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1997). Further possible pathomechanisms of glomerular injury encompass formation of glomerular autoantibodies, glomerular impairment due to chronic hepatic injury, or IgM overproduction with consecutive glomerular IgM deposition as a result of HCV-triggered cryoglobulinaemia type II. GN prevalence in HCV patients is estimated at 1.4% and is comparably high due to its prevalence among blood donors (Paydas 1996).
HCV-induced GN has mostly a benign prognosis (Daghestani 1999). 10-15% of patients with nephritic syndrome experience spontaneous complete or partial remission. Frequently persisting mild proteinuria exhibits no tendency to progression. It is estimated that only approximately 15% of the patients with HCV-related GN develop terminal renal failure requiring dialysis (Tarantino 1995). Nevertheless, presence of kidney impairment is considered to be a negative prognostic factor for long-term survival (Ferri 2004).
Patients with HCV-related GN should be primarily treated with direct acting antivirals. In cases of mild renal impair ment, sustained viral response normally leads to amelioration of proteinuria or even full remission of GN. With high baseline viremia and advanced renal insuiciency, antiviral therapy is subject to certain limitations (Sabry 2002). Despite amelioration of proteinuria achieved ater antiviral therapy, signiicant improvement of renal function is oten lacking (Alric 2004). Ribavirin dosage must be cautiously adjusted to glomerular iltration rate (GFR), in order to mainly prevent ribavirin accumulation with consecutive hemolytic anemia (Fabrizi 2008). RBV-induced hemolytic anemia was eiciently treated by administration of erythropoietin and erythrocyte concentrates (van Leusen
2008). As determination of RBV blood levels is not an established laboratory procedure, implementation of such a therapeutic approach in clinical routine remains arduous. Renal impairment was observed as an adverse event associated with the use of telaprevir and boceprevir (Mauss 2014). In patients with severe renal insuiciency (eGF <30 ml/min), data for the use of simeprevir, ledipasvir, sofosbuvir and other direct acting antivirals are emerging. Although the use of sofosbuvir is currently not recommend in patients with eGF <30 ml/min, safety and eicacy of full dose sofosbuvir regimen was recently shown in this population (Hundemer 2015). The 3 D regimen, comprising of paritaprevir/ritonavir/ombitasvir + dasabuvir a s well as the NS5A inhibitor daclatasvir have been safely administered in patients with severe renal insuiciency (GF <30 ml/min) due to the predominant biliary elimination of these drugs (Fabrizi 2015). The regimen of grazoprevir plus elbasvir has been evaluated in a large cohort of 235 HCV patients with serious renal involvement. These drugs have a renal elimination rate less than 1%. Therefore, the 3 D regimen as well as grazoprevir plus elbasvir are currently the only approved combination therapies in end-stage renal disease (GF <15 ml/min) (Cacoub 2016). However, therapy with glecaprevir/
pibrentasvir is also possible and should be favoured and, if available, replace the 3 D regimen. Data from a recent cohort of 101 HCV patients with chronic kidney disease stage 3b, 4 or 5 treated with glecaprevir/pibrentasvir showed an SV rate of 97% (98/101) with no virologic failure and no safety signals, which support the use of this regimen in HCV patients with advanced and end-stage renal disease (Lawitz 2019). Currently, grazoprevir plus elbasvir is the recommended therapeutic regimen in HCV type 1 patients with severe or terminal renal insuiciency (AFEF 2016).
Fulminant manifestations with impending acute renal failure can be treated with corticosteroids, cyclosporine, and other immunosuppressive drugs such as cyclophosphamide and eventually plasmapheresis (Garini 2007, Margin 1994). In case of simultaneous bone marrow B cell iniltration and/or resistance to conventional therapy, application of rituximab is indicated (Roccatello 2004). Rituximab may be used as an alternative irst line therapy in severe renal manifestations (Roccatello 2008). Antiviral and immunosuppressive therapy should always be supplemented with ACE inhibitors or AT1 receptor antagonists (Kamar 2006).
