AASLD, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases; AEs,
adverse events; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; anti-HBe, hepatitis B e antibody;
APASL, Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver; APRI, AST-to-platelet
ratio index; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; Blip, viral blip; BMI, body mass
index; CHANGE, Chronic Hepatitis b patients switch to tAf after discontinuation of
Nucleoside analoGuE; CHB, chronic hepatitis B; CI, confidence interval; C.O.I.,
cutoff index; Cre, creatinine; DB, double blind; DC, discontinued; DNA,
deoxyribonucleic acid; EC50, half-maximal effective concentration; eGFR, estimated
glomerular filtration rate; ETV, entecavir; FC, fold change; FIB-4, fibrosis-4;
HBcrAg, hepatitis B core-related antigen; HBeAg, hepatitis B e antigen; HBsAg,
hepatitis B surface antigen; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HBVr, HBV reactivation; HCC,
hepatocellular carcinoma; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; IQR, interquartile range;
IU, international unit; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; LSM, liver stiffness
measurement; M2BPGi, Mac-2 binding protein glycosylation isomer; NAs, nucleos(t)ide
analogues; OL, open label; PBO, placebo; pol/RT, polymerase reverse transcriptase;
PV, persistent viremia; Q, quartile; QD, once daily; REACH-B, Risk Estimation for
HCC in Chronic Hepatitis B; SD, standard deviation; SHR, sub-distributional hazard
ratio; SIR, standard incidence ratio; T-CHO, total cholesterol; TAF, tenofovir
alafenamide; TDF, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate; TG, triglyceride; ULN, upper limit
of normal; VB, virologic breakthrough; vs, versus; y, years.