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ArticlePakistan journal of medical sciences

Daclatasvir plus Sofosbuvir with or without ribavirin in patients with chronic Hepatitis C genotype 3a in Pakistani population - A real world experience.

Zamir Butt, Syed Muhammad Ali Shah

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Article in Pakistan journal of medical sciences. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Viral hepatitis C treatment shortening - what is the limit?Clinical and experimental hepatology · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Zamir ButtDr. Zamir Butt, MBBS, FCPS. Department of Medicine, Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Teaching Hospital, Nawaz Sharif Medical College, Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan.
Syed Muhammad Ali ShahDr. Syed Muhammad Ali Shah, MBBS. Department of Medicine, Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Teaching Hospital, Nawaz Sharif Medical College, Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesPakistan is among leading countries of world in prevalence of chronic hepatitis C Daclatasvir plus sofosbuvir is recommended for treatment of CHC. The purpose of study was to determine the sustained virological response in patients with chronic viral hepatitis C genotype 3a irrespective of previous treatment experience or presence of liver cirrhosis.

methodsOpen label observational study was conducted at ABSTH Gujrat from January 2017 to April 2018 using non-probability purposive sampling. Patients chronically infected with hepatitis C virus having genotype 3a irrespective of presence of cirrhosis or previous treatment experience were included. Treatment naive patients without cirrhosis were given 12 weeks regimen of daily daclatasvir 60mg along with daily sofosbuvir 400mg. Patients with either compensated cirrhosis or treatment experienced were given 24 weeks regimen of daily daclatasvir 60mg along with daily sofosbuvir 400mg with weight based ribavirin. Data analysis was done using SPSS 20.0.

resultsTotal 125 patients were included in study out of which 42 (33.6%) were male and 83 (66.4%) were female. Early virological response and end treatment response was achieved by 124 (99.2%) patients. Twenty four patients were lost to further follow-up and SVR

conclusionDaclatasvir plus sofosbuvir is an effective combination in patients with chronic hepatitis C genotype 3a infection.

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Chronic hepatitis CDaclatasvirGenotype 3a. Sofosbuvir

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PMID31086524
PMCPMC6500802

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