Endocrine manifestations
Thyroid disease is found more commonly in patients with chronic HCV infection than in the general population. About 13% of HCV-infected patients have hypothyroidism and up to 25% have thyroid antibodies. Thyroid disease is found to be one of the most common endocrine disorders in chronic HCV infection (Antonelli 2004). The hypothesis of chronic immune system stimulation in patients with MC who also presented autoimmune thyroiditis is underlined by the elevated levels of CXCL9, CXCL10 and CXCL11 chemokines as well as higher IL-6 levels which can be found in these patients (Ferri 2017). In vitro experiments showed that Hepatitis C virus is even capable of infection of human thyroid cells due to membrane expression of the HCV receptor CD81 (Blackard 2012). There is also evidence that IFN α may induce thyroid disease or unmask preexisting silent thyroidopathies (Graves disease, Hashimoto thyroiditis) (Prummel
2003). Furthermore, the presence of thyroid autoantibodies increases the risk of developing an overt thyroiditis during interferon-based therapy.
The association between chronic HCV infection and development of insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus has been discussed in the past (Knobler 2000, Mason 1999, Hui 2003, Mehta 2003). A meta-analysis of retrospective and prospective studies conirms a higher risk for the development of diabetes mellitus type II in patients with chronic HCV infection (OR=1.68, 95% CI 1.15-2.20) (White 2008). Similar results were reported in a recent prospective study from Taiwan with more than 21000
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participants (hazard ratio 1.53, 95% CI 1.29-1.81) (Lin 2016). Viral induction of insulin resistance seems to be HCV-speciic, as prevalence of diabetes mellitus in HBV-infected patients is signiicantly lower (White 2008, Imazeki 2008). The pathomechanism of HCV-induced insulin resistance is yet not fully understood. It has been suggested that the appearance of insulin resistance could correlate with certain genotypes of HCV. By altering host lipid metabolism to favour its own replication, HCV infection leads to hepatic steatosis especially in HCV type 3 infections. Moreover, the occurrence and severity of steatosis correlates with viral load and response to interferon-based therapy in HCV type 3 patients (ubbia-Brandt 2001). Furthermore, HCV-dependent upregulation of cytokine suppressor SOC-3 may be responsible for the induction of cell desensitisation towards insulin. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator 1α is induced ater HCV infection, thereby upregulating gluconeogenesis and providing a potential target for treatment (Shlomai 2012). Insulin resistance in turn represents an independent risk factor for progression of liver ibrosis and lower SV in patients with chronic HCV infect ion (Moucari 2008, Kawaguchi
2004). As the development of insulin resistance or type 2 diabetes mellitus may contribute to the progression of liver disease during HCV infection, some international guidelines recommend that antiviral treatment should be promptly initiated in HCV infected patients with insulin resistance or diabetes (Cacoub 2018).
A causal association is backed up by studies demonstrating that antiviral therapy resulting in SV correlates with improved diabetic metabolic status and partial resolution of insulin resistance (Kawaguchi 2007, Zhang 2012).
There is growing evidence that a majority of HCV-infected patients also sufer from vitamin D deiciency. Recent clinical data show higher vitamin D levels as an independent predictive factor of SV following antiviral therapy (Cholongitas 2012). Because of its anti-inlamm atory and anti-ibrotic efects, vitamin D supplementation might therefore protect against progression of liver disease (Rahman 2013). HCV-infected patients are at a signiicantly higher risk of developing osteoporosis and osteoporosis-associated bone fractures. Chronic HCV infection leads to a reduction in bone density due do imbalance in calcium and vitamin D homeostasis and a decreased synthesis of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) (Marek 2015). Additionally, it has been shown that bone density decreases with progression of liver ibrosis due to HCV (Lin 2012). In another study with relatively young HCV patients (aged 40 – 60 years) without advanced ibrosis, 42% had reduced bone density and 12% osteoporosis (Lai 2015). Furthermore, a large cohort study from Taiwan with over 10.000 HCV patients and 41.000 controls reported a 1.33-fold increased incidence of osteoporosis in the HCV group versus controls (Chen
2015). Another study from Denmark compared the overall incidence of bone fractures from over 12.000 HCV patients and 60.000 matched controls. HCV
patients had a 2.15-fold increased incidence of bone fractures. There was no signiicant diference in fracture incidence between patients with active versus successfully treated chronic hepatitis C (Hansen 2014).
Finally, a link between HCV, growth hormone (GH) insuiciency and low insulin-like growth factor (IGF1) has been hypothesised. Reduced GH secretion could be the result of a direct inhibitory efect of HCV infection at the level of the pituitary or hypothalamus (Plöckinger 2007).
