Treatment of chronic hepatitis B with interferon alpha-2b and interleukin-2.

Abstract:

:A total of 37 patients with histologically confirmed chronic viral hepatitis B and presence of HBV-DNA and HBsAg in the serum were treated in a randomized, prospectively controlled multicenter trial either with recombinant IFN alpha-2b alone or a combination of IFN alpha-2b and recombinant IL-2. Twenty-two patients from group A were treated with 3 MU of IFN alpha-2b s.c. thrice weekly for 5 months. Starting at month 2 IL-2 was added: priming doses of 1.5 million CU were given s.c. on the first 2 days of each of the remaining 3 months, followed by maintenance doses of 0.3 million CU daily for 5 days per week. Fifteen patients from group B received 5 MU of IFN alpha-2b s.c. thrice weekly for 5 months. Five patients from group A (24%) and 4 patients from group B (28%) cleared HBV-DNA and HBeAg from the serum, and normalized elevated serum aminotransferase activities. The response rate in both groups did not differ significantly. Since side effects were more pronounced during combination therapy than in IFN alpha-2b monotherapy, it is suggested that treatment with IFN alpha-2b alone is preferable to a regimen of IFN alpha-2b/IL-2 applied according to the above schedule.

journal_name

J Hepatol

journal_title

Journal of hepatology

authors

Bruch HR,Korn A,Klein H,Markus R,Malmus K,Baumgarten R,Müller R

doi

10.1016/s0168-8278(05)80424-6

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1993-01-01 00:00:00

pages

S52-5

eissn

0168-8278

issn

1600-0641

journal_volume

17 Suppl 3

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