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G Spinzi

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Impact of Safety-Related Dose Reductions or Discontinuations on Sustained Virologic Response in HCV-Infected Patients: Results from the GUARD-C Cohor…

2015

Background: Despite the introduction of direct-acting antiviral agents for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, peginterferon alfa/ribavirin remains relevant in many resource-constrained settings. The non-randomized GUARD-C cohort investigated baseline predictors of safety-related dose reductions or discontinuations (sr-RD) and their impact on sustained virologic response (SVR) in patients receiving peginterferon alfa/ribavirin in routine practice. Methods: A total of 3181 HCV-mono-infected treatment-naive patients were assigned to 24 or 48 weeks of peginterferon alfa/ribavirin by their physician. Patients were categorized by time-to-first sr-RD (Week 4/12). Detailed analyses of the i…

Genetics and Molecular Biology (all)MaleChronic HepatitisHepacivirusRibavirin/adverse effectsAsthenia/chemically inducedHepacivirusPolyethylene GlycolBiochemistryPolyethylene GlycolsBody Mass IndexChronic Liver Disease0302 clinical medicineNeutropenia/chemically inducedInterferon-alpha/adverse effectsMedicineChroniclcsh:ScienceLiver Diseasesvirus diseasesAntiviral Agents/adverse effectsCohortScience & Technology - Other Topics030211 gastroenterology & hepatologyDrug Therapy CombinationCohort studyHumanmedicine.medical_specialtyAlpha interferonGastroenterology and HepatologyAntiviral AgentsMicrobiologyDose-Response Relationship03 medical and health sciencesPharmacotherapyHepatitis C Chronic/drug therapyDose Prediction MethodsDrug TherapyAnemia/chemically inducedHumansHemoglobinAgedMedicine and health sciencesBiochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology (all)HepaciviruScience & TechnologyDose-Response Relationship DrugFlaviviruseslcsh:ROrganismsBiology and Life SciencesProteinsmedicine.diseasedigestive system diseaseschemistryAgricultural and Biological Sciences (all)Withholding TreatmentAstheniaImmunologyProportional Hazards Modellcsh:QHuman medicineRNA virusesPhysiologylcsh:MedicinePeginterferon-alfaPolyethylene Glycols/adverse effectsAdult; Aged; Anemia; Antiviral Agents; Asthenia; Cohort Studies; Dose-Response Relationship Drug; Drug Therapy Combination; Female; Hepacivirus; Hepatitis C Chronic; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Humans; Interferon-alpha; Male; Middle Aged; Neutropenia; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Polyethylene Glycols; Proportional Hazards Models; RNA Viral; Recombinant Proteins; Ribavirin; Withholding Treatment; Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all); Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology (all); Medicine (all)Cohort Studieschemistry.chemical_compoundOutcome Assessment Health CareMedicine and Health Sciences030212 general & internal medicineViralPathology and laboratory medicineMultidisciplinarybiologyHepatitis C virusPharmaceuticsMedicine (all)AnemiaHepatitis CHematologyRecombinant ProteinOutcome Assessment (Health Care)/methodsMiddle AgedMedical microbiologyHepatitis CRecombinant ProteinsHost-Pathogen InteractionMultidisciplinary SciencesPhysiological ParametersResearch DesignCombinationHost-Pathogen InteractionsVirusesRNA ViralFemaleDrugPathogensHost-Pathogen Interactions/drug effectsResearch ArticleAdultNeutropeniaClinical Research DesignResearch and Analysis MethodsOutcome Assessment (Health Care)Internal medicineRibavirinRecombinant Proteins/adverse effectsRNA Viral/bloodAdult; Aged; Anemia; Antiviral Agents; Asthenia; Cohort Studies; Dose-Response Relationship Drug; Drug Therapy Combination; Female; Hepacivirus; Hepatitis C Chronic; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Humans; Interferon-alpha; Male; Middle Aged; Neutropenia; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Polyethylene Glycols; Proportional Hazards Models; RNA Viral; Recombinant Proteins; Ribavirin; Withholding TreatmentAdult; Aged; Anemia; Antiviral Agents; Asthenia; Cohort Studies; Dose-Response Relationship Drug; Drug Therapy Combination; Female; Hepacivirus; Hepatitis C Chronic; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Humans; Interferon-alpha; Male; Middle Aged; Neutropenia; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Polyethylene Glycols; Proportional Hazards Models; RNA Viral; Recombinant Proteins; Ribavirin; Withholding Treatment; Medicine (all); Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology (all); Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all)Proportional Hazards ModelsAntiviral Agentbusiness.industryRibavirinBody WeightHepacivirus/drug effectsViral pathogensInterferon-alphaHepatitis C Chronicbiology.organism_classificationHepatitis virusesMicrobial pathogensRNAAdverse EventsCohort StudiebusinessPloS one
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HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN POLYMORPHISMS IN ITALIAN PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS: A MULTICENTER STUDY OF 664 PATIENTS AND 1992 HEALTHY CONTROLS

2008

Genetic factors are critical in determining susceptibility to primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), but there has not been a clear association with human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes. We performed a multicenter case-control study and analyzed HLA class II DRB1 associations using a large cohort of 664 well-defined cases of PBC and 1992 controls of Italian ancestry. Importantly, healthy controls were rigorously matched not only by age and sex, but also for the geographical origin of the proband four grandparents (Northern, Central, and Southern Italy). After correction for multiple testing, DRB1*08 [odds ratio (OR), 3.3; 95% confidence interval (CI), 2.4-4.5] and DRB1*02 (OR 0.9; 95% CI 0.8-1.2) …

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