Real-world effectiveness of direct-acting antiviral agents for chronic hepatitis C in Taiwan: Real-world data
Real-world effectiveness of direct-acting antiviral agents for chronic hepatitis C in Taiwan: Real-world data
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jmii.2018.09.005
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发表时间:
2020-08-01
影响因子:
7.4
通讯作者:
Liu, Chun-Jen
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作者:
Hong, Chun-Ming;Liu, Chen-Hua;Liu, Chun-Jen
Background/purpose: Treatment of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) has entered a new era since the introduction of direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs). Numerous clinical trials have shown that treatment response as well as tolerability of DAAs are superior to those of conventional therapy with pegylated interferon and ribavirin. However, the results of clinical trials may not be directly applied to real-world practice. Therefore our study tried to investigate the effectiveness of various DAA regimens in Taiwanese patients with chronic hepatitis C.Methods: We performed a retrospective study on 400 CHC patients. The primary endpoint was undetectable HCV RNA (an HCV RNA level of