{"title":"Letter to the Editor: Liver transplantation for primary and secondary liver tumours-Patient-level meta-analyses compared to UNOS conventional indications.","authors":"Chaoshen Wu, Yibing Zhou, Yuxiao Mu, Weimin Hong, Xuli Meng, Da Qian","doi":"10.1097/HEP.0000000000001270","DOIUrl":"10.1097/HEP.0000000000001270","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":177,"journal":{"name":"Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":"E171-E172"},"PeriodicalIF":12.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143439705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HepatologyPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-10-28DOI: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000001129
Ruben Ciria, Tommy Ivanics, Daniel Aliseda, Marco Claasen, Felipe Alconchel, Felipe Gaviria, Javier Briceño, Giammauro Berardi, Fernando Rotellar, Gonzalo Sapisochin
{"title":"Liver transplantation for primary and secondary liver tumors: Patient-level meta-analyses compared to UNOS conventional indications.","authors":"Ruben Ciria, Tommy Ivanics, Daniel Aliseda, Marco Claasen, Felipe Alconchel, Felipe Gaviria, Javier Briceño, Giammauro Berardi, Fernando Rotellar, Gonzalo Sapisochin","doi":"10.1097/HEP.0000000000001129","DOIUrl":"10.1097/HEP.0000000000001129","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and aims: </strong>Liver transplant (LT) for transplant oncology (TO) indications is being slowly adopted worldwide and has been recommended to be incorporated cautiously due to concerns about mid-long-term survival and its impact on the waiting list.</p><p><strong>Approach and results: </strong>We conducted 4 systematic reviews of all series on TO indications (intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and perihilar cholangiocarcinoma [phCC]) and liver metastases from neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) and colorectal cancer (CRLM) and compared them using patient-level meta-analyses to data obtained from the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) database considering conventional daily-practice indications. Secondary analyses were done for specific selection criteria (Mayo-like protocols for phCC, SECA-2 for CRLM, and Milan criteria for NET). A total of 112,014 LT were analyzed from 2005 to 2020 from the UNOS databases and compared with 345, 721, 494, and 103 patients obtained from meta-analyses on intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and phCC, and liver metastases from NET and CRLM, respectively. Five-year overall survival was 53.3%, 56.4%, 68.6%, and 53.8%, respectively. In Mantel-Cox one-to-one comparisons, survival of TO indications was superior to combined LT, second, and third LT and not statistically significantly different from LT in recipients >70 years and high BMI.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Liver transplantation for TO indications has adequate 5-year survival rates, mostly when performed under the selection criteria available in the literature (Mayo-like protocols for phCC, SECA-2 for CRLM, and Milan for NET). Despite concerns about its impact on the waiting list, some other LT indications are being performed with lower survival rates. These oncological patients should be given the opportunity to have a definitive curative therapy within validated criteria.</p>","PeriodicalId":177,"journal":{"name":"Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":"1700-1713"},"PeriodicalIF":12.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142491652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HepatologyPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-11-04DOI: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000001131
Beat Moeckli, Joana Rodrigues Ribeiro, Christian Toso
{"title":"Liver transplantation for nonstandard oncological indications: Are we there yet?","authors":"Beat Moeckli, Joana Rodrigues Ribeiro, Christian Toso","doi":"10.1097/HEP.0000000000001131","DOIUrl":"10.1097/HEP.0000000000001131","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":177,"journal":{"name":"Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":"1632-1634"},"PeriodicalIF":12.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142581416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HepatologyPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-02-20DOI: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000001263
Paula Iruzubieta, Marta Alonso-Peña, Carolina Jimenez-Gonzalez, Javier Crespo
{"title":"Letter to the Editor: Optimizing MASLD treatment-A \"lead-in phase\" before resmetirom.","authors":"Paula Iruzubieta, Marta Alonso-Peña, Carolina Jimenez-Gonzalez, Javier Crespo","doi":"10.1097/HEP.0000000000001263","DOIUrl":"10.1097/HEP.0000000000001263","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":177,"journal":{"name":"Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":"E156-E157"},"PeriodicalIF":12.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12077332/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143456418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HepatologyPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2024-08-26DOI: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000000606
Anita Bakrania, Yulin Mo, Gang Zheng, Mamatha Bhat
{"title":"RNA nanomedicine in liver diseases.","authors":"Anita Bakrania, Yulin Mo, Gang Zheng, Mamatha Bhat","doi":"10.1097/HEP.0000000000000606","DOIUrl":"10.1097/HEP.0000000000000606","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The remarkable impact of RNA nanomedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the expansive therapeutic potential of this field in diverse disease contexts. In recent years, RNA nanomedicine targeting the liver has been paradigm-shifting in the management of metabolic diseases such as hyperoxaluria and amyloidosis. RNA nanomedicine has significant potential in the management of liver diseases, where optimal management would benefit from targeted delivery, doses titrated to liver metabolism, and personalized therapy based on the specific site of interest. In this review, we discuss in-depth the different types of RNA and nanocarriers used for liver targeting along with their specific applications in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, liver fibrosis, and liver cancers. We further highlight the strategies for cell-specific delivery and future perspectives in this field of research with the emergence of small activating RNA, circular RNA, and RNA base editing approaches.</p>","PeriodicalId":177,"journal":{"name":"Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":"1847-1877"},"PeriodicalIF":12.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12077345/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41100421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HepatologyPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-02-14DOI: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000001265
