Background and aims: Severe liver disease markers assessed before HCV eradication are acknowledged to usually improve after the SVR. We prospectively evaluated, in the PITER cohort, the long-term HCC risk profile based on predictors monitored after HCV eradication by direct-acting antivirals in patients with cirrhosis. Methods: HCC occurrence was evaluated by Kaplan-Meier analysis. Cox regression analysis identified the post-treatment variables associated with de-novo HCC; their predictive power was presented in a nomogram. Results: After the end of therapy (median follow-up:28.47 months), among 2064 SVR patients, 119 (5.8%) developed de-novo HCC. The HCC incidence was 1.90%, 4.21%, 6.47% at 12-, 24- and 36-months from end-of-therapy, respectively (incidence rate 2.45/100 person-years). Age, genotype 3, diabetes, platelets (PLT)≤120,000/µl and albumin ≤3.5g/dl levels were identified as pre-treatment HCC independent predictors. Adjusting for age, the post-treatment PLT≤120,000/µl (AdjHR 1.92; 95%CI:1.06-3.45) and albumin≤3.5g/dl (AdjHR 4.38; 95%CI 2.48-7.75) values were independently associated with HCC occurrence. Two different risk profiles were identified by combining long-term post-therapy evaluation of PLT ≤ vs. >120,000/µl and albumin ≤ vs. >3.5g/dl showing a significant different HCC incidence rate of 1.35 vs. 3.77/100 p-y, respectively. Conclusions: The nomogram score based on age, PLT and albumin levels after SVR showed an accurate prediction capability and may support the customizing management for early HCC detection.
Profiling the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma after long-term HCV eradication in patients with liver cirrhosis in the PITER cohort / L. A Kondili, M. Giovanna Quaranta, L. Cavalletto, V. Calvaruso, L. Ferrigno, R. D'Ambrosio, I. Simonelli, G. Brancaccio, G. Raimondo, M. R Brunetto, A. Linda Zignego, C. Coppola, A. Iannone, E. Biliotti, G. Verucchi, M. Massari, A. Licata, F. Barbaro, M. Persico, F. Paolo Russo, F. Morisco, M. Pompili, M. Viganò, M. Puoti, T. Santantonio, E. Villa, A. Craxì, L. Chemello, V. Panetta, G. Battista Gaeta, R. Filomia, B. Coco, M. Monti, D. Caterina Amoruso, S. Madonia, D. Ieluzzi, G. Taliani, L. Badia, G. Marco Migliorino, A. Giorgini, M. Masarone, P. Blanc, V. Cossiga, M. De Siena, X. Tata, M. Grazia Rumi, L. Chessa, P. Lampertico, C. Ferrari, I. Gentile, G. Parruti, L. Baiocchi, A. Ciancio, P. Invernizzi, A. Federico, C. Torti, G. Morsica, P. Andreone, A. Aghemo, P. Popoli, S. Vella. - In: DIGESTIVE AND LIVER DISEASE. - ISSN 1590-8658. - 55:7(2023 Jul), pp. 907-917. [10.1016/j.dld.2023.01.153]
Profiling the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma after long-term HCV eradication in patients with liver cirrhosis in the PITER cohort
M. Grazia Rumi;P. Lampertico;
2023
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Background and aims: Severe liver disease markers assessed before HCV eradication are acknowledged to usually improve after the SVR. We prospectively evaluated, in the PITER cohort, the long-term HCC risk profile based on predictors monitored after HCV eradication by direct-acting antivirals in patients with cirrhosis. Methods: HCC occurrence was evaluated by Kaplan-Meier analysis. Cox regression analysis identified the post-treatment variables associated with de-novo HCC; their predictive power was presented in a nomogram. Results: After the end of therapy (median follow-up:28.47 months), among 2064 SVR patients, 119 (5.8%) developed de-novo HCC. The HCC incidence was 1.90%, 4.21%, 6.47% at 12-, 24- and 36-months from end-of-therapy, respectively (incidence rate 2.45/100 person-years). Age, genotype 3, diabetes, platelets (PLT)≤120,000/µl and albumin ≤3.5g/dl levels were identified as pre-treatment HCC independent predictors. Adjusting for age, the post-treatment PLT≤120,000/µl (AdjHR 1.92; 95%CI:1.06-3.45) and albumin≤3.5g/dl (AdjHR 4.38; 95%CI 2.48-7.75) values were independently associated with HCC occurrence. Two different risk profiles were identified by combining long-term post-therapy evaluation of PLT ≤ vs. >120,000/µl and albumin ≤ vs. >3.5g/dl showing a significant different HCC incidence rate of 1.35 vs. 3.77/100 p-y, respectively. Conclusions: The nomogram score based on age, PLT and albumin levels after SVR showed an accurate prediction capability and may support the customizing management for early HCC detection.
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