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Chapter 2.2<br />

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ABSTRACT<br />

Background: In order to develop a model for the prediction of sustained response to<br />

PEG-IFN in all HBV genotypes, individual patient data from the 2 largest global trials in<br />

HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B were combined.<br />

Methods: Five-hundred-forty-two patients treated with PEG-IFN α-2a (180 μg/week,<br />

48 weeks) and 266 patients treated with PEG-IFN α-2b (100 μg/week, 52 weeks) were<br />

included. Sustained response was defi ned as HBeAg loss and HBV DNA 30%) are genotype A<br />

patients with either high ALT or low HBV DNA, and genotype C patients with both high<br />

ALT and low HBV DNA. Genotype D patients have a rather low chance of sustained<br />

response. All remaining patients are moderate candidates for PEG-IFN therapy.

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