First Online: 25 October 2016
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Available evidence suggests that HCV treatment with the new direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) should not be limited to patients with advanced liver disease.
A new literature review has provided an overview of the clinical and economic benefits of achieving SVR and to better understand the full value of chronic HCV treatment in all stages of liver disease. Overall, the review identified 354 studies involving more than 500,000 chronic HCV patients worldwide.
Evidence from 38 studies, involving 73,861 patients, showed a significant mortality benefit of achieving SVR in patients with all stages of fibrosis. Long-term studies with follow-ups of five to 12 years suggested that, particularly among non-cirrhotic patients, there was a significant decrease in mortality in SVR versus non-SVR groups.
Ninety-nine studies conducted in 235,891 chronic HCV patients in all stages of fibrosis showed that SVR reduced liver-related mortality, the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma, and decompensation.
A total of 233 studies showed that chronic HCV infection was associated with several serious extrahepatic manifestations, some of which can have high mortality. Evidence from four modeling studies showed that delaying treatment to chronic HCV patient populations could significantly increase mortality, morbidity, and medical costs.
The review concludes that there is a robust body of evidence demonstrating diverse sources of value from achieving SVR in all stages of liver disease. While access to treatment is generally limited to late-stage patients, less restrictive treatment strategies that target HCV eradication have the potential to abate the burdens of mortality, liver morbidity and extrahepatic manifestations, and the associated healthcare costs.
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Reference
Nuño Solinís R, Arratibel Ugarte P, Rojo A et al. Infect Dis Ther. 2016 Oct 25. [Epub ahead of print]
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