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Trial reportPloS one2020

Treatment and re-treatment results of HCV patients in the DAA era.

Felix Piecha, Jan-Michael Gänßler, Ann-Kathrin Ozga, Malte H Wehmeyer, Julia Dietz, Johannes Kluwe, Alena Laschtowitz, Johann von Felden, Martina Sterneck, Sabine Jordan and 3 more

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Trial report in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. From Cure to Complexity: Post-SVR Liver and Metabolic Trajectories in Diabetic Patients.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2026
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  5. Direct-acting antiviral retreatment patterns for hepatitis C.Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy · 2022
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  7. Anno 2021: Which antivirals for the coming decade?Annual reports in medicinal chemistry · 2021
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  8. [Epidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection in ColombiaEpidemiologia da infecção pelo vírus da hepatite C na Colômbia].Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Felix PiechaI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2781-5088
Jan-Michael GänßlerI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Ann-Kathrin OzgaCenter for Experimental Medicine, Institute of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Malte H WehmeyerI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Julia DietzDepartment of Internal Medicine 1, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Johannes KluweI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Alena LaschtowitzI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Johann von FeldenI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2839-5174
Martina SterneckI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Sabine JordanI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Sven PischkeI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Ansgar W LohseI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Julian Schulze Zur WieschI. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Universität Hamburg · DEGoethe University Frankfurt · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRe-treatment in patients with a chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and a previous failure to direct-acting antiviral (DAA) treatment remains a challenge. Therefore, we investigated the success rate of treatment and re-treatment regimens used at our center from October 2011 to March 2018.

methodsA retrospective analysis of DAA-based HCV therapies of 1096 patients was conducted. Factors associated with a virological relapse were identified by univariable and multivariable logistic regression, treatment success of the re-treatment regimens was evaluated by an analysis of sustained virological response (SVR) rates in patients with a documented follow-up 12 weeks after the end of treatment.

resultsOf 1096 patients treated with DAA-based regimens, 91 patients (8%) were lost to follow-up, 892 of the remaining 1005 patients (89%) achieved an SVR12. Most patients (65/113, 58%) who experienced a virological relapse received an interferon-based DAA regimen. SVR rates were comparable in special cohorts like liver transplant recipients (53/61, 87%) and people with a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection (41/45, 91%). On multivariable analysis, interferon-based DAA therapy was associated with treatment failure (odds ratio 0.111, 95%-confidence interval 0.054-0.218) among others. One hundred seventeen patients with multiple DAA treatment courses were identified, of which 97 patients (83%) experienced a single relapse, but further relapses after two (18/117, 15%) or even three (2/117, 2%) treatment courses were also observed. Eighty-two of 96 (85%) re-treatment attempts with all-oral DAA regimens were successful after an initial treatment failure.

conclusionOverall, DAA re-treatments were highly effective in this real-world cohort and only a minority of patients failed more than two treatment courses. Switching to-or addition of-a new drug class seem to be valid options for the re-treatment of patients especially after failure of an interferon-based regimen.

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AdultAntiviral AgentsFemaleHepacivirusHepatitis C, ChronicHumansInterferonsMaleMiddle AgedRecurrenceRetrospective StudiesSustained Virologic ResponseTreatment FailureTreatment OutcomeAntiviral AgentsInterferons

Identifiers

PMID32369527
PMCPMC7200014
OpenAlexW3023035931

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