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Pegylated interferon alfa-2b plus ribavirin for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C genotype 4 in adolescents
Jaber Al Ali
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, Salem Owayed***, Wafa’a Al-Qabandi*, Khaled Husain**, Fuad Hasan*
* From the Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University
** Jabriya, Kuwait; Amiri Hospital
*** Safat, Kuwait; Al Adan Hospital, Hadiya, Kuwait, Ministry of Health, Kuwait
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Sustained virolo-gic response is achieved in 44&#8211;75&#37; of patients depending on genotype&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0070"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">14</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">-</span><a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0090"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">18</span></a> The single most important determinant of treatment response is viral genotype&#44; such that 45&#8211;50&#37; of patients infected with HCV genotype 1 experience an SVR compared to 75&#37; of those infected with genotypes 2 and 3&#46; Data regarding the efficiency of pegylated interferon plus ribavirin combination therapy in genotype 4 infected patients are limited because most of the large registration trials were conducted in western countries where HCV genotype 4 is relatively uncommon and some trials may have excluded genotype 4&#46; In the Middle East&#44; however&#44; most HCV infections are caused by the genotype 4 variant&#46; Pegylated interferon plus ribivarin therapy has been reported to be associated with a SVR of 68&#37; in adults infected with this genotype&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0070"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">14</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44;</span><a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0075"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">15</span></a></p><p id="p0085" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In children and adolescents infected with HCV data regarding antiviral therapy are very limited and almost non-existent for genotype 4 patients&#46; Standard non-pegylated interferon monotherapy was associated with an SVR in 33&#8211;45&#37; of patients&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0030"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44;</span><a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0095"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">19</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44;</span><a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0100"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">20</span></a> With the use of standard non-pegylated interferon plus ribavirin combination in children and adolescents&#46; The SVR rate varied from 41&#8211;61&#37;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a>&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0105"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">21</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">-</span><a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0125"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">25</span></a> depending on HCV genotype&#46;</p><p id="p0090" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">With regards to the current gold-standard therapy of peginterferon and ribavirin which has only recently recently approved by United States Food and Drug Administration &#40;FDA&#41; and European Medicines Agency &#40;EMA&#41; for a healthy children over three years of age&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0130"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">26</span></a> there are only a few published reports regarding its efficacy and safety in children and adolescent with chronic hepatitis C&#46; In an open-labeled uncontrolled trial from Germany 62 children and adolescents were treated with peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin for 48 weeks&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0055"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">11</span></a> The overall SVR was 58&#37;&#46;</p><p id="p0095" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The mode of transmission appeared to influence treatment outcome&#46; SVR was achieved in 70&#37; and 48&#37; of patients who acquired HCV through parente-ral exposure&#44; or by vertical transmission respectively&#46; But&#44; as in adults&#44; HCV genotype was the main determinant of response&#46; The rate of SVR among patients with genotype 1 was 47&#37;&#44; compared to 100&#37; in patients infected with genotypes 2 and 3&#46; The study included only 2 children with genotype 4&#44; one of whom had a SVR&#46; However&#44; in a recent global&#44; mul-ticenter&#44; open-label study&#44; where 107 children and adolescents enrolled and treated with combination therapy&#44; the overall SVR was achieved by 65&#37; of all patients&#44; genotype was the main predictor of response with 53&#37;&#44; 93 and 80&#37; in patients infected with G1&#44; G2&#47;3 and G4&#44; respectively&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0065"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">13</span></a> To date we could not find published reports regarding the efficacy and safety of pegylated interferon and ribavirin in adolescents infected with HCV genotype 4&#46; The SVR&#44; in our study&#44; was comparable to what we had observed in adults&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0005"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44;</span><a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0010"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a> In our study it is important to note that nine patients with EVR had SVR and more importantly that the two patients without EVR had no SVR&#46; The small number of patients included in this study limits the analyses but this data suggests that stopping therapy in those without response after 12 weeks of treatment is appropriate for HCV type 4&#46; A number of factors might have contributed to the relatively high response rate&#46; Most patients had mild liver disease&#44; but most importantly low pre-treat-ment viral load&#46; Furthermore&#44; compliance was excellent&#44; because patients and parents were counseled extensively&#44; more importantly compared to the western culture&#44; Arab adolescents comply with family traditions for abiding to their parents&#8217; wishes&#46; A relatively high dose of ribavirin &#40;15 mg&#47;kg&#41; was used&#46; The latter has been shown to induce better SVR&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0030"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a> The cause for extending therapy for 48 weeks is that the value of early virologic response as a predictor of SVR was not well established in children&#46; Moreover&#44; at the time&#44; there was evidence in adults that non-responders may benefit from interferon therapy in terms of histologic activity&#46; Also&#44; per protocol&#44; we wanted the entire group to receive the same drug regimen for uniformity&#46; Finally&#44; most of our patients had presumed parenterally acquired disease&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0055" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0065">Conclusion</span><p id="p0100" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">This small open label pilot study shows that pe-gylated interferon plus ribavirin appear to be effective and relatively safe for the treatment of HCV genotype 4 in adolescent and children&#46; Treating this population&#44; therefore&#44; may be appropriate&#46; However&#44; larger controlled trials are needed to confirm our findings&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0060" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0070">Abreviations</span><p id="p0105" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><ul class="elsevierStyleList" id="li0005"><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0005"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0110" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleBold">HCV&#58;</span> Hepatitis C virus&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0010"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0115" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleBold">Anti-HCV&#58;</span> Antibody to hepatitis C virus&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0015"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0120" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleBold">ALT&#58;</span> Alanine aminotransferase&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0020"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0125" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleBold">SVR&#58;</span> Sustained virological response&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0025"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0130" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleBold">EVR&#58;</span> Early virological response&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0030"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0135" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleBold">ETR&#58;</span> End-of-treatment response&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0035"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0140" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleBold">IVDU&#58;</span> Intravenous drug user&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0040"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0145" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleBold">HCV RNA&#58;</span> Hepatitis C ribonucleic acid&#46;</p></li></ul></p></span><span id="sec0065" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0075">Grants and Financial Support</span><p id="p0150" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">This is original work and I wish this work to be published under the section of original paper&#46;</p><p id="p0155" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">No financial support has been availed from anyone&#46;</p></span></span></span>"
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