Georg Semmler, Maja Thiele, Thomas Reiberger, Mattias Mandorfer
{"title":"Letter to the Editor: Dynamics in liver stiffness to assess response in MASLD patients treated with resmetirom-One piece of the puzzle?","authors":"Georg Semmler, Maja Thiele, Thomas Reiberger, Mattias Mandorfer","doi":"10.1097/HEP.0000000000001265","DOIUrl":"10.1097/HEP.0000000000001265","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":177,"journal":{"name":"Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":"E160-E161"},"PeriodicalIF":12.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143412588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HepatologyPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-02-14DOI: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000001267
Vincent L Chen, Timothy R Morgan, Yaron Rotman, Heather M Patton, Kenneth Cusi, Fasiha Kanwal, W Ray Kim
{"title":"Reply: AASLD Resmetirom Guidance.","authors":"Vincent L Chen, Timothy R Morgan, Yaron Rotman, Heather M Patton, Kenneth Cusi, Fasiha Kanwal, W Ray Kim","doi":"10.1097/HEP.0000000000001267","DOIUrl":"10.1097/HEP.0000000000001267","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":177,"journal":{"name":"Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":"E164-E165"},"PeriodicalIF":12.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143412591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HepatologyPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-01-03DOI: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000001174
M Alan Brookhart, Tracy J Mayne, Charles Coombs, Alexander Breskin, Erik Ness, Leona Bessonova, Yucheng Julia Chu, Jing Li, Michael W Fried, Bettina E Hansen, Kris V Kowdley, David Jones, George Mells, Palak J Trivedi, Shaun Hiu, Dorcas N Kareithi, James Wason, Rachel Smith, John D Seeger, Gideon M Hirschfield
{"title":"Hepatic real-world outcomes with obeticholic acid in primary biliary cholangitis (HEROES): A trial emulation study design.","authors":"M Alan Brookhart, Tracy J Mayne, Charles Coombs, Alexander Breskin, Erik Ness, Leona Bessonova, Yucheng Julia Chu, Jing Li, Michael W Fried, Bettina E Hansen, Kris V Kowdley, David Jones, George Mells, Palak J Trivedi, Shaun Hiu, Dorcas N Kareithi, James Wason, Rachel Smith, John D Seeger, Gideon M Hirschfield","doi":"10.1097/HEP.0000000000001174","DOIUrl":"10.1097/HEP.0000000000001174","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and aims: </strong>Primary biliary cholangitis is a rare, progressive liver disease. Obeticholic acid (OCA) received accelerated approval for treating patients with primary biliary cholangitis in whom ursodeoxycholic acid failed, based on a surrogate endpoint of reduction in ALP. Analysis of the long-term safety extension with 2 external control groups demonstrated a significant increase in event-free survival in OCA-treated patients. This fully real-world evidence study assessed the effect of OCA treatment on clinical outcomes.</p><p><strong>Approach and results: </strong>This trial emulation used data from the Komodo Healthcare Map claims database linked to US national laboratory, transplant, and death databases. Patients with compensated primary biliary cholangitis and intolerance/inadequate response to ursodeoxycholic acid who initiated OCA therapy were compared with patients who were OCA-eligible but not OCA-treated. The primary endpoint was time to the first occurrence of death, liver transplant, or hospitalization for hepatic decompensation, analyzed using a propensity-score weighted Cox proportional hazards model. Baseline prognostic factors were balanced using standardized morbidity ratio weighting. For the primary analysis, 4174 patients contributed 11,246 control index dates, and 403 patients contributed OCA indexes. Weighted groups were well balanced. Median (95% CI) follow-up in the OCA and non-OCA arms was 9.3 (8.4-10.6) months and 17.5 (16.2-18.6) months (weighted population; censored at discontinuation). Eight events occurred in the OCA arm and 32 in the weighted control (HR = 0.37; 95% CI = 0.14-0.75; p < 0.001). Effects were consistent for each component of the composite endpoint.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We identified a 63% reduced risk of hospitalization for hepatic decompensation, liver transplant, or death in OCA-treated versus non-OCA-treated individuals.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>HEROES; ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05292872.</p>","PeriodicalId":177,"journal":{"name":"Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":"1647-1659"},"PeriodicalIF":12.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12077331/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142764923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HepatologyPub Date : 2025-06-01Epub Date: 2025-05-06DOI: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000001324
Joy X Jiang, Sarah R Fish, Alexey Tomilov, Yuan Li, Weiguo Fan, Ali Dehnad, David Gae, Suvarthi Das, Gergely Mozes, Gregory W Charville, Jon Ramsey, Gino Cortopassi, Natalie J Török
{"title":"Erratum: Nonphagocytic activation of NOX2 is implicated in progressive nonalcoholic steatohepatitis during aging.","authors":"Joy X Jiang, Sarah R Fish, Alexey Tomilov, Yuan Li, Weiguo Fan, Ali Dehnad, David Gae, Suvarthi Das, Gergely Mozes, Gregory W Charville, Jon Ramsey, Gino Cortopassi, Natalie J Török","doi":"10.1097/HEP.0000000000001324","DOIUrl":"10.1097/HEP.0000000000001324","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":177,"journal":{"name":"Hepatology","volume":"81 6","pages":"E180"},"PeriodicalIF":12.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144092399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}