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. 2021 May 20;10(5):1263. doi: 10.3390/cells10051263

Table 3.

Clinical trial evaluation of hepatic toxicity and incidence for nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors.

Reference Drug(s) No. of Study Patients Hepatic Evaluation Overall Incidence of Cases/100 Persons Exposed Study Design Patient Population
Soni 2008 [26] Abacavir 2 Patient 1: ALT > 10× ULN
Patient 2: ALT > 10× ULN
- Case report Patient 1: Female; HLA B*5701 negative; baseline ALT 21 IU/L
Patient 2: Female; HLA B*5701 negative; baseline ALT 10 IU/L
Di Filippo 2014 [27] Abacavir 1 AST: < 5× ULN
ALT: > 10× ULN
- Case report Male; HLA B*5701 negative; baseline AST 27 IU/L and ALT 85 IU/L
Pezzani 2016 [28] Abacavir 1 AST: 5× ULN
ALT: > 10× ULN
- Case report Female; HLA B*5701 negative; baseline AST/ALT normal
Schiano 1997 [29] Lamivudine 1 Total bilirubin: > 10× ULN
ALT: > 10× ULN
- Case report Male; HBV co-infection; cirrhosis
Ormseth 2001 [30] Lamivudine 1 Total bilirubin: >10× ULN
ALT: > 10× ULN
- Case report HBV co-infection; baseline ALT 171 IU/L, bilirubin 3.1 mg/dL
Mayer 2020
DISCOVER [31]
Tenofovir Combined grade 3 and 4
AST grade 3: >5.00 to 10.00× ULN grade 4: >10.00× ULN
ALT grade 3: >5.00 to 10.00× ULN grade 4: >10.00× ULN
AST: 2
ALT: 1
Prospective HIV-uninfected; PrEP

Abbreviations: ALT, alanine transaminase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; HLA*B, major histocompatibility complex, class I, B; PrEP, pre-exposure prophylaxis; ULN, upper limit of normal.