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| Miotto,N.; Mendes,L.C.; Zanaga,L.P.; Goncales,E.S.L.; Lazarini,M.S.K.; Pedro,M.N.; Goncales Jr.,F.L.; Stucchi,R.S.B.; Vigani,A.G.. |
| The aim of this study was to determine risk factors for adverse events (AE)-related treatment discontinuation and severe anemia among patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 infection, treated with first-generation protease inhibitor (PI)-based therapy. We included all patients who initiated treatment with PI-based therapy at a Brazilian university hospital between November 2013 and December 2014. We prospectively collected data from medical records using standardized questionnaires and used Epi Info 6.0 for analysis. Severe anemia was defined as hemoglobin ≤8.5 mg/dL. We included 203 patients: 132 treated with telaprevir (TVR) and 71 treated with boceprevir (BOC). AE-related treatment discontinuation rate was 19.2% and anemia was the main... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Hepatitis C treatment; Protease inhibitor; Anemia; Adverse events; Treatment interruption. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2016000700702 |
