Safety and Efficacy of Direct Acting Antivirals (Sofosbuvir & Daclatasvir) in treatment of Chronic HCV in HIV-HCV Co-Infected Egyptian Patients | ||||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||||
| Article 6, Volume 81, Issue 4, October 2020, Page 1750-1753 PDF (507.05 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2020.120005 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Mahmoud Ezat Hegazy  ; Ihab Barsoum Fahim; Mahmoud Ahmed Sharaf Eldin; Saeed Abd Elbaky Gad
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| Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine –Zagazig University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Liver-related mortality is considered the most common cause of death in HIV/HCV-co infected individuals. Accordingly, treatment of HCV infection in HIV/HCV-co infected individuals is a priority to manage such major health burden. Objectives: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of treatment of chronic HCV by DDAs in HCV-HIV co-infected Egyptian patients. Patients and methods: It is an observational study that included 22 patients; only 18 HCV\HIV co-infected patients completed the study [14 males (77.8 %) and 4 females (22.8 %)]. Their ages ranged from 21 to 46 years with a mean age of 32.89 years. Half of them married and 72% of them working. 61% of them are smokers and IV addicts. Patients were divided into two groups according to HIV PCR. Group I included 12 Patients with HIV PCR > 50 copies/mm and group II that included 6 patients with HIV PCR < 50 copies \mm. Results: The rates of a sustained virologic response (SVR) at post-treatment week 12 (SVR 12) were high [17/18 (94.4%)]. The most common adverse events were fatigue (66.7%), headache (50%) and there was a high safety profile on using direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) and no patient discontinued treatment because of adverse events. No serious adverse events or mortality was reported. In addition, AST & ALT were significantly decreased at end of treatment and 12 weeks after treatment. Otherwise there were no significant changes in both hematological and chemistry labs. Conclusions: Daclatasvir plus sofosbuvir for 12 weeks resulted in a high rate of sustained virologic response in patients co infected with HIV and HCV with high safety profile after treatment completion. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Daclatasvir; sofosbuvir; sustained virologic response; HCV/HIV co infection | ||||
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