Global Real-World Evidence of Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir as a Highly Effective Treatment and Elimination Tool in People with Hepatitis C Infection Experiencing Mental Health Disorders

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is prevalent in people with mental health disorders, a priority population to diagnose and cure in order to achieve HCV elimination. This integrated analysis pooled data from 20 cohorts in seven countries to evaluate the real-world effectiveness of the pangenotypic direct-acting antiviral (DAA) sofosbuvir/velpatasvir (SOF/VEL) in people with mental health disorders. HCV-infected patients diagnosed with mental health disorders who were treated with SOF/VEL for 12 weeks without ribavirin as part of routine clinical practice were included. The primary outcome was sustained virological response (SVR) in the effectiveness population (EP), defined as patients with an available SVR assessment. Secondary outcomes were reasons for not achieving SVR, characteristics of patients with non-virological failures, adherence, and time from HCV RNA diagnosis to SOF/VEL treatment initiation. A total of 1209 patients were included; 142 did not achieve an SVR for non-virological reasons (n = 112; 83 lost to follow-up, 20 early treatment discontinuations) or unknown reasons (n = 30). Of the 1067 patients in the EP, 97.4% achieved SVR. SVR rates in the EP were ≥95% when stratified by type of mental health disorder and other complicating baseline characteristics, including active injection drug use and antipsychotic drug use. Of 461 patients with data available in the EP, only 2% had an adherence level < 90% and 1% had an adherence level < 80%; all achieved SVR. Patients with mental health disorders can be cured of HCV using a well-tolerated, pangenotypic, protease inhibitor-free SOF/VEL regimen. This DAA allows the implementation of a simple treatment algorithm, with minimal monitoring requirements and fewer interactions with central nervous system drugs compared with protease-inhibitor DAA regimens.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Viruses - 14(2022), 11 vom: 11. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wedemeyer, Heiner [VerfasserIn]
Di Marco, Vito [VerfasserIn]
Garcia-Retortillo, Montserrat [VerfasserIn]
Teti, Elisabetta [VerfasserIn]
Fraser, Chris [VerfasserIn]
Morano Amado, Luis Enrique [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez-Tajes, Sergio [VerfasserIn]
Acosta-López, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
O'Loan, Joss [VerfasserIn]
Milella, Michele [VerfasserIn]
Buti, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Guerra-Veloz, María Fernanda [VerfasserIn]
Ramji, Alnoor [VerfasserIn]
Fenech, Mary [VerfasserIn]
Martins, Alexandra [VerfasserIn]
Borgia, Sergio M [VerfasserIn]
Vanstraelen, Kim [VerfasserIn]
Mertens, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Hernández, Cándido [VerfasserIn]
Ntalla, Ioanna [VerfasserIn]
Ramroth, Heribert [VerfasserIn]
Milligan, Scott [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antiviral Agents
HCV
HCV elimination
Journal Article
KCU0C7RS7Z
Mental health disorders
Real-world
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sofosbuvir
Sofosbuvir/velpatasvir
Velpatasvir
WJ6CA3ZU8B

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 29.11.2022

Date Revised 30.01.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/v14112493

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM349361746