BACKGROUND/AIM: Chronic hepatitis-C infection is a great health burden in Egypt. The effect of anemia on the efficacy and safety of direct-acting anti-viral (DAA) therapies for those with chronic-kidney disease (CKD) has not been evaluated. PATIENTS/ METHODS: This single-center retrospective study included 235 renal patients: i.e., 70-CKD patients not on hemodialysis (42 with anemia, 28 without); 40 hemodialysis patients (16 anemic; 24 non-anemic), and 125 kidney-transplant (KTx) recipients (40 anemic; 85 non-anemic). Anemia was defined by a hemoglobin level < 10.5 g/dL. Hemodialysis patients received ritonavir-boosted paritaprevir/ombitasvir. KTx patients received sofosbuvir/daclatasvir. CKD patients with eGFR > 30 mL/min/1.73 m2 received sofosbuvir/daclatasvir. Those with eGFR < 30 mL/min/1.73 m2 received ritonavir-boosted paritaprevir/ombitasvir; 64 non-anemic patients also received ribavirin therapy. RESULTS: Mean age of CKDs was 49.1 years, 43.2 years for HDs, and 45.2 years for KTx patients. Most were male; body-mass index was ~ 23.8. Anemia did not affect the efficacy of DAAs in hemodialysis, CKD, or KTx patients. Most patients achieved a rapid virologic response (RVR), and a 12- and 24-week sustained viral response. Worsening of anemia among the non-anemic group was mostly related to ribavirin therapy in hemodialysis patients (11/16 patients). Acute kidney injury in CKDs occurred more frequently within the anemic group (59.5%) compared to the non-anemic group (32.1%). For KTx, graft impairment was more common among the anemic group (7/40) compared to the non-anemic group (2/85). CONCLUSION: Hemoglobin levels of < 10.5 g/dL prior to DAA treatment did not affect the virological response in renal patients but was associated with increased serum creatinine among KTx and those with CKD.
BACKGROUND/AIM: Chronic hepatitis-C infection is a great health burden in Egypt. The effect of anemia on the efficacy and safety of direct-acting anti-viral (DAA) therapies for those with chronic-kidney disease (CKD) has not been evaluated. PATIENTS/ METHODS: This single-center retrospective study included 235 renal patients: i.e., 70-CKD patients not on hemodialysis (42 with anemia, 28 without); 40 hemodialysis patients (16 anemic; 24 non-anemic), and 125 kidney-transplant (KTx) recipients (40 anemic; 85 non-anemic). Anemia was defined by a hemoglobin level < 10.5 g/dL. Hemodialysis patients received ritonavir-boosted paritaprevir/ombitasvir. KTx patients received sofosbuvir/daclatasvir. CKD patients with eGFR > 30 mL/min/1.73 m2 received sofosbuvir/daclatasvir. Those with eGFR < 30 mL/min/1.73 m2 received ritonavir-boosted paritaprevir/ombitasvir; 64 non-anemic patients also received ribavirin therapy. RESULTS: Mean age of CKDs was 49.1 years, 43.2 years for HDs, and 45.2 years for KTx patients. Most were male; body-mass index was ~ 23.8. Anemia did not affect the efficacy of DAAs in hemodialysis, CKD, or KTx patients. Most patients achieved a rapid virologic response (RVR), and a 12- and 24-week sustained viral response. Worsening of anemia among the non-anemic group was mostly related to ribavirin therapy in hemodialysis patients (11/16 patients). Acute kidney injury in CKDs occurred more frequently within the anemic group (59.5%) compared to the non-anemic group (32.1%). For KTx, graft impairment was more common among the anemic group (7/40) compared to the non-anemic group (2/85). CONCLUSION: Hemoglobin levels of < 10.5 g/dL prior to DAA treatment did not affect the virological response in renal patients but was associated with increased serum creatinine among KTx and those with CKD.
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