Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35070254›Full record

ArticleTherapeutic advances in chronic disease2022

Long-term surveillance of liver histological changes in chronic hepatitis C patients completing pegylated interferon-α plus ribavirin therapy: an observational cohort study.

Ming-Han Hsieh, Tzu-Yu Kao, Ting-Hui Hsieh, Chun-Chi Kao, Cheng-Yuan Peng, Hsueh-Chou Lai, Po-Heng Chuang, Jung-Ta Kao

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Therapeutic advances in chronic disease, 2022. 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
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 59% 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, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ming-Han HsiehDepartment of Medicine, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9751-6692
Tzu-Yu KaoFaculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland.
Ting-Hui HsiehInterdisciplinary Program for Undergraduates, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chun-Chi KaoDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Cheng-Yuan PengDepartment of Medicine, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Hsueh-Chou LaiDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Po-Heng ChuangDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Jung-Ta KaoDepartment of Medicine, School of Medicine, China Medical University, No. 91, Hsueh-Shih Road, Taichung 40402, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3801-5342
China Medical University · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWWroclaw Medical University · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFor chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients completing pegylated interferon (PegIFN)-α/ribavirin therapy, long-term liver histological changes remain largely unexplored.

methodsThis observational cohort study included 85 CHC patients completing PegIFN-α/ribavirin therapy with liver biopsies performed at baseline and the end of surveillance (EOS). Median years between paired biopsies were 6.75 (interquartile range: 5.63-7.54).

resultsIn patients with baseline METAVIR fibrosis stages (F) <4 (able to undergo fibrosis progression;

conclusionsAmong CHC patients completing PegIFN-α/ribavirin therapy, SVR lowers the risk of liver histological progression but does not guarantee fibrosis clearance. For SVR cases, those with baseline F ⩾ 2 or without significantly declined follow-up AST levels should be specifically monitored. As for non-SVR cases, those with a higher baseline AST or glucose level should preferentially receive retreatment.

Indexed as

chronic hepatitis Cfibrosisliver biopsynecroinflammatory activitypegylated interferon-αribavirinsustained virological response

Identifiers

PMID35070254
PMCPMC8771741
OpenAlexW4206422046

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
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.