TY - JOUR
T1 - Protective antibody levels and dose requirements for IV 5% Nabi Hepatitis B immune globulin combined with lamivudine in liver transplantation for hepatitis B-induced end stage liver disease
AU - Dickson, Rolland C.
AU - Terrault, Norah A.
AU - Ishitani, Michael
AU - Reddy, K. Rajender
AU - Sheiner, Patricia
AU - Luketic, Velimir
AU - Soldevila-Pico, Consuelo
AU - Fried, Michael
AU - Jensen, Donald
AU - Brown, Robert S.
AU - Horwith, Gary
AU - Brundage, Richard
AU - Lok, Anna
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006/1
Y1 - 2006/1
N2 - Lamivudine combined with Hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIg) prevents post liver transplant (LT) HBV recurrence. The study was designed to assess the impact of lamivudine on hepatitis B antibody (anti-HBs) and dosage requirements of intravenous 5% HBIg (Nabi-HB®) in the first 36 weeks post LT. Adults undergoing LT for chronic HBV received lamivudine prior to or at LT, and IV HBIg 20,000 IU on day of LT, 10,000 on days 1-7, weeks 4 and 8, and 5,000 every 4 weeks thereafter. Replicative status based on serum HBV DNA (> 5 pg/mL = replicator (R) or ≤ 5 pg/mL = nonreplicator (N) was determined at initiation of lamivudine (R or N) and within 2 weeks of LT (r or n), resulting in 3 groups: Nn, Rn, and Rr. Between December 1999 and May 2001, 30 patients (10 Nn, 13 Rn, 6 Rr, and 1 unknown), mean age of 52 years underwent LT. HBsAg neutralization was achieved with anti-HBs > 300 IU/L during week 1 and > 200 IU/L during weeks 2-12. All but one patient were HBsAg-negative on last follow-up. Pre-LT suppression of HBV replication resulted in similar dose requirements and pK in the Rn and Nn groups within 1 week after LT. Comparatively, the Rr group had greater HBIg requirements during weeks 1-12 due to greater anti-HBs clearance and shortened t1/2 during the entire 36-week follow-up. In conclusion, this study provides a rationale for the use of lower HBIg doses in HBV patients with suppressed replication undergoing LT.
AB - Lamivudine combined with Hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIg) prevents post liver transplant (LT) HBV recurrence. The study was designed to assess the impact of lamivudine on hepatitis B antibody (anti-HBs) and dosage requirements of intravenous 5% HBIg (Nabi-HB®) in the first 36 weeks post LT. Adults undergoing LT for chronic HBV received lamivudine prior to or at LT, and IV HBIg 20,000 IU on day of LT, 10,000 on days 1-7, weeks 4 and 8, and 5,000 every 4 weeks thereafter. Replicative status based on serum HBV DNA (> 5 pg/mL = replicator (R) or ≤ 5 pg/mL = nonreplicator (N) was determined at initiation of lamivudine (R or N) and within 2 weeks of LT (r or n), resulting in 3 groups: Nn, Rn, and Rr. Between December 1999 and May 2001, 30 patients (10 Nn, 13 Rn, 6 Rr, and 1 unknown), mean age of 52 years underwent LT. HBsAg neutralization was achieved with anti-HBs > 300 IU/L during week 1 and > 200 IU/L during weeks 2-12. All but one patient were HBsAg-negative on last follow-up. Pre-LT suppression of HBV replication resulted in similar dose requirements and pK in the Rn and Nn groups within 1 week after LT. Comparatively, the Rr group had greater HBIg requirements during weeks 1-12 due to greater anti-HBs clearance and shortened t1/2 during the entire 36-week follow-up. In conclusion, this study provides a rationale for the use of lower HBIg doses in HBV patients with suppressed replication undergoing LT.
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U2 - 10.1002/lt.20582
DO - 10.1002/lt.20582
M3 - Article
C2 - 16382463
AN - SCOPUS:33645101410
SN - 1527-6465
VL - 12
SP - 124
EP - 133
JO - Liver Transplantation
JF - Liver Transplantation
IS - 1
ER -