [HR] 1.09; 95 % confidence interval (CI), 1.02–1.17; p = 0.014) and retransplants (HR 1.77; 95 % CI, 1.55–2.03; p < 0.0001).Conclusions
Survival for retransplantation was similar to ECMO as a primary option with significant mortality associated with ECMO use in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and retransplants. 相似文献7.
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N. Ciccarelli M. Fabbiani P. Grima K. Falasca M. Tana E. Baldonero M. Colafigli M. C. Silveri J. Vecchiet R. Cauda S. Di Giambenedetto 《Infection》2013,41(6):1103-1109
Purpose
Our aim was to explore the interplay between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in the expression of cognitive disorders.Methods
We performed a multi-centre cross-sectional study, enrolling three groups of asymptomatic outpatients matched for age and education: (1) HIV mono-infected; (2) HCV mono-infected; (3) HIV–HCV co-infected. All subjects were subjected to the Zung depression scale and a comprehensive neuropsychological battery.Results
A total of 50 patients for each group were enrolled. Patients in the three groups did not significantly differ in the main common demographic and clinical characteristics, except for a lower proportion of past injecting drug use (IDU) in group 1 (4 %) in comparison to groups 2 (38 %, p < 0.001) and 3 (78 %, p < 0.001), a longer duration of HIV infection in group 3 in comparison to group 1 (p < 0.001) and a longer duration of HCV infection in group 3 in comparison to group 2 (p = 0.028). Overall, 39.3 % of patients showed minor cognitive impairment, with a higher proportion in group 3 (54 %) when compared to groups 1 (28 %, p = 0.015) or 2 (36 %, p = 0.108). Patients in group 3 [odds ratio (OR) 3.35, p = 0.038 when compared to group 1] and those with higher depression scores (OR 1.05, p = 0.017) showed an increased risk of cognitive impairment after adjusting for education and past injection drug use. In particular, group 3 showed worse performance in psychomotor speed tasks when compared to group 1 (p = 0.033).Conclusions
A worse cognitive performance in HIV–HCV co-infected patients was observed, suggesting an additive role of the two viruses in the pathogenesis of cognitive disorders. 相似文献9.
E. Jennifer Edelman MD MHS Kirsha Gordon MPhil MS William C. Becker MD Joseph L. Goulet PhD Melissa Skanderson MSW Julie R. Gaither RN MPH MPhil Jennifer Brennan Braden MD MPH Adam J. Gordon MD MPH Robert D. Kerns PhD Amy C. Justice MD PhD David A. Fiellin MD 《Journal of general internal medicine》2013,28(1):82-90
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de Lédinghen V Barreiro P Foucher J Labarga P Castéra L Vispo ME Bernard PH Martin-Carbonero L Neau D García-Gascó P Merrouche W Soriano V 《Journal of viral hepatitis》2008,15(6):427-433
Summary. The recent availability of non-invasive tools to measure liver fibrosis has allowed examination of its extent and determination of predictors in all patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. On the other hand, most information on hepatic fibrosis in HCV/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-coinfected patients has been derived from liver biopsies taken before highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) was widely available. All consecutive HCV patients with elevated aminotransferases seen during the last 3 years were evaluated and liver fibrosis measured using transient elastography (FibroScan® ) and biochemical indexes. Patients were split according to their HIV serostatus. A total of 656 (69.6%) HCV-monoinfected and 287 (30.4%) HIV/HCV-coinfected patients were assessed. Mean CD4 count of coinfected patients was 493 cells/μL and 88% were under HAART (mean time, 4.2 ± 2.4 years). Advanced liver fibrosis or cirrhosis was recognized in 39% of the coinfected and 18% of the monoinfected patients ( P < 0.005). A good correlation was found between FibroScan® and biochemical indexes [AST to platelet ratio index ( r = 0.405, P < 0.0001), FIB-4 (r = 0.393, P < 0.0001) and Forns ( r = 0.407, P < 0.0001)], regardless of the HIV status. In the multivariate analysis, age >45 years, body mass index (BMI) >25 kg/m2 , and HIV infection were independently associated with advanced liver fibrosis or cirrhosis. HIV/HCV-coinfected patients have more advanced liver fibrosis than HCV-monoinfected patients despite the immunologic benefit of HAART. 相似文献