Cardiovascular manifestations
There is increasing evidence that chronic HCV infection may also increase the risk for cardiovasc ular disease. Many direct and indir ect factors which contribute to the development of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease have been identiied, such as insulin resistance, oxidative stress, lipopolysaccharides and proinlammatory cytokines (see Figure 4, Adinoli 2018). A nearly 1.65-fold increase in cardiovascular disease-related mortality was reported in a large meta-analysis of observational studies. The risk for cerebrovascular or cardiovascular disease in HCV infection was even 1.71-fold higher when additional risk factors like diabetes and arterial hypertension were present (Petta 2016). Moreover, a cohort study from Taiwan found chronic hepatitis C to be an independent predictor of stroke (Negro 2014). Another data from a recent American study with a cohort of 1434 HCV-positive participants showed a signiicantly higher incidence of coronary heart disease events in patients with detectable HCV RNA than in those who were HCV RNA negative (Pothineni 2014). A 1.43-fold increased risk of developing peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in chronically HCV infected Taiwanese patients as compared to uninfected controls might be suggestive that PAD can be regarded as an extrahepatic manifestation of chronic HCV infection (Hsu YH 2015). Potential pathomechanisms might include metabolic factors such as insulin resistance with hyperglycemia, endothelial dysfunction and inlammation leading to damage of vessels and instability of plaques but also other systemic processes associated with the chronic inlammatory state and potentially leading to atherosclerosis have to be considered (Negro 2015). In addition, chronic HCV infection is independently associated with peripheral arterial stifness. Compared to controls, HCV patients had increased arterial stifness with lower compliance indices in a cohort of 221 participants (Chou 2017).
However SV in HCV infection results in an increase in total and LDL cholesterol, which seems contradictory to the data reported above (Mauss
2017). The interaction of terminating a possibly proatherogenic chronic infection which results in an increase of proatherogenic lipids requires further research to draw a clinical relevant concusion.
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ibrosis and compensated cirrhosis revealed a signiicant improvement in carotid atherosclerosis measured by intima media thickness and carotid thickening, although data about major cardiovascular outcomes under DAA therapy are still absent (Petta 2018).A recent nationwide cohort study from Taiwan demonstrated a signiicant reduction in the incidence of end-stage renal disease, acute coronary syndrome and ischemic stroke in HCV treated patients compared to untreated controls. Treated patients also showed a signiicant improvement in non-liver death-related survival (see Figure 5, Hsu YC 2015). The current available data show that the eradication of HCV by DAA therapy is associated with an improvement of atherosclerosis and metabolic conditions which may lead to the development of cardiovascular disease at least in the short term and at early disease stages, yet further studies are needed to clarify these results (Adinoli 2018).
Occasionally, chronic HCV infection has been seen in association with other cardiac pathologies such as chronic myocarditis and dilated/ hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Pathogenesis seems to rely on genetic predisposition and is assumed to be immunologically triggered (Matsumori
2000).
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Figure 4. Direct and indirect factors associated with the development of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease in HCV patients and the possible effec t of viral clearance by DAA therapy. (IR: insulin resistance, OXS: oxidative stress, LPS: lipopolysaccharide, according to Adinolfi LE et al. 2018).
Figure 5. A) Overall mortalit y sur vival curves for non-liver related causes in treated and untreated patients with chronic HCV infection B) and C) Cumulative incidence of extrahepatic outcomes between treated and untreated HCV cohorts for end-stage renal disease and acute coronar y syndrome (according to Hsu YC et al. 2015).
Central nervous manifestations
Numerous central nervous manifestations have been described in association with HCV infection. Cr yoglobulinemic or non-cryoglobulinemic vasculitis of cerebral blood vessels may be responsible for the relatively high prevalence of both ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes in young HCV positive patients (Cacoub 1998). Transverse myelopathies leading to symmetrical paraparesis and sensory deiciency have been observed (Aktipi 2007).
Furthermore, chronic HCV infection is associated with signiicant impairment of quality of life. 35-68% of HCV patients sufer from chronic fatigue, subclinical cognitive impairment and psychomotor deceleration. Symptoms of depression are evident in 2-30% of HCV patients examined (Perry 2008, Forton 2003, Carta 2007). Psychometric as well as functional magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies suggest altered neurotransmission in HCV-infected patients (Weissenborn 2006, Forton
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2001). In addition, signiicant tr yptophan deicienc y is detectable in patients with chronic HCV infection. Deiciency of tryptophan-derived serotonin is likely to favour an occurrence of depressive disorders. There is evidence to suggest that antiviral therapy can lead to elevation of tryptophan blood levels and thus contribute to amelioration of depressive symptoms in HCV patients (Zignego 2007c).
