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class="action-panel-label">No</label> </li> </ul> </fieldset> </div> <div class="alert-schedule-wrap"> <div class="action-panel-control-wrap"> <label class="action-panel-label"> Email: </label> <span aria-label="Email address" id="saved-search-email" class="action-panel-label"><span class="action-panel-label-bold"></span> (<a class="myncbi-account-settings" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/account/settings/">change</a>)</span> </div> <div class="action-panel-control-wrap action-panel-extra-margin-top"> <label for="saved-search-frequency" class="action-panel-label"> Frequency: </label> <select id="saved-search-frequency" class="no-border-panel-selector saved-search-frequency"> <option value="monthly">Monthly</option> <option value="weekly">Weekly</option> <option value="daily">Daily</option> </select> </div> <div class="action-panel-control-wrap saved-search-monthly-additional"> <label for="saved-search-monthly-on-day" class="action-panel-label"> Which day? </label> <select 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</span><span class="cit">2019 Oct;26(10):1146-1155.</span> </div> <span class="citation-doi"> doi: 10.1111/jvh.13126. </span> <span class="secondary-date"> Epub 2019 Jun 19. </span> </div> <h1 class="heading-title"> Roadmap to functional cure of chronic hepatitis B: An expert consensus </h1> <div class="inline-authors"> <div class="authors"> <div class="authors-list"> <span class="authors-list-item "><a class="full-name" href="/?term=Ning+Q&cauthor_id=31087479" ref="linksrc=author_name_link" data-ga-category="search" data-ga-action="author_link" data-ga-label="Qin Ning">Qin Ning</a><sup class="affiliation-links"><span class="author-sup-separator"> </span><a class="affiliation-link" title="Department and Institute of Infectious Disease, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China." href="#full-view-affiliation-1" ref="linksrc=author_aff"> 1 </a></sup><span class="comma">, </span></span><span class="authors-list-item "><a 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href="#full-view-affiliation-2" ref="linksrc=author_aff"> 2 </a></sup><span class="comma">, </span></span><span class="authors-list-item "><a class="full-name" href="/?term=Ren+H&cauthor_id=31087479" ref="linksrc=author_name_link" data-ga-category="search" data-ga-action="author_link" data-ga-label="Hong Ren">Hong Ren</a><sup class="affiliation-links"><span class="author-sup-separator"> </span><a class="affiliation-link" title="Department of Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China." href="#full-view-affiliation-3" ref="linksrc=author_aff"> 3 </a></sup><span class="comma">, </span></span><span class="authors-list-item "><a class="full-name" href="/?term=Gao+ZL&cauthor_id=31087479" ref="linksrc=author_name_link" data-ga-category="search" data-ga-action="author_link" data-ga-label="Zhi-Liang Gao">Zhi-Liang Gao</a><sup class="affiliation-links"><span class="author-sup-separator"> </span><a class="affiliation-link" title="Department of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China." href="#full-view-affiliation-4" ref="linksrc=author_aff"> 4 </a></sup><span class="comma">, </span></span><span class="authors-list-item "><a class="full-name" href="/?term=Hu+P&cauthor_id=31087479" ref="linksrc=author_name_link" data-ga-category="search" data-ga-action="author_link" data-ga-label="Peng Hu">Peng Hu</a><sup class="affiliation-links"><span class="author-sup-separator"> </span><a class="affiliation-link" title="Department of Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China." href="#full-view-affiliation-3" ref="linksrc=author_aff"> 3 </a></sup><span class="comma">, </span></span><span class="authors-list-item "><a class="full-name" href="/?term=Han+MF&cauthor_id=31087479" ref="linksrc=author_name_link" data-ga-category="search" data-ga-action="author_link" data-ga-label="Mei-Fang Han">Mei-Fang 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Wuhan, China.</li> <li data-affiliation-id="short-view-affiliation-2" id="short-view-affiliation-2" ><sup class="key">2</sup> Department of Infectious Diseases, Center for Liver Diseases, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.</li> <li data-affiliation-id="short-view-affiliation-3" id="short-view-affiliation-3" ><sup class="key">3</sup> Department of Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.