| Literature DB >> 20100874 |
Judit Morello1, Vincent Soriano, Pablo Barreiro, José Medrano, Antonio Madejón, Gema González-Pardo, Inmaculada Jiménez-Nácher, Juan González-Lahoz, Sonia Rodríguez-Novoa.
Abstract
The influence of ribavirin trough concentrations (RBV C(trough)) on the risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV) relapse was retrospectively analyzed in 99 HIV-HCV-coinfected patients who achieved end-of-treatment response with pegylated alpha interferon plus weight-based RBV. The independent predictors (odds ratio [OR] [95% confidence interval (CI)]) of HCV relapse were RBV plasma C(trough) of <2.5 microg/ml (4.5 [1.3 to 15.5]), baseline serum HCV RNA (2.5 [1.2 to 5.1]), and HCV genotype 1 or 4 (13.3 [2.6 to 66.7]). Monitoring of RBV C(trough) may permit early adjustment of RBV dosage to avoid HCV relapse.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20100874 PMCID: PMC2849370 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01399-09
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191