Intensified peginterferon α-2a dosing increases sustained virologic response rates in heavy, high viral load hepatitis c genotype 1 patients with high low-density lipoprotein
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BACKGROUND AND GOAL: Patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) with elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels achieve higher sustained virologic response (SVR) rates after peginterferon (PegIFN)/ribavirin treatment versus patients with lower LDL. Our aim was to determine whether SVR rates in patients with low/elevated LDL can be improved by dose intensification. STUDY: In PROGRESS, genotype 1 patients with baseline HCV RNA≥400,000 IU/mL and body weight ≥85 kg were randomized to 48 weeks of 180 μg/wk PegIFN α-2a (40 kDa) plus ribavirin (A: 1200 mg/d; B: 1400/1600 mg/d) or 12 weeks of 360 μg/wk PegIFN α-2a followed by 36 weeks of 180 μg/wk, plus ribavirin (C: 1200 mg/d; D: 1400/1600 mg/d). This retrospective analysis assessed SVR rates among patients with low (<100 mg/dL) or elevated (≥100 mg/dL) LDL. Patients with high LDL (n=256) had higher baseline HCV RNA (5.86×10 IU/mL) versus patients with low LDL (n=262; 4.02×10 IU/mL; P=0.0003). RESULTS: Multiple logistic regression analysis identified a significant interaction between PegIFN α-2a dose and LDL levels on SVR (P=0.0193). The only treatment-related SVR predictor in the nested multiple logistic regression was PegIFN α-2a dose among patients with elevated LDL (P=0.0074); therefore, data from the standard (A+B) and induction (C+D) dose arms were pooled. Among patients with low LDL, SVR rates were 40% and 35% in the standard and induction-dose groups, respectively; SVR rates in patients with high LDL were 44% and 60% (P=0.014), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Intensified dosing of PegIFN α-2a increases SVR rates in patients with elevated LDL even with the difficult-to-cure characteristics of genotype 1, high baseline viral load, and high body weight. Copyright © 2013 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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chronic hepatitis C , low-density lipoprotein , pegylated interferon , ribavirin , sustained virologic response , low density lipoprotein , peginterferon alpha2a , peginterferon alpha2a plus ribavirin , adult , aged , alopecia , anemia , anorexia , arthralgia , asthenia , body weight , chill , coughing , depression , diarrhea , drug fatality , drug safety , drug tolerability , dry skin , fatigue , female , fever , genotype , hepatitis C , human , injection site erythema , insomnia , irritability , major clinical study , male , myalgia , nausea , neutropenia , priority journal , pruritus , rash , relapse , side effect , treatment duration , treatment response , virus load , vomiting , weight reduction , xerostomia , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Antiviral Agents , Body Weight , Cholesterol, LDL , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Double-Blind Method , Drug Therapy, Combination , Female , Genotype , Hepacivirus , Hepatitis C , Humans , Interferon-alpha , Logistic Models , Male , Middle Aged , Polyethylene Glycols , Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic , Recombinant Proteins , Retrospective Studies , Ribavirin , RNA, Viral , Treatment Outcome , Viral Load , Young Adult
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Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, v. 47, n. 3, p. 271-279, 2013.
