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ReviewClinical and molecular hepatology2019

Discussion on critical points for a tailored therapy to cure hepatitis C virus infection.

Nadia Marascio, Angela Quirino, Giorgio Settimo Barreca, Luisa Galati, Chiara Costa, Vincenzo Pisani, Maria Mazzitelli, Giovanni Matera, Maria Carla Liberto, Alfredo Focà and 1 more

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Review in Clinical and molecular hepatology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Nadia MarascioDepartment of Health Sciences, Unit of Clinical Microbiology, Unit of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.
Angela QuirinoDepartment of Health Sciences, Unit of Clinical Microbiology, Unit of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.
Giorgio Settimo BarrecaDepartment of Health Sciences, Unit of Clinical Microbiology, Unit of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.
Luisa GalatiDepartment of Health Sciences, Unit of Clinical Microbiology, Unit of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.
Chiara CostaDepartment of Health Sciences, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Unit of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.
Vincenzo PisaniDepartment of Health Sciences, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Unit of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.
Maria MazzitelliDepartment of Health Sciences, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Unit of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.
Giovanni MateraDepartment of Health Sciences, Unit of Clinical Microbiology, Unit of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.
Maria Carla LibertoDepartment of Health Sciences, Unit of Clinical Microbiology, Unit of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.
Alfredo FocàDepartment of Health Sciences, Unit of Clinical Microbiology, Unit of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.
Carlo TortiDepartment of Health Sciences, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Unit of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects around 71 million people worldwide and in 2018 it is still a major health problem. Since 2011, anti-HCV therapy with availability of direct-acting antiviral drugs has revolutionized the clinical response and paved the way to eradication strategies. However, despite the high rate of sustained virological response, treatment failure may occur in a limited percentage of patients, possibly due to resistance-associated substitutions (RASs), either emergent or pre-existent even in minority viral populations. Clearly this problem may impair success of eradication strategies. With this background, several questions marks still exist around HCV treatment, including whether pan-genotypic treatments with complete effectiveness in any clinical conditions really exist outside clinical trials, the actual cost-effectiveness of genotyping testing, and utility of RAS detection in viral quasispecies by next generation sequencing approach. In this review, we describe these critical points by discussing recent literature data and our research experience.

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsDrug Resistance, ViralGenetic VariationGenotypeHepatitis CHumansSustained Virologic ResponseViral Nonstructural ProteinsAntiviral AgentsViral Nonstructural ProteinsDeep sequencingDirect-acting antiviralsGenetic variationResistance-associated substitutions

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PMID30669818
PMCPMC6435970

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