Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33490621›Full record

ArticleJGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology2021

Prognosis of late elderly patients with chronic hepatitis C after achieving a sustained viral response by direct-acting antivirals.

Satoshi Takakusagi, Hitoshi Takagi, Takashi Kosone, Ken Sato, Satoru Kakizaki, Toshio Uraoka

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Satoshi TakakusagiDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Kusunoki Hospital Fujioka Japan.
Hitoshi TakagiDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Kusunoki Hospital Fujioka Japan.
Takashi KosoneDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Kusunoki Hospital Fujioka Japan.
Ken SatoDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine Maebashi Japan.
Satoru KakizakiDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine Maebashi Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0224-7093
Toshio UraokaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine Maebashi Japan.
Fujitsu (Japan) · JPGunma University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimWe investigated the prognosis of late elderly patients (≥75 years old) after the achievement of a sustained viral response (SVR) by direct-acting antivirals (DAAs).

methodsOne hundred and four late elderly patients and 251 young patients (≤74 years old) who had achieved an SVR were included. We compared the cumulative hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) incidence rates and survival rates after DAA administration. Furthermore, the factors associated with HCC incidence and the causes of death after DAA administration were also investigated.

resultsThe cumulative HCC incidence rates for 1 and 3 years were 2.9% and 11.7% in the late elderly patients and 2.4% and 5.4% in the young patients, respectively. The cumulative survival rates for 1 and 3 years were 100% and 95.6% in the late elderly patients and 100% and 96.4% in the young patients, respectively, with no significant differences in those rates noted (

conclusionsThe prognosis did not differ markedly between late elderly patients and young patients. The factor most strongly influencing the prognosis of late elderly patients was likely liver disease, including HCC. DAAs should be introduced even in late elderly patients who can be expected to have a relative long-term survival.

Indexed as

direct‐acting antiviralselderlyhepatitis C virushepatocellular carcinomaprognosis

Identifiers

PMID33490621
PMCPMC7812467
OpenAlexW3107133133

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.