Chen Chien-Hung, Wang Jing-Houng, Lai Hsueh-Chou, Hu Tsung-Hui, Hung Chao-Hung, Lu Sheng-Nan, Peng Cheng-Yuan
Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Center for Digestive Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital Taichung, Taiwan.
Am J Cancer Res. 2024 May 15;14(5):2465-2477. doi: 10.62347/DAGB7277. eCollection 2024.
Whether serum Mac-2 binding protein glycosylation isomer (M2BPGi) level at year 5 of treatment could predict hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development and mortality beyond year 5 of entecavir or tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) treatment in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients with cirrhosis remain unclear. This retrospective study investigated the role of M2BPGi level at year 5 of treatment in predicting HCC and mortality beyond year 5 in CHB patients with cirrhosis. This study analyzed 1385 cirrhotic patients receiving entecavir or TDF treatment. Of them, 899 patients who did not develop HCC within the first 5 years of treatment were enrolled. In the entire cohort, there was no significant difference in the annual incidence of HCC before and after year 5 of entecavir or TDF treatment ( = 0.455). Multivariable Cox analysis identified old age, higher AFP and M2BPGi levels at 5 years of treatment as independent predictors of HCC occurrence beyond year 5. We developed the HCC risk prediction model, AMA, based on age, M2BPGi and AFP levels at 5 years of treatment, with the total score ranging from 0 to 8. The AMA model accurately categorized patients into low (≤2), medium (2-5), and high (≥5) risk groups in the development and validation groups (<0.001) and exhibited good discriminant function in predicting HCC beyond year 5 in cirrhotic patients (AUROC: 0.743 at 5 years). The M2BPGi of 1.0 COI at 5 years of treatment stratified the risk of all-cause and liver-related mortality beyond year 5 (<0.001). In conclusions, M2BPGi level at 5 years of treatment is a useful marker for predicting HCC development and mortality beyond year 5 of entecavir or TDF therapy in CHB patients with cirrhosis.
在接受恩替卡韦或富马酸替诺福韦二吡呋酯(TDF)治疗的慢性乙型肝炎(CHB)肝硬化患者中,治疗5年时血清Mac-2结合蛋白糖基化异构体(M2BPGi)水平能否预测5年后肝细胞癌(HCC)的发生及死亡率仍不清楚。这项回顾性研究调查了治疗5年时M2BPGi水平在预测CHB肝硬化患者5年后HCC及死亡率中的作用。本研究分析了1385例接受恩替卡韦或TDF治疗的肝硬化患者。其中,纳入了899例在治疗的前5年内未发生HCC的患者。在整个队列中,恩替卡韦或TDF治疗5年前后HCC的年发病率无显著差异( = 0.455)。多变量Cox分析确定年龄较大、治疗5年时甲胎蛋白(AFP)和M2BPGi水平较高是5年后HCC发生的独立预测因素。我们基于治疗5年时的年龄、M2BPGi和AFP水平开发了HCC风险预测模型AMA,总分范围为0至8分。AMA模型在开发组和验证组中准确地将患者分为低(≤2分)、中(2 - 5分)和高(≥5分)风险组(<0.001),并且在预测肝硬化患者5年后HCC方面表现出良好的判别功能(5年时曲线下面积:0.743)。治疗5年时M2BPGi为1.0 COI可对5年后全因死亡率和肝脏相关死亡率的风险进行分层(<0.001)。总之,治疗5年时的M2BPGi水平是预测CHB肝硬化患者接受恩替卡韦或TDF治疗5年后HCC发生及死亡率的有用标志物。