While the aetiology of cognitive dysfunction in HCV patients is not completely understood, it is hypothesised that the virus has a direct neurotoxic efect by entering the CNS via the PBMCs. This may be accompanied by an indirect neurotoxic efect via cerebral and/or systemic inlammation, for example increased pro-inlammatory cytokines over many years of infection. These cytokines may cross the blood-brain barrier and contribute to cognitive disorders (Senzolo 2011). More recent studies indicate that brain microvascular endothelial cells serve as a preferential site of HCV tropism and replication and that alteration of the blood-brain barrier could lead to activation of microglia and entry of inlammatory cytokines (Fletcher 2012). Supporting new data shows evidence for the afection of mostly memory tasks in HCV-infected children with signiicant correlations between endogenous cytokines like IL-6 and IFN α and cognitive dysfunction (Abu Faddan 2014).
Signiicant improvements of mental health and central nervous manifestations (i.e. fatigue and health related quality of life) have been consistently demonstrated during interferon-free DAA-based regimens (Younossi 2014a, Younossi 2014b). A recent study evaluated a signiicant improvement in health related quality of life due to DAA therapy in patients with cryoglobulinemic vasculitis (Saadoun 2015b). According to recent guidelines (EASL 2018), the presence of such EHM (i.e. debilitating fatigue) should be regarded as a priority treatment indication with DAA, even in the absence of signiicant liver damage (Negro 2015).
Dermatologic manifestations
A multitude of cutaneous disorders has been sporadically associated with chronic HCV infection (Hadziyannis 1998). Epidemiologic studies have conirmed the existence of a strong correlation between the sporadic form of porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) and HCV, though the presence of HCV in PCT patients seems to be subject to strong regional factors. Indeed, HCV prevalence in PCT patients is above 50% in Italy, while only 8% in Germany (Fargion 1992, Stölzel 1995). Because therapy with PEG-IFN and ribavirin may exacerbate the cutaneous manifestations in PCT patients, these individuals might strongly beneit from therapy with DAAs (Negro 2015).
Evidence of a close association between HCV and lichen planus was
provided by studies performed in Japan and southern Europe (Nagao 1995, Carrozzo 1996), yet these observations do not apply to all geographic regions (Ingafou 1998). HLA-D6 has been recognised as a major predisposing factor for development of lichen planus in HCV positive patients. One hypothesis suggests that geographical luctuation of HLA-D6 is responsible for the diverse prevalence among HCV patients (Gandolfo 2002). A recent study from Japan showed seven HCV patients with oral lichen planus who were treated with daclatasvir and asunaprevir for 24 weeks. In addition to the SVR24 rate of 100%, the cutaneous manifestations disappeared in four and improved in the remaining three subjects, underlining the close association between replicative HCV infection and oral lichen planus (Nagao 2016).
Recent data from a large cohort of HCV-infected patients showed a higher incidence and mortality for several types of non-liver cancers in individuals with HCV compared to the general population such as pancreas, lung, kidney and rectum malignancies. However it remains elusive if higher smoking rates in the observed HCV cohort could have been a possible confounding factor (Allison 2015). New data from a french population showed only hematological malignancies and oral cancer to be at higher risk in HCV patients compared to the general population. Especially HCV cirrhosis was associated with a higher age-adjusted incidence of non-liver cancers, even ater achieving SV (Allaire 2018).
Idiopathic pulmonary ibrosis (IPF) may potentially be an EHM, as prevalence of anti-HCV in patients with this disease is notably high (Ueda
1992). Interestingly, alveolar lavage in therapy-naïve HCV patients yielded frequent indings consistent with a chronic alveolitis. Alveolar lavage in the same patients ater completion of antiviral therapy showed a remission of inlammatory activity (Yamaguchi 1997). Involvement of CGs in the genesis of IPF is also probable (Ferri 1997).
Several ocular abnormalities such as sicca syndrome due to reduced lacrimation as well as a peripheral corneal ulceration which is called Mooren’s ulcer have been reported in association with HCV infection, although the pathogenesis of such abnormalities is not completely understood (Wilson 1993, Tang 2016).
