Beta
16157

Pegylated Interferon, Ribavirin, and Sofosbuvir Combination versus Pegylated Interferon, Ribavirin in the Management of Chronic Hepatitis C Egyptian Patients

Article

Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study is to comprehensively evaluate the safety and efficacy of the 20-kDa linear (Pegylated Interferon) PEGIFN alpha-2a and Ribavirin combination versus Sofosbuvir, 20-kDa linear PEGIFN alpha-2a and Ribavirin combination in treatment of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) Egyptian patients as well as studying variables that affect the response to this treatment. Methods: A total of 202 adult Egyptian patients divided into 2 groups; IR group composed of 97 patients enrolled to receive PEG-IFN and RBV combination treatment, and IRS group composed of 105 patients enrolled to receive PEG-IFN, RBV, and sofosbuvir combination.  Results: In IR group 62 (63.92%) had end of treatment response (ETR), of the 62 patients with ETR, 11(11.34%) had a relapse while 51 (52.58%) patients achieved sustained virological response (SVR). In IRS group six (5.72%) patients were non-responders, where as 99 (94.28%) patients attained ETR of whom 29 (27.62%) had a relapse while 70 (66.67%) patients achieved SVR. Conclusion: This new combination containing sofosbuvir is still ineffective enough so that more researches and treatment combination needed to combat hepatitis C epidemic in Egypt at reasonable cost.

DOI

10.21608/aprh.2017.16157

Keywords

HCV, interferon, Ribavirin, Sofosbuvir, SVR

Authors

First Name

Abdel-Hameed

Last Name

Ebid

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

nouran100@yahoo.co.uk

City

cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Mobarez

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

mobarezmohamed@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Adel

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

dr.mohamed.adel@hotmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Ramadan

Last Name

Ramadan

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Internal Medicine, Hepatology Department, Ahmed Maher teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

dr.ramadanahmed@yahoo.com

City

cairo

Orcid

-

Volume

1

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

233

Issue Date

2017-01-01

Receive Date

2016-09-28

Publish Date

2017-01-01

Page Start

25

Page End

33

Print ISSN

2357-0547

Online ISSN

2357-0539

Link

https://aprh.journals.ekb.eg/article_16157.html

Detail API

https://aprh.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=16157

Order

2

Type

Research Article

Type Code

318

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Journal of Advanced Pharmacy Research

Publication Link

https://aprh.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

-

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023