Alpha- and gamma-interferon versus alpha-interferon alone in chronic hepatitis B. A randomized controlled study.

Abstract:

:Thirty-two patients with chronic hepatitis B were randomly assigned to two groups. Sixteen patients received 10 million units of alpha-interferon per square meter of body surface (MU/m2), three times weekly for 4 months. Sixteen patients were treated simultaneously with gamma-interferon at a dose of 2 MU/m2, and 10 MU/m2 of alpha-interferon. At the end of the study (13th month), hepatitis B virus DNA was negative in 50% of the patients treated with alpha-interferon and in only 25% of those treated with alpha- and gamma-interferon. A similar trend was observed with respect to the hepatitis B e antigen negativization (31% and 19% of HBeAg negativization in patients treated with alpha- and gamma-interferon, respectively). In summary, these data demonstrate that, at the doses used in this study, the combination of alpha- and gamma-interferon does not give better results than the administration of alpha-interferon alone. The tolerance to simultaneous alpha- and gamma-interferons is poor and may decompensate the liver disease.

journal_name

J Hepatol

journal_title

Journal of hepatology

authors

Carreño V,Moreno A,Galiana F,Bartolomé FJ

doi

10.1016/s0168-8278(05)80212-0

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1993-03-01 00:00:00

pages

321-5

issue

3

eissn

0168-8278

issn

1600-0641

pii

S0168-8278(05)80212-0

journal_volume

17

pub_type

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