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Tsugiko Oze Naoki Hiramatsu Takayuki Yakushijin Masanori Miyazaki Sadaharu Iio Masahide Oshita Hideki Hagiwara Eiji Mita Yoshiaki Inui Taizo Hijioka Masami Inada Shinji Tamura Harumasa Yoshihara Atsuo Inoue Yasuharu Imai Takuya Miyagi Yuichi Yoshida Tomohide Tatsumi Tatsuya Kanto Akinori Kasahara Norio Hayashi Tetsuo Takehara 《Journal of gastroenterology》2014,49(4):737-747
Background
HCV kinetics during treatment demonstrated strong association with the antiviral outcome of patients treated with pegylated interferon (Peg-IFN) plus ribavirin. However, the relationship between HCV kinetics and pre-treatment factors remains unclear.Methods
Of 547 patients with HCV genotype 1 treated with Peg-IFN alfa-2b plus ribavirin, 401 completed the response-guided therapy and were assessed for per protocol analysis.Results
The sustained virologic response (SVR) rate was 53 % for all patients, 60 % for those with genotype TT, and 19 % for those with genotype TG/GG according to IL28B (rs8099917) single nucleotide polymorphisms. The SVR rates increased with HCV decrease at week 4; 4 % (2/56) with <1 log10 decrease, 13 % (7/56) with 1–2 log10 decrease, 51 % (44/87) with 2–3 log10 decrease, 64 % (56/87) with 3–4 log10 decrease, 88 % (72/82) with more than 4 log10 decrease but with detectable HCV RNA and 100 % (33/33) with undetectable HCV RNA (p < 0.001). Similarly, SVR rates increased step-by-step in proportion to HCV decrease in both IL28B TT and TG/GG groups, showing almost the same SVR rates for the same conditions. In multivariate analysis, age (p = 0.005) and the magnitude of HCV decrease at week 4 (p < 0.001) but not IL28B were associated with SVR. Advanced liver fibrosis (p = 0.004) and the magnitude of HCV decrease at week 4 (p < 0.001) but not IL28B were associated with non-response.Conclusions
The magnitude of the HCV decrease at week 4 seems to be the most reliable marker for predicting antiviral outcome after starting Peg-IFN plus ribavirin therapy. 相似文献12.
Hong Wang Rong Yan Yin Zhou Ming Shan Wang Guo Qin Ruo Mei Juan Cheng 《Hepatology International》2014,8(2):216-223
Background/Aim
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) and hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) levels and liver histology in HBeAg-positive patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (CHB) infection.Methods
Serum HBsAg and HBeAg levels were analyzed, and liver biopsies were obtained from 203 HBeAg-positive CHB patients (62.6 % males; median age 31.3 years). The upper limit of normal (ULN) for ALT in this study was 30 and 19 U/L for males and females, respectively. Histologic assessment was based on Scheuer classification.Results
ALT <2 × ULN, fibrosis stage <S2, and necro-inflammation grade <G2 were noted in 70 (34.5 %), 141 (69.5 %), and 105 (51.7 %) patients, respectively. Patients with significant histology (fibrosis stage ≥S2 and/or fibrosis stage of 1 plus inflammation grade ≥2) had significantly lower median HBsAg (13,998.4 and 42,186.5 IU/mL, respectively, p < 0.001) and HBeAg levels (540.5 and 1,206.8 S/CO, respectively, p < 0.001) than patients with insignificant histology. Among patients with ALT <2 × ULN, the area under the ROC curve for serum HBsAg and HBeAg levels was 0.76 and 0.70, respectively. Using a cutoff value of 17,558 IU/mL for HBsAg and 875.6 S/CO for HBeAg in patients with ALT <2×ULN, positive predictive values for insignificant histology were 87 and 86.8 %, respectively, whereas the negative predictive values were 50 and 47.1 %, respectively.Conclusions
Among HBeAg-positive patients with ALT <2 × ULN, high-serum HBsAg and HBeAg levels can equally accurately predict insignificant histology. 相似文献13.
