Clinical study of glecaprevir/pibrentasvir in the treatment of patients with hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus co-infection
Objective To analyze the clinical efficacy and safety of glecaprevir/pibrentasvir in the treatment of pa-tients with hepatitis C virus(HCV)and human immunodeficiency virus(HIV)co-infection,and provide scientific basis for clinical treatment.Methods 89 initially treated non-cirrhotic patients with HCV/HIV co-infection in a hospital of Butuo County of Liangshan Prefecture from January 2021 to January 2022 were selected.All patients re-ceived glecaprevir/pibrentasvir treatment for 8 weeks and were followed up for 12 weeks.Virological response rate at the end-of-treatment and sustained virological response rate after 12 weeks(SVR12)of treatment as well as oc-currence of adverse reaction were recorded.Results Among 89 initially treated non-cirrhotic patients with HCV/HIV co-infection,most were middle-aged and young married men(n=79,88.8%).HIV was mainly transmitted through sexual contact(n=62,69.7%)and intravenous drug use(n=27,30.3%).The most common HCV geno-types were genotype 1b(n=33,37.1%)and genotype 3b(n=25,28.1%).All patients completed 8 weeks of treatment successfully and HCV RNA load at the end of treatment was below the detection limit(<25 IU/mL).Eight patients failed to complete the follow-up,and the remaining 81(100%)patients achieved a sustained virologic re-sponse.There were no serious adverse reactions during the observation period,but 11 patients had mild adverse re-actions.Conclusion The 8-week treatment regimen of glecaprevir/pibrentasvir for non-cirrhotic patients with geno-type 1,3,and 6 HCV/HIV co-infection can achieve 100%SVR12,with high safety and tolerability,which can be used as a good choice for clinical treatment of these patients.
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