title: Failure of adefovir 20 mg to improve suboptimal response in lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B patients treated with adefovir 10 mg and lamivudine.
abstract: Nine patients with lamivudine-resistant chronic hepatitis B infection who had been treated with adefovir 10 mg/day and had had a suboptimal response but did not have genotypic resistance to adefovir were treated with high-dose adefovir (20 mg/day). The response to the increased dose of adefovir was compared with the response in 15 patients with a suboptimal response who did not receive an increase in the dose of adefovir. The increase in the dose of adefovir did not lead to a significant reduction in hepatitis B DNA when compared with patients maintained on the standard dose. These data suggest that increasing the dose of adefovir in patients with a suboptimal response does not lead to an improved response.
authors.affiliation: A. M. and A. Migliavacca Center for Liver Disease, 1st Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Viganò
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lampertico
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Facchetti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lunghi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Colombo
mesh_terms: D000225:Adenine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D024882:Drug Resistance, Viral; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000187:drug effects*; D019694:Hepatitis B, Chronic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D019259:Lamivudine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D063065:Organophosphonates / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D063065:Organophosphonates; D019259:Lamivudine; C053001:adefovir; D000225:Adenine