Naoki Harada Naoki Hiramatsu Tsugiko Oze Ryoko Yamada Mika Kurokawa Masanori Miyazaki Takayuki Yakushijin Takuya Miyagi Tomohide Tatsumi Shinichi Kiso Tatsuya Kanto Akinori Kasahara Masahide Oshita Eiji Mita Hideki Hagiwara Yoshiaki Inui Kazuhiro Katayama Shinji Tamura Harumasa Yoshihara Yasuharu Imai Atsuo Inoue Norio Hayashi Tetsuo Takehara 《Journal of gastroenterology》2013,48(4):535-543
Background
This study was conducted to evaluate Japanese treatment guidelines for patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and normal alanine aminotransferase (N-ALT) levels from the viewpoint of the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Methods
Four groups of patients with chronic HCV infection treated with pegylated interferon (Peg-IFN) plus ribavirin, and classified according to the N-ALT guidelines, were examined for HCC incidence: group A (n = 353), ALT ≤30 IU/L and platelet (PLT) ≥15 × 104/mm3; group B (n = 123), ALT ≤30 IU/L and PLT <15 × 104/mm3; group C (n = 233), 30 < ALT ≤ 40 IU/L and PLT ≥15 × 104/mm3; and group D (n = 100), 30 < ALT ≤ 40 IU/L and PLT <15 × 104/mm3. The mean observation period was 36.2 ± 16.5 monthsResults
In groups A and C, the HCC incidence was low even in patients with non-response (NR) (cumulative rates at 3 years, 0.0 and 2.9 %, respectively). In groups B and D, 14.5 and 5.3 % of NR patients had developed HCC at 3 years, but none of the patients with sustained virologic response (SVR) or relapse had developed HCC. In group B, no patients with mild fibrosis developed HCC irrespective of the antiviral effect of the treatment. Among patients with PLT <15 × 104/mm3 (group B plus group D), the HCC incidence was significantly lower in patients with SVR and relapse than in NR patients (p < 0.001, p = 0.021, respectively).Conclusion
These results suggest that N-ALT patients with PLT <15 × 104/mm3 could be candidates for early antiviral therapy. 相似文献14.
Ramesh Kumar Archana Rastogi Manoj Kumar Sharma Vikram Bhatia Pankaj Tyagi Praveen Sharma Hitendra Garg K. N. Chandan Kumar Chhagan Bihari Shiv Kumar Sarin 《Digestive diseases and sciences》2013,58(1):265-274
Background
The present study evaluated performance characteristics of liver stiffness measurement (LSM) by FibroScan in patients with different stages of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).Patients and Methods
A total of 307 subjects (120 NAFLD, 85 NAFLD related cirrhosis, and 102 healthy controls) were studied.Results
In NAFLD patients, LSM had significant correlation with fibrosis (r = 0.68, p < 0.001), and increased progressively with increasing fibrosis (p < 0.001). However, the difference between stage 1 and stage 2 fibrosis was not significant (p = 0.07). The LSM in NAFLD without fibrosis and healthy controls was similar (p = 0.37). The areas under receiver-operating characteristics (AUROC) curve of LSM for stages ≥1, ≥2, ≥3, and 4 were 0.82, 0.85, 0.94, and 0.96, respectively. The best LSM (kPa) cut-offs for fibrosis stages ≥1, ≥2, ≥3 and 4 were 6.1, 7.0, 9.0, and 11.8, respectively. The negative predictive value of LSM for excluding advanced fibrosis was 95 %. For advanced fibrosis, the AUROC curve of LSM was 0.94, followed by FIB-4 (0.75), BARD score (0.68), NAFLD fibrosis score (0.66), and aspartate platelet ratio index (0.60). In multivariate analysis, LSM was the only independent predictor of advanced fibrosis (odds ratio 1.47). In patients with NAFLD cirrhosis, LSM correlated significantly with Child-Pugh score (r = 0.40, p < 0.001), serum bilirubin (r = 0.34, p = 0.02), and grades of esophageal varices (r = 0.23, p = 0.04).Conclusion
LSM is a useful tool for evaluation of patients with NAFLD, and is the best among other non-invasive predictors of liver fibrosis. 相似文献15.
Edoardo Savarino Patrizia Zentilin Luca Mastracci Pietro Dulbecco Elisa Marabotto Lorenzo Gemignani Luca Bruzzone Nicola de Bortoli Anna Chiara Frigo Roberto Fiocca Vincenzo Savarino 《Journal of gastroenterology》2013,48(4):473-482
Background
Microscopic esophagitis (ME) is common in patients with non-erosive reflux disease (NERD), and dilation of intercellular spaces (DIS) has been regarded as the potential main mechanism of symptom generation. We aimed to compare these histological abnormalities in healthy volunteers (HVs) and patients with erosive esophagitis (EE), NERD, and functional heartburn (FH).Methods
Consecutive patients with heartburn prospectively underwent upper endoscopy and impedance-pH off-therapy. Twenty EE patients and fifty-seven endoscopy-negative patients (NERD), subclassified as 22 with pH-POS (positive for abnormal acid exposure), 20 with hypersensitive esophagus (HE; normal acid/symptom association probability [SAP]+ or symptom index [SI]+), and 15 with FH (normal acid/SAP-/SI-/ proton pump inhibitor [PPI] test-), were enrolled. Twenty HVs were also included. In each patient/control, multiple specimens (n = 5) were taken from the distal esophagus and histological alterations were evaluated. ME was diagnosed when the global histological score was >0.35.Results
The prevalence of ME was higher (p < 0.0001) in EE (95 %), pH-POS (77 %), and HE (65 %) NERD patients than in FH patients (13 %) and HVs (15 %). Also, basal cell hyperplasia (p < 0.0023), DIS (p < 0.0001), and papillae elongation (p < 0.0002) showed similar rates of prevalence in the above populations (p < 0.0001). ME, including each histological lesion, had similar low frequencies in FH and HVs (p = 0.9990). Considering the histological abnormalities together, they permitted us to clearly differentiate EE and NERD from FH and HVs (p < 0.0001 and p < 0.0001, respectively).Conclusions
The lack of ME in the esophageal distal biopsies of FH patients indicates a limited role of these histological abnormalities in symptom generation in them. ME can be considered as an accurate and reliable diagnostic marker for distinguishing FH patients from GERD patients and has the potential to be used to guide the correct therapy. 相似文献16.
