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German cohort of HCV mono-infected and HCV/HIV co-infected patients reveals relative under-treatment of co-infected patients.

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BACKGROUND:Current German and European HIV guidelines recommend early evaluation of HCV treatment in all HIV/HCV co-infected patients. However, there are still considerable barriers to initiate HCV therapy in everyday clinical practice. This study evaluates baseline characteristics, "intention-to-treat" pattern and outcome of therapy of HCV/HIV co-infected patients in direct comparison to HCV mono-infected patients in a "real-life" setting. METHODS:A large, single-center cohort of 172 unselected HCV patients seen at the Infectious Diseases Unit at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf from 2000-2011, 88 of whom HCV/HIV co-infected, was retrospectively analyzed by chart review with special focus on demographic, clinical and virologic aspects as well as treatment outcome. RESULTS:Antiviral HCV combination therapy with PEG-interferon plus weight-adapted ribavirin was initiated in 88/172 (52%) patients of the entire cohort and in n = 36 (40%) of all HCV/HIV co-infected patients (group A) compared to n = 52 (61%) of the HCV mono-infected group (group B) (p = 0.006). There were no significant differences of the demographics or severity of the liver disease between the two groups with the exception of slightly higher baseline viral loads in group A. A sustained virologic response (SVR) was observed in 50% (n = 18) of all treated HIV/HCV co-infected patients versus 52% (n = 27) of all treated HCV mono-infected patients (p = 0.859). Genotype 1 was the most frequent genotype in both groups (group A: n = 37, group B: n = 49) and the SVR rates for these patients were only slightly lower in the group of co-infected patients (group A: n = 33%, group B: 40% p = 0.626). During the course of treatment HCV/HIV co-infected patients received less ribavirin than mono-infected patients. CONCLUSION:Overall, treatment was only initiated in half of the patients of the entire cohort and in an even smaller proportion of HCV/HIV co-infected patients despite comparable outcome (SVR) and similar baseline characteristics. In the light of newer treatment options, greater efforts to remove the barriers to treatment that still exist for a great proportion of patients especially with HIV/HCV co-infection have to be undertaken.

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AIDS Res Ther

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AIDS research and therapy

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Beisel C,Heuer M,Otto B,Jochum J,Schmiedel S,Hertling S,Degen O,Lüth S,van Lunzen J,Schulze Zur Wiesch J

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10.1186/1742-6405-11-16

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Has Abstract

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2014-07-01 00:00:00

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1742-6405

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1742-6405-11-16

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German cohort of HCV mono-infected and HCV/HIV co-infected patients reveals relative under-treatment of co-infected patients.