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    A pilot study of 2 years of interferon treatment in patients with chronic delta hepatitis
    (Blackwell Publishing, 2007) Yurdaydin, C.; Bozkaya, H.; Karaaslan, H.; Oender, F. O.; Erkan, Oe. E.; Yalcin, K.; Degertekin, H.
    High dose interferon treatment for 1 year is the only established treatment for chronic hepatitis D, but it is associated with a high relapse rate after treatment discontinuation. In this study, patients were treated with 10 MU interferon alpha 2b, thrice weekly for 2 years. Twenty-three patients were recruited and 15 completed the 2-year treatment and 6 months follow-up periods. Treatment response was assessed biochemically [normal alanine aminotransferase (ALT)], virologically (undetectable hepatitis D virus RNA) and histologically (at least 2 point decrease in the Knodell score) at the end of treatment (EOT) and at the end of follow-up. Out of 15 patients who finished the 2-year treatment period, seven patients (47%) had a biochemical response but only two (13%) had a normal ALT after follow-up. ALT decreased from the baseline value of 143.1 +/- 121.7 (mean +/- SD) to 39.7 +/- 20.6 (P < 0.01) at EOT. Virological response was observed in six patients at EOT and in two patients at follow-up. Two patients lost hepatitis B surface antigen. Of the 12 patients with paired liver biopsies, a histological improvement was observed in eight patients. Interferon treatment leads to a complete or partial response in a substantial number of patients but 2 years of treatment does not appear to increase sustained response rates over 1 year treatment.
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    Treatment of chronic delta hepatitis with lamivudine vs lamivudine plus interferon vs interferon
    (Wiley, 2008) Yurdaydin, C.; Bozkaya, H.; Onder, F. O.; Senturk, H.; Karaaslan, H.; Akdogan, M.; Cetinkaya, H.
    Chronic delta hepatitis is the most severe form of chronic viral hepatitis for which interferon (IFN) is the only available treatment. In 39 patients (25 were treatment-naive, 14 had previously used IFN), efficacy of 1-year treatment with IFN (9 MU, t.i.w.) or lamivudine (LAM; 100 mg, q.d.) alone was compared with IFN and LAM combination (2 months of LAM to be followed by combination treatment). IFN monotherapy was given only to treatment-naive patients. In both treatment-naive and previous IFN users, end of treatment virological and biochemical responses were similar with IFN-LAM combination and superior to LAM monotherapy (P < 0.05). Improvement in liver histology occurred more often with IFN +/- LAM than with LAM alone (P < 0.05). In treatment-naive patients, combination treatment was not superior to IFN monotherapy. After treatment discontinuation, virological and biochemical response rates decreased in LAM and IFN combination and IFN monotherapy. On treatment virological response at month 6 of treatment predicted sustained virological response. The results of this study suggest that addition of LAM to IFN for the treatment of delta hepatitis is of no additional value and that both treatment modalities are superior to LAM monotherapy.