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10 May 2022 : Original article  

Long-Term Effectiveness, Safety, and Patient-Reported Outcomes of Self-Administered Subcutaneous Hepatitis B Immunoglobulin in Liver Post-Transplant Hepatitis B Prophylaxis: A Prospective Non-Interventional Study

Bruno Roche1BCDE, Artur Bauhofer2ACDEF*, Miguel Ãngel Gomez Bravo3BCDE, Georges Philippe Pageaux4ABCDE, Fabien Zoulim5BDE, Alejandra Otero6BC, Martin Prieto78BC, Carmen Baliellas9BC, Didier Samuel1ACDE

DOI: 10.12659/AOT.936162

Ann Transplant 2022; 27:e936162

Table 1 Demographic characteristics and relevant medical history data.

Full analysis set (N=195)
59.0 (19, 81)
, * 74.0 (43, 129)
 Male160 (82.1)
 Female35 (17.9)
16.6 (±9.0)
14 (7.2)
 HBV-induced liver cirrhosis100 (51.3)
 HCC83 (42.6)
 HBV-induced fulminant hepatitis12 (6.2)
 Whole liver179 (91.8)
 Split liver, deceased donor liver transplant8 (4.1)
 Living donor liver transplant5 (2.6)
 Liver and kidney co-transplant3 (1.5)
91 (46.7)
106 (54.5)
 Alcoholic liver disease39 (20.0)
 Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis7 (3.6)
 Autoimmune hepatitis2 (1.0)
 Primary sclerosing cholangitis2 (1.0)
 Other6 (3.1)
 Arterial hypertension38 (19.5)
 Diabetes mellitus34 (17.4)
 Kidney disease26 (13.3)
 Allergy10 (5.1)
 Cancer** 3 (1.5)
 Hepatitis D virus43 (22.1)
 Hepatitis C virus19 (9.7)
 Human immunodeficiency virus7 (3.6)
* Based on data of 188 patients;
** papillary thyroid carcinoma, prostatic adenocarcinoma, kidney carcinoma.
HBV – hepatitis B virus; HCC – hepatocellular carcinoma; LT – liver transplantation; SD – standard deviation.

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Annals of Transplantation eISSN: 2329-0358
Annals of Transplantation eISSN: 2329-0358