10 May 2022>: Original Paper
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 Roche 1BCDE , Artur Bauhofer 2ACDEF* , Miguel Ãngel Gomez Bravo 3BCDE , Georges Philippe Pageaux 4ABCDE , Fabien Zoulim 5BDE , Alejandra Otero 6BC , Martin Prieto 78BC , Carmen Baliellas 9BC , Didier Samuel 1ACDEDOI: 10.12659/AOT.936162
Ann Transplant 2022; 27:e936162
Table 2 Post-transplant treatment with sc HBIg, concomitant antiviral medications, and anti-HBs serum levels.
Full analysis set (N=195) | |||
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91.7 (±94.1) | |||
20.7 (±7.4) | |||
,* | 1171 (±546) | ||
,* | |||
158 (81.0) | |||
71.4 (eq. to 500 IU/week) | 33 (16.9) | ||
>71.4 | 2 (1.0) | ||
Missing information | 2 (1.0) | ||
Frequency of dosing regimens, n (%)** | |||
500 IU weekly | 107 (54.9) | ||
500 IU biweekly | 134 (68.7) | ||
500 IU every 3 weeks | 66 (33.8) | ||
500 IU every 4 weeks/monthly | 68 (34.9) | ||
1000 IU weekly | 6 (3.1) | ||
1000 IU biweekly | 1 (0.5) | ||
1000 IU monthly | 10 (5.1) | ||
Other | 12 (6.2) | ||
Missing information | 1 (0.5) | ||
None | 84 (43.1) | ||
At least 1 change (max. 6 changes) | 111 (56.9) | ||
159 (81.5) | |||
18 (9.2) | |||
2 (1.0) | |||
2 (1.0) | |||
Patients with data available, n | 170 | 112 | 194 |
Median (min, max) [IU/L] | 199.1 (36, 1000) | 144.0 (11, 558) | 140.1 (11, 1000) |
* Averaged over the entire treatment period of a patient; ** regimens/treatments documented over entire observation period; due to treatment changes, patients may have been counted in more than one category. FU – follow up; HBIg – hepatitis B immunoglobulin; im – intramuscular; IU – international unit; iv – intravenous; LT – liver transplantation; SD – standard deviation. |