Abstract:To investigate the relationship between serum cytochrome P450 family 2 subfamily R member 1 (CYP2R1) level and the clinical efficacy of nucleoside analogs (NAs)/interferon-α (IFN-α) in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B (CHB). Methods78 patients with CHB who had previously received NAs therapy were selected as the research group, and they were all given pegylated interferon (Peg-IFN-α-2a) for 48 weeks (the first 8 weeks combined with entecavir), divided into response group and non-response group according to antiviral efficacy. Another 40 healthy volunteers were selected as the control group. The CYP2R1 levels of the study group and the control group, the response group and the non-responder group were compared. The predictive value of CYP2R1 on IFN-α antiviral efficacy was evaluated by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. ResultsThe serum CYP2R1 in the study group before IFN-α treatment was lower than that in the control group, and the CYP2R1 in the response group was higher than that in the non-response group, after 12 and 24 weeks of treatment (P<0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that HBV DNA load before treatment, 25(OH)D3 and CYP2R1 levels at 12 and 24 weeks after treatment were independent risk factors for antiviral efficacy (P<0.05). The area under the ROC curve (AUC) of CYP2R1 predicting antiviral efficacy at 12 weeks of treatment was 0.673, the sensitivity was 60.42%, and the specificity was 70.00%, and 24-weektreatment were 0.774,72.92%, 83.33%. The efficacy of serum CYP2R1 in predicting antiviral efficacy was higher at 24 weeks of treatment than at 12 weeks (P<0.05). ConclusionThe change of CYP2R1 level in CHB patients during NAs/IFN-α treatment is related to the antiviral efficacy of IFN-α, and the CYP2R1 level at 24 weeks of treatment can be used as a sensitive indicator to predict the antiviral efficacy of IFN-α.