Protease inhibitors to treat hepatitis C in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study: high efficacy but low treatment uptake

Schaerer, V; Haubitz, Sebastian; Kovari, H; Ledergerber, B; Ambrosioni, J; Cavassini, M; Stoeckle, M; Schmid, P; Decosterd, L; Aouri, M; Böni, J; Günthard, H F; Furrer, Hansjakob; Metzner, K J; Fehr, J; Rauch, Andri (2015). Protease inhibitors to treat hepatitis C in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study: high efficacy but low treatment uptake. HIV medicine, 16(10), pp. 599-607. Blackwell Science 10.1111/hiv.12269

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OBJECTIVES

Direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) have become the standard of care for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We aimed to assess treatment uptake and efficacy in routine clinical settings among HIV/HCV coinfected patients after the introduction of the first generation DAAs.

METHODS

Data on all Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS) participants starting HCV protease inhibitor (PI) treatment between September 2011 and August 2013 were collected prospectively. The uptake and efficacy of HCV therapy were compared with those in the time period before the availability of PIs.

RESULTS

Upon approval of PI treatment in Switzerland in September 2011, 516 SHCS participants had chronic HCV genotype 1 infection. Of these, 57 (11%) started HCV treatment during the following 2 years with either telaprevir, faldaprevir or boceprevir. Twenty-seven (47%) patients were treatment-naïve, nine (16%) were patients with relapse and 21 (37%) were partial or null responders. Twenty-nine (57%) had advanced fibrosis and 15 (29%) had cirrhosis. End-of-treatment virological response was 84% in treatment-naïve patients, 88% in patients with relapse and 62% in previous nonresponders. Sustained virological response was 78%, 86% and 40% in treatment-naïve patients, patients with relapse and nonresponders, respectively. Treatment uptake was similar before (3.8 per 100 patient-years) and after (6.1 per 100 patient-years) the introduction of PIs, while treatment efficacy increased considerably after the introduction of PIs.

CONCLUSIONS

The introduction of PI-based HCV treatment in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients improved virological response rates, while treatment uptake remained low. Therefore, the introduction of PIs into the clinical routine was beneficial at the individual level, but had only a modest effect on the burden of HCV infection at the population level.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Clinic of Infectiology

UniBE Contributor:

Haubitz, Sebastian, Furrer, Hansjakob, Rauch, Andri

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1464-2662

Publisher:

Blackwell Science

Language:

English

Submitter:

Annelies Luginbühl

Date Deposited:

30 Jul 2015 09:20

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:48

Publisher DOI:

10.1111/hiv.12269

PubMed ID:

26135140

Uncontrolled Keywords:

hepatitis C virus/HIV coinfection; hepatitis C virus protease inhibitors; treatment uptake; treatment efficacy

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.70127

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/70127

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