PMID: 11910986Mar 26, 2002Paper

Hepavir, the first observational study of one cohort of patients treated with alpha-2a interferon, monotherapy. Evaluation of asthenia and its social consequences

Gastroentérologie Clinique Et Biologique
F Roudot-ThoravalGroupe d'Etude Pour Hépavir

Abstract

The aim of this observational study in patients with chronic hepatitis C and treated with interferon alpha-2a was to assess 1) monitoring in everyday practice, 2) the acceptability of treatment and 3) the intensity of fatigue. Three hundred and fifty four patients were enrolled by physicians in both teaching and general hospitals, or private practice. Before treatment, clinical, epidemiological, and virological data were collected as well as a self-evaluation of fatigue using a visual analogic scale. Clinical follow-up was assessed every 3 months during treatment and 6 months after the end of treatment and included an evaluation of fatigue and the number of workdays missed due to sickness. Two hundred and nineteen men and 135 women, mean age 45 +/- 13, were included. The epidemiological, histological and virological features of this group were similar to those patients usually treated for chronic hepatitis C. Before treatment, the mean measurement of fatigue was 41 on a scale from 0 (perfect form) to 100 (exhausted). Fatigue was unrelated to age, source of infection, biological activity, or histological score. It worsened in patients who stopped interferon after 3 or 6 months, but was stable in patients who continued treatment ...Continue Reading

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