Efficacy and tolerability after 24 weeks of treatment with telaprevir, pegylated interferon and ribavirin in cirrhotic HIV-HCV coinfected subjects

Miguel Genebat, Francisco Vera, José Hernández-Quero, Pere Domingo, José M. Guardiola, Onofre Martínez-Madrid, Lorena Martínez, Francisco García De La Llana, Jorge Sánchez-Villegas, Hortensia Álvarez, Ana Mariño, José F. Lluch, María A. Martínez-Pérez, Jorge Marín, Ezequiel Ruiz-Mateos, Manuel Leal

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Abstract

Efficacy and tolerability of telaprevir, pegylated interferon and ribavirin combination was assessed in 32 cirrhotic genotype 1 hepatitis C (HCV)-HIV coinfected patients. Undetectability of HCV-RNA was observed in 23/32 (71.9%) patients after 24 weeks. Treatment failure was observed in 9/32 subjects: four of them (45.5%) failed triple therapy due to virological rebound, while 5 patients (55.5%) experienced drug-related side effects driving to treatment interruption. These data suggest that telaprevir-containing triple therapy should be considered for treatment of genotype 1 HCV in HIV coinfected patients with liver cirrhosis, although a close vigilance is required because of potential drug-related side effects. © 2014 Elsevier B.V.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)59-61
JournalAntiviral Research
Volume104
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2014

Keywords

  • Hepatitis C virus
  • HIV
  • Liver cirrhosis
  • Telaprevir

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