Journal of Practical Hepatology ›› 2022, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (6): 788-791.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2022.06.008

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Response to elbavir/glarevir antiviral therapy in patients with genotype 1b chronic hepatitis C

Xu Hailing, Qin Gang, Xue Hong, et al.   

  1. Division One, Department of Liver Diseases, Third Hospital Affiliated to Nantong University, Nantong 226006, Jiangsu Province, China
  • Received:2022-07-05 Online:2022-11-10 Published:2022-11-22

Abstract: Objective This study was aimed at exploring the response to elbavir/glarevir antiviral therapy in patients with genotype 1b chronic hepatitis C (CHC). Methods 68 patients with genotype 1b CHC were recruited in our hospital and were divided into observation (n=34) and control (n=34) group, receiving elbavir/glarevir or ribavirin and peg-interferonα-2a combination therapy for 24 weeks. All the patients were followed-up for 24 weeks. Serum L-selectin, C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin- 6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) levels were detected by ELISA. Results The rapid virological response, early virological response, end-of-treatment response and sustained virological response in the observation group were 70.6%, 91.2%, 97.1% and 94.1%, all much higher than 41.2%, 55.9%, 64.7% and 55.9%(P<0.05) in the control; at the end of 4, 12, 24 week treatment and 24 week follow-up, serum HCV RNA loads in the observation group were (1.5±0.9)lgIU/mL,(1.6±0.7)lgIU/mL, (1.2±0.6)lgIU/mL and (1.2±0.4)lgIU/mL, significantly lower than [(4.3±0.8)lgIU/mL, (4.7±0.9)lgIU/mL, (3.2±0.5)lgIU/mL and (3.2±0.5)lgIU/mL, respectively, P<0.05] in the control; at the end of 24 week treatment, serum L-selectin, CRP, IL-6 and TNF-α levels in the observation group were (816.3±161.4)ng/mL, (13.7±1.9)ng/L, (84.4±18.8)pg/mL and (1.2±0.3) ng/mL, all significantly lower than [(1157.4±192.3)ng/mL, (16.3±2.0)ng/L, (115.9±20.5)pg/mL and (1.6±0.3)ng/mL, respectively, P<0.05] in the control group; the white blood cell counts, platelet counts and hemoglobin level in the observation were (5.4±1.1)×109/L, (101.3±17.3)×109/L and (120.8±19.5)g/L, all significantly higher than [(3.2±0.8)×109/L, (86.9±16.6)×109/L and (101.6±16.2)g/L, respectively, P<0.05] in the control. Conclusion The application of elbavir/glarevir in the treatment of CHC patients with genotype 1b infection is efficacious, with low untoward effects, which might be related to the low body response of inflammatory reactions.

Key words: Hepatitis C, Genotype 1b, Elbavir/glarevir, Virological response, Therapy