Self-reported and measured adherence to hepatitis C direct-acting antiviral therapy and sustained virologic response among people who inject drugs : The HERO study

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BACKGROUND: Objective adherence measures, such as electronic blister pack (BP), for direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment have high accuracy, but their use is limited in real practice settings. We examined the association of self-reported adherence using a visual analogue scale (VAS) with objective BP adherence and sustained virologic response (SVR) among people who inject drugs.

METHODS: We conducted secondary analyses using a subset of participants (N = 493) from the per-protocol sample of the HERO study, a pragmatic randomized trial of HCV treatment interventions that used both VAS and BP to measure adherence to a 12-week sofosbuvir/velpatasvir DAA regimen. Multivariable mixed-effects regression models tested the association of self-report adherence level with longitudinal weekly objective adherence. Multivariable logistic regression tested the association of self-report adherence with SVR.

RESULTS: The average VAS and BP adherences were 95.1 % (SD = 8.9 %) and 76.0 % (16.0 %), respectively, and the proportion of the participants achieving SVR was 92.9 %. The estimated adjusted mean objective adherence was significantly different (-16 %; 95 % CI: -22 %, -11 %, p < .001) between participants with 100 % and <80 % VAS adherence. The likelihood of SVR was significantly lower for those with <80 % VAS adherence [adjusted OR = 0.07; 95 % CI: 0.02, 0.24; p < .001] compared to those with 100 %.

CONCLUSION: Self-reported adherence overestimated objective adherence. However, higher self-report adherence was significantly associated with higher objective adherence. Also, self-reported adherence ≥80 % was significantly associated with SVR. Thus, the self-report measure has utility as a monitoring tool for adherence during DAA treatment.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:123

Enthalten in:

The International journal on drug policy - 123(2024) vom: 15. Jan., Seite 104288

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lopes, Snehal S [VerfasserIn]
Pericot-Valverde, Irene [VerfasserIn]
Arnsten, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Lum, Paula J [VerfasserIn]
Taylor, Lynn E [VerfasserIn]
Mehta, Shruti H [VerfasserIn]
Tsui, Judith I [VerfasserIn]
Feinberg, Judith [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Arthur Y [VerfasserIn]
Norton, Brianna L [VerfasserIn]
Page, Kimberly [VerfasserIn]
Murray-Krezan, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Anderson, Jessica [VerfasserIn]
Moschella, Phillip [VerfasserIn]
Heo, Moonseong [VerfasserIn]
Litwin, Alain H [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antiviral Agents
Direct-acting antiviral medication
Electronic blister pack adherence
Hepatitis C
Journal Article
People who inject drugs
Pragmatic Clinical Trial
Self-report adherence

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Date Completed 26.01.2024

Date Revised 26.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104288

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365941514