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Department of Medicine, Centre for Liver Disease, Buon Consiglio-Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Via Manzoni 220, 80123, Naples, Italy. antonio.ascione@paginemediche.it.
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Liver Unit, AORN Cardarelli, Naples, Italy.
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Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA), Rome, Italy.
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Department of Gastroenterology, DiBiMIS, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
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Division of Infectious Diseases, AO Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
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III U.O.C. P.O. Cotugno, AORN Ospedali dei Colli, Naples, Italy.
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Infectious Diseases Unit, AORN Caserta, Caserta, Italy.
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Humanitas University and IRCCS Clinical Institute Humanitas, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
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Infectious Disease, Cotugno Hospital, AORN Ospedali dei Colli, Naples, Italy.
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Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, AOU Policlinico of Modena, Modena, Italy.
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UO Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Foundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Hospital Maggiore Policlinico of Milan, Milan, Italy.
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Interdepartmental Centre for Systemic Manifestations of Hepatitis Viruses (MaSVE), Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
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Unit of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, AOU of Parma, Parma, Italy.
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Department of Medicine, Centre for Liver Disease, Buon Consiglio-Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Via Manzoni 220, 80123, Naples, Italy.
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Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Agostino Gemelli Hospital, Rome, Italy.
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Clinic of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.
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Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Abstract
PURPOSE:
To analyse safety and efficacy of treatment based on ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir/dasabuvir plus ribavirin in the sub-group of GT1 patients older than 65 years.
METHODS:
We collected data extracted from the ABACUS compassionate-use nationwide Italian programme, in patients with cirrhosis due to hepatitis C virus (HCV) Genotype-1 (GT1) or 4 and at high risk of decompensation. GT1-HCV-infected patients received once-daily ombitasvir/paritaprevir, with the pharmacokinetic enhancer ritonavir (25/150/100 mg) and twice-daily dasabuvir (250 mg) plus Ribavirin (RBV) (OBV/PTV/r + DSV + RBV) for 12 (GT1b) or 24 (GT1a) weeks. Endpoints were to evaluate safety and efficacy, the latter defined as HCV RNA negative 12 weeks after the end of treatment (SVR12).
RESULTS:
Patients who suffered any adverse event (AE) were 74/240 (30.8%); 13/240 (5.4%) discontinued the treatment. A multivariate analysis found albumin < 3.5 g/dL (OR 2.04: 95% CI 1.0-4.2, p < 0.05) and hypertension (OR 4.6: 95% CI 2.3-9.2, p < 0.001) as variables independently associated with AE occurrence. The SVR12 was 95% (228/240). Multivariate analysis identified baseline bilirubin < 2 mg/dL (OR 4.9: 95% CI 1.17-20.71, p = 0.029) as the only variable independently associated with SVR12.
CONCLUSION:
Our findings suggest that OBV/PTV/r + DSV + RBV is safe and effective in real-life use in patients with compensated cirrhosis, HCV-GT1 infection, and age over 65.