Improved Responses to Pegylated Interferon alfa-2b and Ribavirin by Individualizing Treatment for 24-72 Weeks; 个体化治疗
聚乙二醇干扰素α- 2b和利巴韦林
为24-72周
,提高能力应对;
Sarrazin C, Schwendy S, Möller B, Dikopoulos N, Buggisch P, Encke J, Teuber G, Goeser T, Thimme R, Klinker H, Boecher WO, Schulte-Frohlinde E, Prinzing R, Herrmann E, Zeuzem S, Berg T; Gastroenterology (Jul 2011)
BACKGROUND&AIMS: Guidelines recommend that patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection be treated with pegylated interferon and ribavirin for 24, 48, or 72 weeks, based on their virologic response to treatment. We investigated the effects of treating patients for individualized durations. METHODS: We treated 398 treatment-naïve patients who HCV genotype-1 infections with pegylated interferon alfa-2b and ribavirin for 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 60 or 72 weeks (mean 39 weeks, termed individualized therapy); the duration of therapy was determined based on baseline viral load and the timepoint at which HCV RNA became undetectable (measured at weeks 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, and 30). Results were compared to 225 patients who received standard treatment, for 48 weeks (mean of 38 weeks). RESULTS: Rates of sustained virologic response (SVR) were 55% among patients that received individualized treatment and 48% among those that received standard treatment (P<.0001 for non-inferiority). SVR rates, according to the timepoint at which HCV RNA became undetectable, did not differ significantly between groups. Patients with a rapid virologic response (undetectable levels of HCV RNA at week 4) who were treated for 24-30 weeks achieved high rates of SVR (86%-88%). Rates of SVR increased among slow responders that first tested negative for HCV RNA at week 24 and were treated for 60-72 weeks, compared with those treated for 48 weeks (60%-68% vs 43%-44%). The CC polymorphism at IL28B rs129797860 was associated with an increased rate of SVR, compared with the CT/TT polymorphism (P<.0001), at baseline but not among patients who had undetectable levels of HCV RNA following treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Individualizing treatment of patients with chronic HCV genotype 1 infections for 24-72 weeks results in high rates of SVR among rapid responders and increases SVRs among slow responders.