Chung-Feng Huang Ming-Lun Yeh Jia-Jung Lee Mei-Chin Chen Chia-Yen Dai Jee-Fu Huang Jer-Ming Chang Hung-Chun Chen Shang-Jyh Hwang Wan-Long Chuang Ming-Lung Yu 《Hepatology International》2014,8(2):224-232
Purpose
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and HCV might cause reciprocal interference. We aimed to elucidate the influence of HCV and interleukin-28B (IL-28B) genetic variants in the HBV DNA and HBsAg levels in uremic HBV carriers.Methods
Assessment of HCV and HBV viral loads, HBsAg levels and IL-28B genotype were performed in 229 HBsAg-positive patients from a cohort of 1,681 uremics.Results
Patients with HCV viremia had significantly lower HBV DNA (2.58 ± 0.80 vs. 3.16 ± 1.48 log IU/mL, p = 0.005) and HBsAg levels (1.33 ± 1.35 vs. 2.23 ± 1.31 log IU/mL, p = 0.002) compared with those without. IL-28B rs8099917 genotype had no impact on HBsAg and HBV DNA levels. In multivariate regression analysis, HCV RNA levels had a more significant negative correlation with HBsAg levels [β ?0.905; 95 % confidence interval (CI) ?1.477, ?0.334; p = 0.002] than with HBV DNA levels (β ?0.586; 95 % CI ?1.206, 0.034; p = 0.06). The serum HBV DNA and HBsAg levels had a positive correlation (r = 0.43, p < 0.001) among the 215 HBeAg-negative patients. However, the correlation was not observed in patients with HCV viremia (r = 0.23, p = 0.29). Linear regression analysis revealed that age (β ?0.286; 95 % CI ?0.043, ?0.014; p < 0.001) and the HBV DNA level (β 0.373; 95 % CI 0.239, 0.549; p < 0.001) correlated independently with the HBsAg level among HBeAg-negative patients without HCV viremia, but not among those with concomitant HCV viremia.Conclusions
HCV viremia suppressed both HBsAg and HBV DNA levels. The HBsAg levels correlated with the HBV DNA levels only in patients without concomitant HCV viremia. 相似文献17.
Peter Ferenci Rodrigo Aires Kimberly L. Beavers Manuela Curescu Paulo R. Abrão Ferreira Michael Gschwantler Stefan Ion Dominique Larrey Mojca Maticic Massimo Puoti János Schuller Istvan Tornai Anna Tusnádi Diethelm Messinger Fernando Tatsch Andrzej Horban 《Hepatology International》2014,8(1):83-93
Purpose
Advanced liver fibrosis is a negative predictor of virologic response in genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients. Biopsy, however, is invasive, costly, and carries some risk of complications.Methods
Using data from the prospective, international cohort study PROPHESYS, we assessed two alternative noninvasive measures of fibrosis, the FIB-4 and AST-to-platelet ratio index (APRI), to predict virologic response in CHC patients.Results
CHC genotype 1, monoinfected, treatment-naive patients prescribed peginterferon alfa-2a (40 KD)/ribavirin in accordance with country-specific legal and regulatory requirements and who had baseline METAVIR, FIB-4, and APRI scores (N = 1,592) were included in this analysis. Patients were stratified according to the baseline METAVIR, FIB-4, or APRI score to assess virologic response [hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA <50 IU/mL] by week 4 of treatment (rapid virologic response) and 24 weeks after untreated follow-up ]sustained virologic response (SVR)]. Baseline predictors of SVR were explored by multiple logistic regression, and the strength of the association between each fibrosis measure and SVR was evaluated. Both FIB-4 and APRI scores increased with increasing levels of biopsy-assessed fibrosis. The association between FIB-4 and SVR (p < 0.1 × 10?30) was stronger than that between METAVIR (p = 3.86 × 10?13) or APRI (p = 5.48 × 10?6) and SVR. Baseline factors significantly associated with SVR included male gender, lower HCV RNA, lower FIB-4 score, no steatosis, and higher alanine aminotransferase ratio.Conclusion
The FIB-4 index provides a valuable, noninvasive measure of fibrosis and can be used to predict virologic response in patients treated with peginterferon alfa-2a (40 KD)/ribavirin. 相似文献18.
