2022
Health-related quality of life in people receiving opioid agonist treatment and treatment for hepatitis C virus infection
Dalgard O, Litwin AH, Shibolet O, Grebely J, Nahass R, Altice FL, Conway B, Gane EJ, Luetkemeyer AF, Peng CY, Iser D, Gendrano IN, Kelly MM, Haber BA, Platt H, Puenpatom A. Health-related quality of life in people receiving opioid agonist treatment and treatment for hepatitis C virus infection. Journal Of Addictive Diseases 2022, 41: 213-224. PMID: 35920743, DOI: 10.1080/10550887.2022.2088978.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElbasvir/grazoprevirHepatitis C virus infectionC virus infectionOpioid agonist therapyHealth-related qualityEnd of treatmentHCV infectionAgonist therapyVirus infectionChronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infectionImproved health-related qualityMental component summary scoresTreatment week 4Placebo-controlled studyOpioid agonist treatmentMedical Outcomes StudyComponent summary scoresSF-36v2 scoresTreatment differencesImproved HRQOLViral eradicationActing antiviralsOpioid dependenceAgonist treatmentGeneral health
2019
The accuracy of baseline viral load for predicting the efficacy of elbasvir/grazoprevir in participants with hepatitis C virus genotype 1a infection: An integrated analysis
Serfaty L, Jacobson I, Rockstroh J, Altice FL, Hwang P, Barr E, Robertson M, Haber B. The accuracy of baseline viral load for predicting the efficacy of elbasvir/grazoprevir in participants with hepatitis C virus genotype 1a infection: An integrated analysis. Journal Of Viral Hepatitis 2019, 26: 329-336. PMID: 30412325, DOI: 10.1111/jvh.13037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmidesAntiviral AgentsBenzofuransCarbamatesCyclopropanesData Interpretation, StatisticalFemaleGenotypeHepacivirusHepatitis C, ChronicHumansImidazolesMalePredictive Value of TestsQuinoxalinesReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificitySulfonamidesSustained Virologic ResponseViral LoadConceptsBaseline viral loadResistance-associated substitutionsNS5A resistance-associated substitutionsEBR/GZRElbasvir/grazoprevirGenotype 1a infectionViral loadNegative predictive valuePositive predictive valuePredictive valueBaseline NS5a resistance-associated substitutionsHepatitis C virus infectionPoor negative predictive valueEuropean treatment guidelinesC virus infectionSustained virologic responseHigh positive predictive valueEBR 50GT1a infectionVirologic failureVirologic responseTreatment guidelinesTreatment outcomesVirus infectionStratification factors