</li> <li data-affiliation-id="short-view-affiliation-4" id="short-view-affiliation-4" ><sup class="key">4</sup> Department of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.</li> <li data-affiliation-id="short-view-affiliation-5" id="short-view-affiliation-5" ><sup class="key">5</sup> Department of Infectious Diseases, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.</li> <li data-affiliation-id="short-view-affiliation-6" id="short-view-affiliation-6" ><sup class="key">6</sup> Department of Microbiology and Infectious Disease Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China.</li> <li data-affiliation-id="short-view-affiliation-7" id="short-view-affiliation-7" ><sup class="key">7</sup> Treatment and Research Center for Infectious Diseases, The Fifth Medical Center of the General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China.</li> </ul> </div> </div> <ul class="identifiers" id="short-view-identifiers"> <li> <span class="identifier pubmed"> <span class="id-label"> PMID: </span> <strong class="current-id" title="PubMed ID">31087479</strong> </span> </li> <li> <span class="identifier doi"> <span class="id-label"> DOI: </span> <a class="id-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" ref="linksrc=article_id_link&article_id=10.1111/jvh.13126&id_type=DOI" href="https://doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13126" data-ga-category="full_text" data-ga-action="DOI" > 10.1111/jvh.13126 </a> </span> </li> </ul> <div class="in-clipboard-label " hidden> Item in 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HBsAg loss is associated with functional remission and improved long-term outcome, and is considered to be a 'functional cure' (also referred to as clinical or immunologic cure) for chronic hepatitis B. This ideal goal of therapy can be achieved using optimized combination regimens with direct-acting antivirals [eg nucleos(t)ide analogues (NAs)] and immunomodulators [eg pegylated interferon alpha2a (Peg-IFN)] in selected patients with chronic hepatitis B. Among different combination therapies currently available, those with NA lead-in followed by Peg-IFN in virally suppressed patients has been demonstrated to be effective. This review provides an updated overview of the evidence supporting the use of combination therapies and summarizes expert consensus on the roadmap to attain functional cure for chronic hepatitis B patients. </p> </div> <p> <strong class="sub-title"> Keywords: </strong> HBsAg loss; chronic hepatitis B; combination therapy; consensus; functional cure. </p> </div> <p class="copyright" id="copyright"> © 2019 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. </p> <p class="disclaimer" id="disclaimer"> <a href="/disclaimer/" target="_blank" data-ga-category="literature_resources" data-ga-action="disclaimer_link" data-ga-label="under_abstract">PubMed Disclaimer</a> </p> <div class="similar-articles" id="similar"> <h2 class="title"> Similar articles </h2> <ul class="articles-list" id="similar-articles-list"> <li class="full-docsum"> <div class="docsum-content" style="display:inline;"> <a class="docsum-title" href="/28404133/" ref="article_id=28404133&linksrc=similar_articles_link&ordinalpos=1" data-ga-category="similar_article" data-ga-action="28404133" data-ga-label=""> Effect on HBs antigen clearance of addition of pegylated interferon alfa-2a to nucleos(t)ide analogue therapy versus nucleos(t)ide analogue therapy alone in patients with HBe antigen-negative chronic hepatitis B and sustained undetectable plasma hepatitis B virus DNA: a randomised, controlled, open-label trial. </a> <div class="docsum-citation full-citation"> <span class="docsum-authors full-authors">Bourlière M, Rabiega P, Ganne-Carrie N, Serfaty L, Marcellin P, Barthe Y, Thabut D, Guyader D, Hezode C, Picon M, Causse X, Leroy V, Bronowicki JP, Carrieri P, Riachi G, Rosa I, Attali P, Molina JM, Bacq Y, Tran A, Grangé JD, Zoulim F, Fontaine H, Alric L, Bertucci I, Bouvier-Alias M, Carrat F; ANRS HB06 PEGAN Study Group.</span> <span class="docsum-authors short-authors">Bourlière M, et al.</span> <span class="docsum-journal-citation full-journal-citation">Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Mar;2(3):177-188. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(16)30189-3. 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