Is there a relationship between ribavirin-induced anemia and viral response rates during HCV therapy?

Year 2013, Volume: 12 Issue: 1, 1 - 5, 01.04.2013

Engin Altıntaşž Serkan Yaraşž - Fehmi Ateşž Bünyamin Sarıtaşž Orhan Sezgin Gülhan Örekici -

Abstract

Background and Aims:Pegylated interferon and ribavirin combination is the standard therapy for hepatitis C; sustained viral response rates are reported as 42-52% for genotype 1. Hemolytic anemia due to ribavirin is an important side effect. Ribavirin dose reduction leads to reduction in the response to antiviral therapy. We planned a retrospective study to investigate whether anemia due to ribavirin affects the virologic outcomes. Materials and Methods: 164 patients infected with chronic hepatitis C genotype 1 and given pegylated interferon and ribavirin for a 48-week period were included. Drug-induced hemoglobin decrease was defined as >3 g/dl below the pretreatment value. 8.5-10 g/dl was defined as mild and

Keywords

Ribavirin, anemia, viral responses

Ribavirine bağlı anemi yüksek viral yanıtlarla ilişkili midir?

Abstract

Giriş ve Amaç: Pegile interferon ve ribavirin kombinasyonu hepatit C
için standart tedavidir; kalıcı viral yanıt oranları genotip 1 için 42-52%
olarak bildirilmiştir. Ribavirin nedeniyle hemolitik anemi önemli bir yan
etkisidir. Ribavirin dozunun azaltılması antiviral tedaviye yanıtın azalmasına
yol açar. Ribavirin kaynaklı aneminin virolojik sonuçları etkileyip
etkilemediğini araştırmak için retrospektif bir çalışma planladık.Gereç
ve Yöntem: Kronik hepatit C genotip 1 ile enfekte olan ve 48 hafta
süreyle pegile interferon ve ribavirin verilen 164 hasta çalışmaya dahil
edildi. İlaç kaynaklı hemoglobin düşüşü tedavi öncesi değerden >3 gr/
dl düşüş olarak tanımlandı. 8,5-10 gr/dl hafif anemi,

Keywords

Ribavirin, anemi, viral yanıtlar

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