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ArticleAnnals of gastroenterology2017

Efficacy and safety profile of boceprevir- or telaprevir-based triple therapy or dual peginterferon alfa-2a or alfa-2b plus ribavirin therapy in chronic hepatitis C: the real-world PegBase observational study.

Alessandra Mangia, Graham R Foster, Christoph P Berg, Manuela Curescu, Victor De Ledinghen, François Habersetzer, Spilios Manolakopoulos, Elisa Negri, George Papatheodoridis, Silke Ahlers and 4 more

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Article in Annals of gastroenterology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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14 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alessandra MangiaLiver Unit, IRCCS Hospital "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza", San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
Graham R FosterInstitute of Cellular and Molecular Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
Christoph P BergDepartment of Internal Medicine, Medizinische Universitätsklinik Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Manuela CurescuClinic of Infectious Diseases, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timişoara, Timişoara, Romania.
Victor De LedinghenHepatology Unit, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, CHU Bordeaux, Pessac, France.
François HabersetzerUnité Hépatologie, Pôle Hépato-digestif, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Inserm 1110, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Spilios ManolakopoulosDepartment of Gastroenterology, Polyclinic General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Elisa NegriUO Malattie Infettive ed Epatologia, Azienda Ospedaliero - Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy.
George PapatheodoridisAthens University Medical School, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Silke AhlersPROMETRIS GmbH, Mannheim, Germany.
Marco CastilloF. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland.
Georgios BakalosF. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland.
Stefan MaussCenter for HIV and Hepatogastroenterology, Düsseldorf, Germany.
PegBase Group Investigators
Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe aim of the study was to determine the efficacy and safety of triple therapy with a first-generation protease inhibitor (PI; boceprevir, telaprevir) plus peginterferon alfa-2a or -2b plus ribavirin, and dual therapy (peginterferon alfa-2a or -2b plus ribavirin) in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) in routine clinical practice.

methodsPegBase was an international, prospective, observational study in which 4441 patients with CHC were enrolled in 27 countries. This analysis focuses on results in 4100 treatment-naïve and previously treated patients treated with PI-based triple therapy or dual therapy, according to the discretion of the investigator and local standards of practice. The primary efficacy outcome was sustained virological response after 12-week follow up (SVR12).

resultsSVR12 rates in treatment-naïve genotype (G) 1 patients were 56.6% and 62.9% for recipients of boceprevir plus peginterferon alfa-2a/ribavirin and boceprevir plus peginterferon alfa-2b/ribavirin, respectively, and 65.3% and 58.6% for recipients of telaprevir plus peginterferon alfa-2a/ribavirin and telaprevir plus peginterferon alfa-2b/ribavirin, respectively. In previously treated patients assigned to these four regimens, SVR12 rates were 43.6%, 48.3%, 60.3% and 56.1%, respectively. Among treatment-naïve patients assigned to peginterferon alfa-2a/ribavirin and peginterferon alfa-2b/ribavirin, respectively, SVR12 rates were 49.2% and 41.9% in G1 patients, 75.7% and 83.3% in G2 patients, 65.9% and 65.9% in G3 patients, and 49.7%, and 51.1% in G4 patients. The safety and tolerability of dual and triple therapy were consistent with previous reports.

conclusionThe efficacy and safety of first-generation PI-based triple-therapy and dual-therapy regimens in this real-world cohort were broadly comparable to those of previous studies.

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Boceprevirpeginterferonribavirintelaprevirvirological response

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