Viral kinetics in genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C patients during therapy with 2 different doses of peginterferon alfa-2b plus ribavirin

Hepatology : Official Journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
Maria ButiRafael Esteban

Abstract

Pegylated interferon (peginterferon) alfa-2b plus ribavirin achieves a higher sustained response rate in patients with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) than standard combination therapy. This study evaluated HCV kinetics throughout therapy with 2 doses of peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin in 55 patients. Twenty-eight patients were randomized to receive a high once-weekly dose of peginterferon alfa-2b (3 microg/kg for 1 week, 1.5 microg/kg for 3 weeks, and 1.0 microg/kg for 44 weeks), and 27 patients were randomized to receive a low dose (0.5 microg/kg) for 48 weeks. Both groups also received 800 mg ribavirin daily. Mean baseline HCV RNA load, measured by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction, was similar in both groups (5.32 +/- 0.86 log vs. 5.15 +/- 1.04 log). The 3-microg/kg dose of peginterferon alfa-2b inhibited HCV RNA more significantly than the 0.5-microg/kg dose during the first 48 hours (2.08 +/- 0.93 log vs. 1.09 +/- 0.80 log; P <.001) and both increased at 72 hours (0.54 +/- 0.73 log vs. 0.03 +/- 0.36 log; P = not significant [NS]), but the high dose showed a greater reduction at the end of the week (1.07 +/- 0.99 log vs. 0.72 +/- 0.73 log). Both doses showed a progressive, slower viral decrease...Continue Reading

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