Abstract: CONCLUSIONS: The
rtL180M mutation of HBV, as well as a small decrease in HBV-DNA after 1 year of treatment might be closely associated with frequent occurrence of virological resistance to ADV in patients with LAM-resistant
CHB.
Abstract: However, interestingly, patients carrying
rtL180M experienced VB during ADV monotherapy more frequently than those not carrying
rtL180M (2-year cumulative probability of VB: 37% vs 3% at 2 years, P < 0.01).
Abstract: On multivariate Cox proportional hazards analysis,
rtL180M (hazard ratio [HR]: 8.62, 95% confidence interval: 1.08-69.09, P = 0.042) and decrease in HBV-DNA for 1 year of treatment (HR: 0.69, 95