Miscellaneous manifestations
Recent data from a large cohort of HCV-infected patients showed a higher incidence and mortality for several types of non-liver cancers in individuals with HCV compared to the general population such as pancreas, lung, kidney and rectum malignancies. However it remains elusive if higher smoking rates in the observed HCV cohort could have been a possible confounding factor (Allison 2015). New data from a french population
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showed only hematological malignancies and oral cancer to be at higher risk in HCV patients compared to the general population. Especially HCV cirrhosis was associated with a higher age-adjusted incidence of non-liver cancers, even ater achieving SV (Allaire 2018). A higher prevalence of extrahepatic malignancies than expected was also found in a cohort of 431 HCV patients who were treated with DAAs in Israel. The incidence of lymphoma was about 100 times higher than in the general population. Also, the incidence of pancreatic, endocervix, breast and squamous cell lung carcinoma increased 29-, 1.6-, 136- and 2,5-fold, respectively. One possible cause might be down-regulating of immune response ater successful DAA therapy with higher vulnerability to the development of neoplasia, yet larger multicentered studies are required to conirm these results (Khoury
2019). Idiopathic pulmonary ibrosis (IPF) may potentially be an EHM, as
prevalence of anti-HCV in patients with this disease is notably high (Ueda
1992). Interestingly, alveolar lavage in therapy-naïve HCV patients yielded
frequent indings consistent with a chronic alveolitis. Alveolar lavage in the same patients ater completion of antiviral therapy showed a remission of inlammatory activity (Yamaguchi 1997). Involvement of CGs in the genesis of IPF is also probable (Ferri 1997).
Several ocular abnormalities such as sicca syndrome due to reduced
lacrimation as well as a peripheral corneal ulceration which is called Mooren’s ulcer have been reported in association with HCV infection, although the pathogenesis of such abnormalities is not completely understood (Wilson 1993, Tang 2016).
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Stefan Mauss and Jürgen Kurt Rockstroh
Introduction
The prevalence and transmission routes of HBV coinfection in the HIV+ population vary substantially by geographic region (Alter 2006, Konopnicki
2005). In the United States and Europe the majority of HIV positive gay men have evidence of past HBV infection, and 5–10% show persistence of HBs­antigen, with or without replicative hepatitis B as deined by the presence of HBV DNA (Konopnicki 2005). Overall, rates of HBV/HIV coinfection are slightly lower among intravenous drug users compared to gay men and much lower among people infected through heterosexual contact (Núñez
2005).
In endemic regions of Africa and Asia, the majority of HBV infections are transmitted vertically at birth or before the age of 5 through close contact within households, medical procedures and traditional scariication (Modi 2007). The prevalence among youth in most Asian countries has substantially decreased since the introduction of vaccination on nationwide scales (Shepard 2006). In Europe, vaccination of children and members of risk groups is promoted and reimbursed by health care systems in most countries.
The natural history of hepatitis B is altered by simultaneous infection with HIV. Immune control of HBV is negatively afected leading to a reduction of HBs-antigen seroconversion. If HBV persists, the HBV DNA levels are generally higher in HIV positive patients not on antiretroviral therapy (Bodsworth 1989, Bodsworth 1991, Hadler 1991). In addition, with progression of cellular immune deiciency, reactivation of HBV replication despite previous HBs-antigen seroconversion may occur (Soriano 2005). However, ater immune recovery due to antiretroviral therapy, HBe-antigen and HBs-antigen seroconversion occur in a higher proportion of patients compared to HBV monoinfected patients treated for chronic hepatitis B (Schmutz 2006, Piroth 2010, Kosi 2012).
In untreated HIV infection, faster progression to liver cirrhosis is reported for HBV/HIV-coinfected patients (Puoti 2006). Moreover, hepatocellular carcinoma may develop at an earlier age and is more aggressive in this population (Puoti 2004, Brau 2007).
Being HBV-coinfected results in increased mortality for HIV positive
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individuals, even ater the introduction of efective antiretroviral therapy (AT), as demonstrated by an analysis of the EuroSIDA Study, which shows a 3.6-fold higher risk of liver-related deaths among HBsAg positive patients compared to HBsAg negative individuals (Konopnicki 2005, Nikolopoulos
2009) (Figure 1). In the Multicentre AIDS Cohort Study (MACS), an 8-fold increased risk of liver-related mortality was seen among HBV/HIV­coinfected compared to HIV-monoinfected individuals, particularly among subjects with low nadir CD4+ cell counts (Thio 2002). Even at present, despite the widespread use of tenofovir, HBV/HIV coinfection is still associated with an increased morbidity (Crowell 2014), and liver-related deaths in HBV/HIV-infected patients still do occur (Rosenthal 2014).
