TY - JOUR
T1 - Antidepressant use and hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with hepatitis C who had received interferon therapy
T2 - A population-based cohort study
AU - Chen, Vincent Chin Hung
AU - Lu, Mong Liang
AU - Yang, Yao Hsu
AU - Weng, Jun Cheng
AU - Chang, Cheng Chen
N1 - Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2019/6/15
Y1 - 2019/6/15
N2 - Background: Using data from the National Health Insurance (NHI) of Taiwan, we conducted a nationwide population-based cohort study to investigate the association between antidepressant (ATD) use and the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) who had received interferon (IFN) therapy. Methods: This study included a total of 274,952 HCV-infected patients without hepatitis B virus infection who were enrolled in the NHI program between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 2013. Among these patients, only 10,713 (age ≥18 years) had received IFN therapy between 2004 and 2008. Among the patients who had received IFN therapy, 2014 had received ATDs, and 8684 had not. A Cox proportional hazards regression model was applied after adjusting for age, sex, income, urbanization, medical comorbidity, and medication use. Results: Compared with non-ATD-treated patients, ATD-treated patients were more likely to receive a diagnosis of alcohol-related disease, diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. ATD-treated patients had a significantly lower incidence of HCC than non-ATD-treated patients (P = 0.0019). Female, older (age ≥50 years), and non-DM patients who had received cumulative high doses of ATDs had a significantly lower risk of HCC than non-ATD-treated patients. After adjustment, only high-dose selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) use was inversely associated with HCC risk (adjusted hazard ratio 0.37, 95% confidence interval 0.19–0.71, P = 0.0027). Conclusions: Our study showed that ATD use, especially a relatively high cumulative dose of SSRIs, in HCV-infected patients who had received IFN was associated with reduced HCC risk. Future clinical studies are warranted to explore the underlying mechanisms and to apply them to newer direct-acting antiviral agent treatments.
AB - Background: Using data from the National Health Insurance (NHI) of Taiwan, we conducted a nationwide population-based cohort study to investigate the association between antidepressant (ATD) use and the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) who had received interferon (IFN) therapy. Methods: This study included a total of 274,952 HCV-infected patients without hepatitis B virus infection who were enrolled in the NHI program between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 2013. Among these patients, only 10,713 (age ≥18 years) had received IFN therapy between 2004 and 2008. Among the patients who had received IFN therapy, 2014 had received ATDs, and 8684 had not. A Cox proportional hazards regression model was applied after adjusting for age, sex, income, urbanization, medical comorbidity, and medication use. Results: Compared with non-ATD-treated patients, ATD-treated patients were more likely to receive a diagnosis of alcohol-related disease, diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. ATD-treated patients had a significantly lower incidence of HCC than non-ATD-treated patients (P = 0.0019). Female, older (age ≥50 years), and non-DM patients who had received cumulative high doses of ATDs had a significantly lower risk of HCC than non-ATD-treated patients. After adjustment, only high-dose selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) use was inversely associated with HCC risk (adjusted hazard ratio 0.37, 95% confidence interval 0.19–0.71, P = 0.0027). Conclusions: Our study showed that ATD use, especially a relatively high cumulative dose of SSRIs, in HCV-infected patients who had received IFN was associated with reduced HCC risk. Future clinical studies are warranted to explore the underlying mechanisms and to apply them to newer direct-acting antiviral agent treatments.
KW - Direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs)
KW - Hepatitis C
KW - Hepatocellular carcinoma
KW - Interferon
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jad.2019.04.093
DO - 10.1016/j.jad.2019.04.093
M3 - Article
C2 - 31035215
AN - SCOPUS:85067803059
SN - 0165-0327
VL - 253
SP - 147
EP - 153
JO - Journal of Affective Disorders
JF - Journal of Affective Disorders
ER -