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Treatment of Elderly Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C: A Retrospective Cohort Study

SUMMARY – The prevalence of chronic hepatitis C increases in elderly patients. The aims of this study were to identify the factors associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and end-stage liver disease development and to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pegylated interferon (PEG-IFNα) plus ri...

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Autores principales: Papić, Neven, Budimir, Jelena, Kurelac, Ivan, Dušek, Davorka, Jugović, Davor, Krajcar, Nina, Vince, Adriana
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medical Research, Vinogradska cesta c. 29 Zagreb 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6400365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30256012
http://dx.doi.org/10.20471/acc.2018.57.01.07
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author Papić, Neven
Budimir, Jelena
Kurelac, Ivan
Dušek, Davorka
Jugović, Davor
Krajcar, Nina
Vince, Adriana
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Budimir, Jelena
Kurelac, Ivan
Dušek, Davorka
Jugović, Davor
Krajcar, Nina
Vince, Adriana
author_sort Papić, Neven
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description SUMMARY – The prevalence of chronic hepatitis C increases in elderly patients. The aims of this study were to identify the factors associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and end-stage liver disease development and to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pegylated interferon (PEG-IFNα) plus ribavirin (RBV) therapy in elderly patients. A retrospective cohort study included all consecutive patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection treated with PEG-IFNα+RBV between 2003 and 2013. Elderly patients had a higher frequency of poor prognostic factors including genotype 1 infection, high fibrosis, and high fibrosis index based on four factors (FIB-4) score. The sustained virologic response (SVR) rate for genotype 1 was significantly lower (35.8% vs. 57.1%), while the frequency of PEG-IFNα (27.2% vs. 7.8%), RBV dose reduction (19.6% vs. 9.7%) and treatment discontinuation (13.0% vs. 4.1%) was significantly higher in elderly patients. However, age was not associated with SVR in multivariate analysis, and comparable SVR rates were achieved when adjusted for fibrosis score (Ishak ≤3: 66.7% vs. 69.8%). During the follow-up, HCC was diagnosed in 18 elderly patients (3 SVR+, 4 SVR- and 9 untreated patients). In conclusion, selected elderly patients can achieve comparable SVR rates as younger patients, but with a higher rate of side effects. Since complications of HCV infection occur more frequently in elderly patients, they should be given priority for antiviral therapy.
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spelling pubmed-64003652019-06-04 Treatment of Elderly Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C: A Retrospective Cohort Study Papić, Neven Budimir, Jelena Kurelac, Ivan Dušek, Davorka Jugović, Davor Krajcar, Nina Vince, Adriana Acta Clin Croat Original Scientific Papers SUMMARY – The prevalence of chronic hepatitis C increases in elderly patients. The aims of this study were to identify the factors associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and end-stage liver disease development and to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pegylated interferon (PEG-IFNα) plus ribavirin (RBV) therapy in elderly patients. A retrospective cohort study included all consecutive patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection treated with PEG-IFNα+RBV between 2003 and 2013. Elderly patients had a higher frequency of poor prognostic factors including genotype 1 infection, high fibrosis, and high fibrosis index based on four factors (FIB-4) score. The sustained virologic response (SVR) rate for genotype 1 was significantly lower (35.8% vs. 57.1%), while the frequency of PEG-IFNα (27.2% vs. 7.8%), RBV dose reduction (19.6% vs. 9.7%) and treatment discontinuation (13.0% vs. 4.1%) was significantly higher in elderly patients. However, age was not associated with SVR in multivariate analysis, and comparable SVR rates were achieved when adjusted for fibrosis score (Ishak ≤3: 66.7% vs. 69.8%). During the follow-up, HCC was diagnosed in 18 elderly patients (3 SVR+, 4 SVR- and 9 untreated patients). In conclusion, selected elderly patients can achieve comparable SVR rates as younger patients, but with a higher rate of side effects. Since complications of HCV infection occur more frequently in elderly patients, they should be given priority for antiviral therapy. Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medical Research, Vinogradska cesta c. 29 Zagreb 2018-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6400365/ /pubmed/30256012 http://dx.doi.org/10.20471/acc.2018.57.01.07 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 License.
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Treatment of Elderly Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C: A Retrospective Cohort Study
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title_short Treatment of Elderly Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C: A Retrospective Cohort Study
title_sort treatment of elderly patients with chronic hepatitis c: a retrospective cohort study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6400365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30256012
http://dx.doi.org/10.20471/acc.2018.57.01.07
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