The beneicial impact of treatment of HBV in HBV/HIV coinfection was irst demonstrated by data from a large cohort showing a reduction in mortality with lamivudine treatment compared to untreated patients (Puoti
2007). This result is even more remarkable because lamivudine is the least efective HBV polymerase inhibitor due to the rapid development of drug resistance. In general, because of its limited long-term eicacy, lamivudine monotherapy cannot be considered as appropriate therapy for either mono HBV infection or HBV/HIV coinfection (Matthews 2011).
Figure 1. Association of HBV/HIV coinfection and mortalit y (Konopnicki 20 05). More than one cause of death allowed per patient; p-values from chi-squared tests.
In addition, two large cohort studies (EuroSIDA and MACS) plus data from HBV monoinfection studies showing a reduction in morbidity and mortality established the need to treat chronic hepatitis B in HBV/HIV­coinfected patients.
Treatment of chronic hepatitis B in HBV/HIV­coinfected patients on antiretroviral therapy
In general, starting hepatitis B therapy depends on the degree of liver ibrosis and the HBV DNA level. But as AT is now recommended for all HIV patients independent of CD4-count to reduce HIV-associated morbidity and mortality and to prevent HIV transmission, all HBV/HIV-coinfected patients are considered eligible for AT by current guidelines (e. g. EACS
2016). The previous complicated recommendations for how to treat chronic hepatitis B in patients without AT are now obsolete. As antiretroviral drugs that are also active against HBV can usually be used, interferon­based treatment of HBV is now rarely indicated. Data in the literature for HIV-coinfected patients on interferon therapy for HBV infection are limited and not very encouraging (Núñez 2003). In addition, intensiied treatment studies combining pegylated interferon with adefovir or intensifying TDF therapy with pegylated interferon for one year showed no increase in HBV seroconversion rates (Ingiliz 2008, Boyd 2016).
In general, tenofovir is the standard of care for HBV in HIV-coinfected patients, because of its strong HBV polymerase activity and antiretroviral eicacy. Tenofovir has been a long-acting and efective therapy in the vast majority of treated HBV/HIV-coinfected patients (van Bömmel 2004, Mathews 2009, Martin-Carbonero 2011, Thibaut 2011). Its antiviral eicacy is not impaired in HBV/HIV-coinfected compared to HBV-monoinfected patients (Plaza 2013). No conclusive pattern of resistance mutations has been identiied in studies or cohorts (Snow-Lampart 2011). These data are still valid at the end of 2016. In theory, resistance may occur in patients on long-term therapy, as with any other antivirals.
For patients with HBV DNA <2000 IU/mL and no relevant liver ibrosis, no speciic AT regimen is recommended. However due to the favourable resistance proile a regimen including tenofovir is the irst choice. When choosing an HBV polymerase inhibitor, complete suppression of HBV DNA is important to avoid the development of HBV drug resistance.
When HBV DNA is above 2000 IU/mL in HBV treatment naïve patients a combination of tenofovir plus lamivudine/emtricitabine to treat both infections is usually recommended. Even for patients who harbor lamivudine-, telbivudine- or adefovir-resistant HBV due to previous therapies this strategy stands. The recommendation to continue lamivudine/ emtricitabine is based on delayed resistance to adefovir seen when doing so (Lampertico 2007), but the same efect has not been in combination with tenofovir (Berg 2010, Patterson 2011).
Initiating AT including tenofovir resulted in higher rates of HBe antigen loss and seroconversion as expected from HBV-monoinfected
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patients (Schmutz 2006, Piroth 2010, Kosi 2012). This may be due to the additional efect of immune reconstitution in HBV/HIV coinfected patients complicating the immunological control of HBV replication.
For patients with advanced liver ibrosis or liver cirrhosis a maximally active continuous HBV polymerase inhibitor therapy is important to avoid further ibrosis progression and hepatic decompensation and to reduce the risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma. Tenofovir plus lamivudine/emtricitabine is the treatment of choice. If the results are not fully suppressive, adding entecavir should be considered (Ratclife 2011). A reduction in the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma has been shown for patients on HBV polymerase inhibitors compared to untreated patients, strengthening the antiproliferative efects of suppressive antiviral therapy (Hosaka 2012).
