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Díaz-González Á, Hernández-Guerra M, Pérez-Medrano I, Sapena V, Riveiro-Barciela M, Barreira-Díaz A, Gómez E, Morillas RM, Del Barrio M, Escudé L, Mateos B, Horta D, Gómez J, Conde I, Ferre-Aracil C, El Hajra I, Arencibía A, Zamora J, Fernández A, Salcedo M, Molina E, Soria A, Estévez P, López C, Álvarez-Navascúes C, García-Retortillo M, Crespo J, Londoño MC. Budesonide as first-line treatment in patients with autoimmune hepatitis seems inferior to standard predniso(lo)ne administration. Hepatology 2023; 77:1095-1105. [PMID: 36626622 DOI: 10.1097/hep.0000000000000018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS In patients with non-severe acute or chronic autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) without cirrhosis, clinical practice guidelines recommend indistinct use of prednisone or budesonide. However, budesonide is infrequently used in clinical practice. We aimed to describe its use and compare its efficacy and safety with prednisone as first-line options. APPROACH AND RESULTS This was a retrospective, multicenter study of 105 naive AIH patients treated with budesonide as the first-line drug. The control group included 276 patients treated with prednisone. Efficacy was assessed using logistic regression and validated using inverse probability of treatment weighting propensity score. The median time to biochemical response (BR) was 3.1 months in patients treated with budesonide and 4.9 months in those with prednisone. The BR rate was significantly higher in patients treated with prednisone (87% vs. 49% of patients with budesonide, p < 0.001). The probability of achieving BR, assessed using the inverse probability of treatment weighting propensity score, was significantly lower in the budesonide group (OR = 0.20; 95% CI: 0.11-0.38) at any time during follow-up, and at 6 (OR = 0.51; 95% CI: 0.29-0.89) and 12 months after starting treatment (0.41; 95% CI: 0.23-0.73). In patients with transaminases <2 × upper limit of normal, BR was similar in both treatment groups. Prednisone treatment was significantly associated with a higher risk of adverse events (24.2% vs. 15.9%, p = 0.047). CONCLUSIONS In the real-life setting, the use of budesonide as first-line treatment is low, and it is generally prescribed to patients with perceived less disease activity. Budesonide was inferior to prednisone as a first-line drug but was associated with fewer side effects.
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Affiliation(s)
- Álvaro Díaz-González
- Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Clinical and Translational Research in Digestive Diseases Group, Valdecilla Research Institute (IDIVAL), Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Santander, Spain
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- Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, España
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- Medical Statistics Core Facility, Institut D'Investigacions Biomédiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Mar Riveiro-Barciela
- Liver Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spainand CIBERehd
| | - Ana Barreira-Díaz
- Liver Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spainand CIBERehd
| | - Elena Gómez
- Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, España
| | - Rosa M Morillas
- Hepatology Department, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol and Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute, IGTP, Badalona, Department of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Centro de investigación biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas, CIBERehd
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- Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Clinical and Translational Research in Digestive Diseases Group, Valdecilla Research Institute (IDIVAL), Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Santander, Spain
| | - Laia Escudé
- Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Health Care Provider of the European Reference Network on Rare Liver Disorders (ERN-Liver), Institut D'Investigacions Biomédiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de investigación biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas, CIBERehd, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, CIBERehd, IRYCIS, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitari Mutua de Terrassa, Terrassa, España
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- Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Burgos, España
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- Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe, Valencia, España
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- Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, España
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- Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, España
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- Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España
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- Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, España
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- Unidad de Hepatología, Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari, Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí I3PT, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Sabadell, España
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- Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Álvaro Cunqueiro, Vigo, España
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- Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitari Josep Trueta, Girona, España
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- Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Clinical and Translational Research in Digestive Diseases Group, Valdecilla Research Institute (IDIVAL), Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Santander, Spain
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- Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Health Care Provider of the European Reference Network on Rare Liver Disorders (ERN-Liver), Institut D'Investigacions Biomédiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de investigación biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas, CIBERehd, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, España
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