Recently acquired hepatitis C : Epidemiological characteristics and treatment response in a large cohort of MSM living with HIV in Madrid

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INTRODUCTION: We analyzed epidemiological, clinical characteristics, and the response to treatment in people living with HIV (PLHIV) who recently acquired hepatitis C (RAHC) in a multicentre study in Madrid (Spain).

METHODS: Multicenter, ambispective, observational study of RAHC in men who have sex with men (MSM) infected with HIV. Clinical, epidemiological, and RAHC evolution were recorded prospectively in 2019 and 2020 and retrospectively in 2017 and 2018. In patients who received HCV treatment, sustained virological response (SVR) was provided 12 weeks after the end of treatment in an intention to treat analysis (ITT): all treated patients were included; and in analysis per-protocol (PP): missing patients were excluded.

RESULTS: Overall, 133 patients were included. Median (IQR) age was 40 (34.3-46.1) years, 90.9% had at least one previous sexual transmission disease (STD), and 33.6% had previously hepatitis C. More than half of the prospective sample included patients using chemsex related drugs (57.3%), 45.7% of them intravenously. The most prevalent genotype was G1a (66.2%), followed by G4 (11.3%). Ten of 90 patients evaluated for spontaneous cure (11%) cured the infection spontaneously, and 119 had treatment after a median time of 1.8 (0.7-4.6) months: sustained virological response (SVR) was achieved in 90.7% in the ITT and 94.7% in the PP analysis, with no differences regarding the direct-acting antiviral agents (DAA) combination used.

CONCLUSIONS: MSM infected by HIV with a RAHC were exposed to high-risk sexual behavior. Spontaneous cure rate was low, while SVR after treatment was achieved by more than 90%.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

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Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica (English ed.) - (2023) vom: 07. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Martín-Carbonero, Luz [VerfasserIn]
Gutierrez, Ángela [VerfasserIn]
Bisbal, Otilia [VerfasserIn]
Vergas, Jorge [VerfasserIn]
González-Baeza, Alicia [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez Martín, Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Vivancos, María Jesús [VerfasserIn]
Sanz, José [VerfasserIn]
Álvarez, Beatriz [VerfasserIn]
Palomar, Marina [VerfasserIn]
de Los Santos, Ignacio [VerfasserIn]
Sepúlveda-Crespo, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Resino, Salvador [VerfasserIn]
Berenguer, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Cano-Smith, Joanna [VerfasserIn]
González-García, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Ryan, Pablo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

HCV
HIV
Hepatitis C de reciente adquisición
Hombre que tienen sexo con hombres
Journal Article
MSM
Recently acquired hepatitis C
VIH
Virus hepatitis C

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Date Revised 09.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1016/j.eimce.2023.06.011

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NLM364371749