Liver ultrasound is needed at least every six months, for early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma. In patients with advanced cirrhosis, esophagogastroscopy should be performed as screening for oesophageal varices. For patients with hepatic decompensation and full treatment options for HBV and who have stable HIV infection, liver transplantation should be considered as posttransplant life expectancy seems to be the same as for HBV-monoinfected patients (Coin 2007, Tateo 2009). Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma may also be considered liver transplant candidates, although according to preliminary observations from small cohorts, the outcome may be worse than for HBV-monoinfected patients (Vibert 2008).
In prospective controlled studies, tenofovir was clearly superior to adefovir for the treatment of HBe antigen positive and HBe antigen negative patients (Marcellin 2008).
The acquisition of adefovir resistance mutations and multiple lamivudine resistance mutations may impair the activity of tenofovir (Fung 2005, Lada 2012, van Bömmel 2010), although even in these situations tenofovir retains suicient activity against HBV (Berg 2010, Patterson 2011, Petersen 2012).
In lamivudine-resistant HBV the antiviral eicacy of entecavir in HIV­coinfected patients is reduced, as it is in HBV monoinfection (Shermann
2008). Because of this and the property of tenofovir as a fully active antiretroviral, tenofovir-DF is the preferred choice in treatment-naïve HBV/ HIV coinfected patients who will use AT. The use of entecavir, telbivudine or adefovir as an add-on to tenofovir or other drugs in the case of not fully suppressive antiviral HBV therapy has not yet been studied in HBV/HIV coinfection. This decision should be made on a case-by-case basis.
Based on the history of AT, combination HBV therapy of tenofovir plus lamivudine/emtricitabine was expected to be superior to tenofovir monotherapy, in particular in patients with highly replicative HBV infection. However, this hypothesis has not as yet been supported by
studies (Schmutz 2006, Mathews 2008, Mathews 2009, Price 2013). There are data showing better viral suppression for entecavir and tenofovir-DF compared to entecavir monotherapy in highly replicative patients with HBV-monoinfection, but no such a study is available for a comparison with tenofovir monotherapy (Lok 2012).
In the case of HIV resistance to tenofovir, it is usually important to continue using tenofovir for HBV activity when switching to other AT. Discontinuation of the HBV polymerase inhibitor without maintaining the antiviral pressure on HBV can lead to necroinlammatory lares that can result in acute liver decompensation, particularly in patients with liver cirrhosis.
In 2015, tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) was approved as antiretroviral therapy in Europe and the US. TAF is a new formulation of tenofovir with lower plasma exposure of the active drug tenofovir compared to tenofovir diproxovil fumarate (TDF). TAF has not shown superior antiviral activity against HIV or HBV compared to TDF, but may ofer advantages concerning long term toxicities involving bone and kidney over TDF (Agarwal 2015, Sax 2015). TAF can substitute TDF as HBV therapy in HBV/HIV-coinfected patients (Gallant 2016). In November 2016, TAF was approved for HBV treatment in the US, followed by the approval in Europe in January 2017.
The potentially nephrotoxic efect of TDF is a concern. Although nephrotoxicity is rarely observed in HIV negative patients treated with TDF monotherapy (Heathcote 2011, Mauss 2011), renal impairment has been more frequently reported in HIV positive patients using TDF as a component in AT and may be associated in particular with the combined use of TDF and ritonavir-boosted HIV protease inhibitors (Mauss 2005, Fux 2007, Goicoecha 2008, Mocrot 2010). In addition, the recently approved cytochrome P450 3A inhibitor cobicistat can also increase creatinine levels. Regular monitoring of renal function in HBV/HIV-coinfected patients including estimated glomerular iltration rate (eGFR) and assessment of proteinuria is necessary. In the case of a reduced eGFR, TDF should be substituted by TAF or should be dosed at a reduced frequency according to the label. In the case of signiicant proteinuria, TDF should also be replaced by TAF. Alternatively in speciic situations in the cas e of tenofovir asso ciated nephrotoxicity tenofovir can also be replaced by entecavir.
Conclusion
The number of available HBV polymerase i nhibitors for chronic hepatitis B has increased substantially over the last few years. In general, the choice is conined to two mostly non-cross-resistant classes, the nucleotide and nucleoside compounds.
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