Expanding initial anti-HBV therapy for chronic hepatitis B: Reducing the treatment threshold of alanine aminotransferase

Jiayi ZHANG; Shuyan CHEN; Hong YOU

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1001-5256.2023.01.004

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Expanding initial anti-HBV therapy for chronic hepatitis B: Reducing the treatment threshold of alanine aminotransferase

DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-5256.2023.01.004

Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China

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Corresponding author: YOU Hong, youhong30@sina.com (ORCID: 0000-0001-9409-1158)
Received Date: 2022-11-18
Published Date: 2023-01-20

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In order to achieve the global goal of eliminating viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030 proposed by the World Health Organization, it is of great importance to expand the treatment of chronic hepatitis B patients. Recent studies have shown that alanine aminotransferase (ALT) is associated with liver inflammation, fibrosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and outcome events of liver disease. Besides, as a strategy for expanding antiviral therapy, reducing the treatment threshold of ALT can reduce the occurrence of liver cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and liver-related death. In the Expert opinion on expanding antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis B published in China in 2022, the treatment indication for chronic hepatitis B patients was updated to positive serum HBV DNA and ALT above the treatment threshold (30 U/L for male and 19 U/L for female), with the exclusion of other causes.
- Hepatitis B, Chronic,
- Expanding Treatment,
- ALT Treatment Threshold

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