Dieperink, Eric; Pocha, Christine; Thuras, Paul; Knott, Astrid; Colton, Samuel; Ho, Samuel B. (2014). All-Cause Mortality and Liver-Related Outcomes Following Successful Antiviral Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis C. Digestive diseases and sciences, 59(4), pp. 872-880. Springer 10.1007/s10620-014-3050-5
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BACKGROUND:
Antiviral therapy for the hepatitis C virus (HCV) reduces all-cause and liver-related morbidity and mortality. Few studies are available from populations with multiple medical and psychiatric comorbidities where the impact of successful antiviral therapy might be limited.
AIM:
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of sustained virologic response (SVR) on all-cause and liver-related mortality in a cohort of HCV patients treated in an integrated hepatitis/mental health clinic.
METHODS:
This was a retrospective review of all patients who initiated antiviral treatment for chronic HCV between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 2009. Cox regression analysis was used to determine factors involved in all-cause mortality, liver-related events and hepatocellular carcinoma.
RESULTS:
A total of 536 patients were included in the analysis. Median follow-up was 7.5 years. Liver and non-liver-related mortality occurred in 2.7 and 5.0 % of patients with SVR and in 17.8 and 6.4 % of patients without SVR. In a multivariate analysis, SVR was the only factor associated with reduced all-cause mortality (HR 0.47; 95 % CI 0.26-0.85; p = 0.012) and reduced liver-related events (HR 0.23; 95 % CI 0.08-0.66, p = 0.007). Having stage 4 liver fibrosis increased all-cause mortality (HR 2.50; 95 % CI 1.23-5.08; p = 0.011). Thrombocytopenia at baseline (HR 2.66; 95 % CI 1.22-5.79; p = 0.014) and stage 4 liver fibrosis (HR 4.87; 95 % CI 1.62-14.53; p = 0.005) increased liver-related events.
CONCLUSIONS:
Despite significant medical and psychiatric comorbidities, SVR markedly reduced liver-related outcomes without a significant change in non-liver-related mortality after a median follow-up of 7.5 years.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > DBMR Forschung Mu35 > Forschungsgruppe Hepatologie 04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > DBMR Forschung Mu35 > Forschungsgruppe Hepatologie 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Lung Disorders (DMLL) > Clinic of Visceral Surgery and Medicine > Hepatology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Pocha, Christine |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
0163-2116 |
Publisher: |
Springer |
Language: |
German |
Submitter: |
Lilian Karin Smith-Wirth |
Date Deposited: |
16 Apr 2015 13:35 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:45 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/s10620-014-3050-5 |
PubMed ID: |
24532254 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Hepatitis C, Mortality, Liver disease, Interferon, Hepatocellular carcinoma, Antiviral therapy |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.66938 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/66938 |
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