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Differential Effect of HCV Eradication and Fibrosis Grade on Hepatocellular Carcinoma and All-cause Mortality

Whether a sustained virological response (SVR) improves long-term outcomes in chronic hepatitis C patients with earlier-stage fibrosis has not been established. We investigated the differential effect of SVR on the risk of outcomes according to hepatic fibrosis grade. Fibrosis grade was categorised...

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Autores principales: Lee, Yun Bin, Nam, Joon Yeul, Lee, Jeong-Hoon, Chang, Young, Cho, Hyeki, Cho, Young Youn, Cho, Eun Ju, Yu, Su Jong, Kim, Hwi Young, Lee, Dong Ho, Lee, Jeong Min, Hwang, Seong Gyu, Kim, Yoon Jun, Yoon, Jung-Hwan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6135856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30209336
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-31839-y
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Sumario:Whether a sustained virological response (SVR) improves long-term outcomes in chronic hepatitis C patients with earlier-stage fibrosis has not been established. We investigated the differential effect of SVR on the risk of outcomes according to hepatic fibrosis grade. Fibrosis grade was categorised using FIB-4: <1.45, low-probability of significant fibrosis; 1.45–3.25, intermediate-probability; and ≥3.25, high-probability. Primary and secondary endpoints were hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) occurrence and death, respectively. Among 1,373 included chronic hepatitis C patients, 744 patients were treated with interferon-based or –free regimens and 622 (83.6%) achieved SVR. SVR was independently associated with lower risk of HCC (vs. untreated: adjusted hazard ratio [aHR], 0.165; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.077–0.350; P < 0.001) and overall death (vs. untreated; aHR, 0.146; 95% CI, 0.050–0.424; P < 0.001) during the median observation of 3.5 (interquartile range, 1.9–6.6) years. The SVR group had significantly lower risk of HCC than the untreated group among patients with intermediate-probability (n = 492: aHR, 0.171; 95% CI, 0.051–0.578; P = 0.004) and high-probability (n = 446: aHR, 0.243; 95% CI, 0.107–0.551; P < 0.001) of significant fibrosis. HRs were maintained after balancing with inverse probability weighting. SVR was associated with reduced risk of HCC development and all-cause mortality in patients with chronic hepatitis C.