A paper by Dr. Goki Suda of Hokkaido University’s Faculty of Medicine has been published in Journal of Infection.
- Goki Suda, Masatsugu Ohara, Masaru Baba, Yoshiya Yamamoto, Sonoe Yoshida, Qingjie Fu, Zijian Yang, Hidetaka Hosono, Daisuke Yokoyama, Shoichi Kitano, Takatsugu Tanaka, Akimitsu Meno, Naohiro Yasuura, Takashi Kitagataya, Naoki Kawagishi, Masato Nakai, Takuya Sho, Koji Ogawa, Osamu Maehara, Shunsuke Ohnishi, Takaaki Izumi, Ren Yamada, Takashi Meguro, Katsumi Terashita, Tomofumi Takagi, Jun Ito, Tomoe Kobayashi, Izumi Tsunematsu, Naoya Sakamoto. Tenofovir alafenamide prevents HBV reactivation in anticancer/immunosuppression: 24-month multicentre prospective study. Journal of Infection, 2026, Vol. 92, Issue 4, 106715.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2026.106715
Summary
Objective
Our prior interim report remains the only prospective study evaluating tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) for HBV reactivation prevention, with prophylaxis assessed up to 12 months. Herein, we report the final 24-month follow-up results.
Methods
This multicentre prospective-study enrolled HBV carriers who received prophylactic TAF before antineoplastic or immunosuppressive therapy and patients with resolved HBV infection who developed reactivation and received TAF as reactivation-related hepatitis prophylaxis. We examined TAF effectiveness at 12 and 24 months. The primary endpoints were HBV reactivation and reactivation-related hepatitis.
Results
Of 191 enrolled patients, 150 and 127 were evaluable at 12 and 24 months, respectively. At 12 months, no HBV reactivation, HBV reactivation-related hepatitis, or therapy interruption occurred. Between months 12–24, four patients discontinued TAF. None of the remaining patients experienced HBV reactivation, HBV reactivation-related-hepatitis, or treatment interruption. Virologic relapse occurred in one of two patients with TAF discontinuation after anticancer/immunosuppressive therapy completion; TAF re-initiation enabled biochemical hepatitis prevention and viral suppression. Neither patient who switched to entecavir experienced reactivation. No patients on high-risk regimens developed reactivation, reactivation-related hepatitis, or treatment interruption. No patient discontinued therapy for TAF-related adverse events.
Conclusions
Over 24 months, TAF demonstrated effectiveness in preventing HBV reactivation and reactivation-related hepatitis.
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Keywords
HBV reactivation; Tenofovir alafenamide; Prophylactic administration; Prospective multicentre study; HBV reactivation-related hepatitis
Credit: Suda et al., Journal of Infection, 92(4), 106715 (2026), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2026.106715. © 2026 The Author(s). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.