Aracely Tamayo Samir R. Shah Shobna Bhatia Abhijit Chowdhury Padaki N. Rao Phillip Dinh Steven J. Knox Anuj Gaggar G. Mani Subramanian Viswanathan G. Mohan Ajit Sood Rajiv Mehta Shiv K. Sarin 《Hepatology International》2016,10(6):988-995
Background
Patient knowledge about chronic diseases increases health-promoting behaviors and improves clinical outcomes. We assessed this association for patients with chronic viral hepatitis.Methods
Untreated patients chronically infected with HBV (n = 500) or HCV (n = 500) were enrolled at 19 centers across India. A survey, adapted from the US CDC National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) questionnaire, was administered at a single visit to assess HBV/HCV knowledge, community disease awareness, treatment quality, and healthcare barriers. We developed the India Hepatitis Knowledge Index (IHKI), where a higher IHKI score (range 0–10) indicates increased hepatitis knowledge. Multivariate regression models evaluated demographic and disease factors.Results
The overall mean IHKI score was 5.6 out of 10, with higher scores among patients with HBV (5.9) than HCV (5.3); p < 0.001. In HBV patients lower IHKI was associated with shorter disease duration, government clinic attendance (p < 0.0001), fewer personal experiences with HBV (p < 0.0001), and residing in northern India. Among HCV patients, lower IHKI was associated with shorter disease duration, community (p < 0.0001) and government clinic attendance (p < 0.0001), and fewer personal experiences with HCV (p < 0.0001). Among HBV patients, IHKI was independently associated with disease severity as assessed by MELD score, albumin, and APRI. This association was strongest for HBV patients with elevated ALT and HBV DNA >2000 IU/ml. Among HCV patients, IHKI results had no significant associations with disease severity.Conclusions
The association of IHKI with disease underscores the need to understand connections between hepatitis knowledge and progression and may guide efforts to address patient education and awareness of chronic viral hepatitis in India.19.
Han Bai Hongbo Liu Xiaokai Chen Chan Xu Xiaoguang Dou 《Digestive diseases and sciences》2013,58(5):1355-1362
Aims
The purpose of this study was to examine the correlation between serum HBV DNA level and the severity of hepatic inflammation and fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B.Methods
Liver function, serological markers of HBV and serum HBV DNA quantification were assayed in 215 CHB patients who also underwent liver biopsy. Liver pathology was regarded as the evaluation criteria to evaluate the correlation between serum HBV DNA level and the severity of liver inflammation and fibrosis.Results
Of the 215 patients, 136 were HBeAg-positive and 79 were HBeAg-negative; 134 patients had mild hepatic inflammation and fibrosis and 81 had significant hepatic inflammation and fibrosis in pathological diagnosis. We found that positive correlation between the severity of hepatic inflammation and fibrosis and serum HBV DNA level was only present in HBeAg-negative patients but not HBeAg-positive patients (P < 0.001). Patients’ age was a key factor influencing the correlation between serum HBV DNA level and the severity of hepatic inflammation and fibrosis. the cutoff values to predict the severity of hepatic inflammation and fibrosis were 33.5 and 36 years, respectively. Using 35 years as the cutoff value, positive correlation between serum HBV DNA level and hepatic inflammation and fibrosis was observed in both HBeAg-positive and HBeAg-negative patients aged ≥35 years (P < 0.05), however no correlation was observed in HBeAg-positive patients aged <35 years.Conclusions
There was positive correlation between serum HBV DNA level and hepatic inflammation and fibrosis in both HBeAg-positive and HBeAg-negative patients’ aged ≥35 years, but in patients aged <35 years, positive correlation was only observed in HBeAg-negative patients. 相似文献20.
Wai-Kay Seto Danny Ka-Ho Wong James Fung Ivan Fan-Ngai Hung John Chi-Hang Yuen Teresa Tong Ching-Lung Lai Man-Fung Yuen 《Hepatology International》2013,7(1):119-126