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Observational studyBMC infectious diseases2015

Personality disorders do not affect treatment outcomes for chronic HCV infection in Spanish prisoners: the Perseo study.

Andrés Marco, José J Antón, Joan Trujols, Pablo Saíz de la Hoya, José de Juan, Inmaculada Faraco, Joan A Caylà, Perseo Group

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Observational study in BMC infectious diseases, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01900886 (Prospective Observational Study to Assess Personality Disorders in Prison Populations for Hepatitis C Treatment. "), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Prospective Observational Study to Assess Personality Disorders in Prison Populations for Hepatitis C Treatment. "

TypeobservationalSponsorGrupo de Enfermedades Infecciosas de la Sociedad Española de Sanidad PenitenciariaRan2010 to 2013Enrolled263ConditionsHepatitis C, Chronic, Personality Disorders in PrisonArmsPeginterferon alfa-2a, Ribavirin
3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Andrés MarcoBarcelona Men's Penitentiary Health Services, Barcelona, Spain. amarco@aspb.cat.
José J AntónAlbolote Penitentiary Health Services, Granada, Spain. quinoab@gmail.com.
Joan TrujolsDepartment of Psychiatry, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Pau Biomedical Research Institute (IIB Sant Pau), CIBER Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Barcelona, Spain. jtrujols@santpau.cat.
Pablo Saíz de la HoyaFontcalent Penitentiary Health Services, Alicante, Spain. pabloshz@coma.es.
José de JuanCórdoba Penitentiary Health Services, Córdoba, Spain. vivaperejil1@gmail.com.
Inmaculada FaracoSevilla Penitentiary Health Services, Sevilla, Spain. ifaraco60@gmail.com.
Joan A CaylàCIBER Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain. jcayla@aspb.cat.
Perseo Group
Hospital de Sant Pau · ESAgencia de Salud Pública de Barcelona · ESCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública · ESParque Tecnológico de la Salud · ESUniversity of Alicante · ESUniversity of Córdoba · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe link between infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and personality disorders (PD) has not been investigated in detail. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of HCV treatment in prisoners with and without PD.

methodsWe performed a prospective multicentre study in inmates from 25 Spanish prisons who had been treated with pegylated interferon alfa-2a plus ribavirin in 2011. PD diagnosis was based on the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-4+. We calculated adjusted Odds Ratios (AOR) and 95 % confidence intervals (95 % CI) using logistic regression.

resultsThe sample included 236 patients (mean age: 40.3 years, 92.8 % male, 79.2 % intravenous drug users, and 26.3 % HIV-coinfected). The prevalence of PD was 72.5 %. 32.2 % of patients discontinued treatment; this percentage was higher in patients with HCV genotypes 1/4 (AOR = 3.55; CI:1.76-7.18) and those without PD (AOR = 2.51; 1.23-5.11). Treatment discontinuation was mainly for penitentiary reasons (40.3 %): release or transfer between prisons. The rate of sustained viral response (SVR) was 52.1 % by ITT and 76.9 % by observed treatment (OT). SVR was higher among patients with genotype 2 or 3, and those with low baseline HCV-RNA. We did not observe any differences between individuals with and without PD in term of SVR, HCV genotype or HIV infection.

conclusionsOur results support the safety and clinical effectiveness of the treatment of chronic HCV infection in correctional facilities, both in prisoners with PD and those without. Our data support non-discrimination between patients with and without PD when offering treatment for HCV infection to prison inmates.

trial registrationTrial registration number (TRN) NCT01900886 . Date of registration: July 8, 2013.

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AdultAntiviral AgentsCoinfectionDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleGenotypeHepacivirusHepatitis CHepatitis C, ChronicHIV InfectionsHumansInterferon-alphaLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedOdds RatioAntiviral AgentsInterferon-alphapeginterferon alfa-2aPolyethylene GlycolsRecombinant ProteinsRibavirin

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PMCPMC4545785
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