Zobair M Younossi1,2, Maria Stepanova3, Rajender Reddy4, Michael P Manns5, Marc Bourliere6, Stuart C Gordon7, Eugene Schiff8, Tram Tran9, Issah Younossi3, Andrei Racila3. 1. Center for Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA, USA. 2. Betty and Guy Beatty Center for Integrated Research, Inova Health System, Falls Church, VA, USA. 3. Center for Outcomes Research in Liver Diseases, Washington, DC, USA. 4. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 5. Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Meintz, Germany. 6. Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Hospital Saint Joseph, Marseille, France. 7. Department of Gastroenterology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA. 8. Schiff Center For Liver Diseases, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA. 9. Liver Disease and Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, LA, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Clearance of chronic HCV infection improves quality of life and other patient-reported outcomes (PROs). Lack of placebo-controlled data led to concerns about the extent of contribution of viral eradication to PRO improvement. AIM: To assess PRO changes in HCV patients initially randomized to placebo treatment who received SOF/VEL/VOX in a deferred treatment substudy. METHODS: HCV-infected direct-acting antivirals-experienced patients who received placebo treatment in POLARIS-1 subsequently received SOF/VEL/VOX (400/100/100 mg) daily for 12 weeks. PROs were prospectively collected using SF-36v2, CLDQ-HCV, FACIT-F, WPAI:SHP. RESULTS: Of 147 patients treated, most were male (79%), white (82%), 33% had cirrhosis, 99% had HCV genotype 1 with SVR-12 of 97%. During treatment with placebo, there were no significant changes in any PROs from patients' own baseline (all P > .05) except for the Worry domain of CLDQ-HCV. However, soon after initiation of treatment with SOF/VEL/VOX, significant PRO improvements were noted: +2.4% to +8.1% of a PRO range size, P < .05 for 6 of the 26 studied PROs, by treatment week 4; +2.0% to +8.3%, P < .05 for 14/26 PROs by treatment week 12. Achieving SVR was associated with similar or greater PRO improvement: +2.5% to +11.9%, P < .05 for 24/26 PROs, by SVR-12; +3.2% to +14.9%, P < .05 for 23/26 PROs, by SVR-24. In multivariate regression analysis, being viraemic was associated with PRO impairment: beta from -2.4% to -8.5%, P < .05 for all but one PRO. CONCLUSION: Treatment with SOF/VEL/VOX for 12 weeks led to significant and sustainable improvement in patient-reported outcomes in patients who had previously failed another direct-acting antiviral regimen.
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BACKGROUND: Clearance of chronic HCV infection improves quality of life and other patient-reported outcomes (PROs). Lack of placebo-controlled data led to concerns about the extent of contribution of viral eradication to PRO improvement. AIM: To assess PRO changes in HCV patients initially randomized to placebo treatment who received SOF/VEL/VOX in a deferred treatment substudy. METHODS: HCV-infected direct-acting antivirals-experienced patients who received placebo treatment in POLARIS-1 subsequently received SOF/VEL/VOX (400/100/100 mg) daily for 12 weeks. PROs were prospectively collected using SF-36v2, CLDQ-HCV, FACIT-F, WPAI:SHP. RESULTS: Of 147 patients treated, most were male (79%), white (82%), 33% had cirrhosis, 99% had HCV genotype 1 with SVR-12 of 97%. During treatment with placebo, there were no significant changes in any PROs from patients' own baseline (all P > .05) except for the Worry domain of CLDQ-HCV. However, soon after initiation of treatment with SOF/VEL/VOX, significant PRO improvements were noted: +2.4% to +8.1% of a PRO range size, P < .05 for 6 of the 26 studied PROs, by treatment week 4; +2.0% to +8.3%, P < .05 for 14/26 PROs by treatment week 12. Achieving SVR was associated with similar or greater PRO improvement: +2.5% to +11.9%, P < .05 for 24/26 PROs, by SVR-12; +3.2% to +14.9%, P < .05 for 23/26 PROs, by SVR-24. In multivariate regression analysis, being viraemic was associated with PRO impairment: beta from -2.4% to -8.5%, P < .05 for all but one PRO. CONCLUSION: Treatment with SOF/VEL/VOX for 12 weeks led to significant and sustainable improvement in patient-reported outcomes in patients who had previously failed another direct-acting antiviral regimen.
Authors: Kate Hallsworth; Shion Gosrani; Sarah Hogg; Preya Patel; Aaron Wetten; Rachael Welton; Stuart McPherson; Matthew D Campbell Journal: BMJ Open Gastroenterol Date: 2021-03
Authors: Stuart McPherson; Shion Gosrani; Sarah Hogg; Preya Patel; Aaron Wetten; Rachael Welton; Kate Hallsworth; Matthew Campbell Journal: BMJ Open Gastroenterol Date: 2020-08