| publication name | Quadruple Therapy Offers High SVR Rates in Patients with HCV Genotype 4 with Previous Treatment Failure |
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| Authors | Yousry Esam-Eldin Abo-amer,1 Rehab Badawi,2 Mohamed El-Abgeegy,3 Heba Fadl Elsergany,3 Ahmed Abdelhaleem Mohamed,3 Sahar Mohamed Mostafa,3 Hatem Samir Alegaily,4 Shaimaa Soliman,5 Sally Elnawasany,2 and Sherief Abd-Elsalam 2 |
| year | 2020 |
| keywords | Quadruple, therapy, HCV, genotype 4 |
| journal | Advances in Virology |
| volume | Not Available |
| issue | Not Available |
| pages | 6 pages |
| publisher | Hindawi |
| Local/International | International |
| Paper Link | Not Available |
| Full paper | download |
| Supplementary materials | Not Available |
Abstract
Background and Aims. Direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) have made a revolution in hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment with promising reduction of HCV infection and disease morbidities. However, unfortunately, treatment failure still occurs in about 5–15% of patients treated with DAA-based combination regimens. *e primary aim of the study was to assess the efficacy and safety of a quadruple regimen of (sofosbuvir, daclatasvir, and simeprevir with a weight-based ribavirin) in chronic HCV DAAsexperienced patients. Methods. *is observational, open-label prospective study was carried out on 103 genotype 4 hepatitis C virus-infected patients who failed to achieve SVR12 after sofosbuvir-daclatasvir with or without ribavirin. Patients were treated for three months with sofosbuvir (400 mg), daclatasvir (60 mg), and simeprevir (150 mg) with a weight-based ribavirin dosage (1000–1200 mg/d). Response to treatment was determined by quantitative PCR for HCV at 3 months after the end of treatment (SVR12), and adverse events during the treatment were recorded. Results. SVR was achieved in 100 patients (97.1%) at week 12 after treatment. No dangerous or life-threatening adverse events were recorded. Conclusions. Retreatment of HCV genotype 4 patients with quadruple therapy is a good therapeutic option and achieves high response rates with minimal side effects.