Antiviral therapy in chronic hepatitis E: a systematic review

Journal of Viral Hepatitis
A M Peters van TonJoost P Drenth

Abstract

Hepatitis E viral infection can lead to a chronic infection in immunocompromised patients, resulting in progressive liver disease and cirrhosis. Isolated cases have shown that treatment with ribavirin or pegylated interferon-α can result in viral eradication. This systematic review evaluated efficacy and safety of both treatments in chronic hepatitis E. A systematic literature search was performed on PubMed, Web of Science and clinicaltrials.gov for articles and abstracts. The keywords '"Hepatitis E" or HEV' AND 'ribavirin or Rebetol or Copegus' OR 'pegylated interferon OR peginterferon' were combined. The primary outcome was sustained viral response (SVR). Secondary endpoints include rapid viral response (RVR), relapse rates and side effects. Twenty-four studies matched our criteria, representing a total of 105 ribavirin-treated and 8 pegylated interferon-treated patients. The majority of patients had a solid organ transplant. Sixty-four per cent of ribavirin-treated patients achieved a SVR at 6 months after treatment cessation compared to 2/8 peginterferon-treated patients. Ribavirin was relatively well tolerated with the main side effect being anaemia, requiring dose reduction in 28% of patients. Peginterferon leads to acute...Continue Reading

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