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In a Real-Life Setting, Direct-Acting Antivirals to People Who Inject Drugs with Chronic Hepatitis C in Turkey

Figen Sarıgül Yıldırım 1 , Ülkü Üser 1 , Nagehan Didem Sarı 2 , Behice Kurtaran 3 , Yusuf Önlen 4 , Ebubekir Şenateş 5 , Alper Gündüz 6 , Esra Zerdali 2 , Hasan Karsen 7 , Ayşe Batırel 8 , Rıdvan Karaali 9 , Rahmet Güner 10 , Tansu Yamazhan 11 , Şükran Köse 12 , Nurettin Erben 13 , Nevin İnce 14 , İftihar Köksal 15 , Nefise Çuvalcı Öztoprak 1 , Gülşen Yörük 16 , Süheyla Kömür 3 , Tayibe Bal 5 , Sibel Kaya 17 , İlkay Bozkurt 18 , Özgür Günal 19 , İlknur Esen Yıldız 20 , Dilara İnan 21 , Şener Barut 22 , Mustafa Namıduru 23 , Selma Tosun 13 , Kamuran Türker 24 , Alper Şener 25 , Kenan Hızel 26 , Nurcan Baykam 27 , Fazilet Duygu 28 , Hürrem Bodur 29 , Güray Can 30 , Hanefi Cem Gül 31 , Ayşe Sağmak Tartar 32 , Güven Çelebi 33 , Mahmut Sünnetçioğlu 34 , Oğuz Karabay 35 , Hayat Kumbasar Karaosmanoğlu 36 , Fatma Sırmatel 37 , Fehmi Tabak 22
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Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases, Haseki Education Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Mustafa Kemal University Faculty of Medicine, Hatay, Turkey

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Department of Gastroenterology, Medeniyet University Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases, İstanbul Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Harran University Faculty of Medicine, Şanlıurfa, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases, İstanbul Doctor Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Namık Kemal University Faculty of Medicine, Tekirdağ, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases, İzmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Eskişehir, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Düzce University Medical School, Düzce, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Karadeniz Teknik University Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases, İstanbul Education Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases, Samsun Education Research Hospital, Samsun, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Training and Research Hospital, Rize, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Akdeniz University Medical School, Antalya, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Gaziosmanpaşa University Medical Faculty, Tokat, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Gaziantep University Medical Faculty, Gaziantep, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases, İstanbul Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Çanakkale 18 Mart University Faculty of Medicine, Çanakkale, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Hitit University Faculty of Medicine, Çorum, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases, Ankara Dr. Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

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Department of Gastroenterology, Bolu İzzet Baysal University Medical Faculty, Bolu, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases, Health Science University Gülhane Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Fırat University School of Medicine, Elazığ, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University Training and Research Hospital, Zonguldak, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Yüzüncü Yıl University Faculty of Medicine, Van, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital, Sakarya, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases, İstanbul Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

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Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Bolu İzzet Baysal University Medical Faculty, Bolu, Turkey

Turk J Gastroenterol 2022; 33: 971-978
DOI: 10.5152/tjg.2022.21834
Keywords : Drug therapy, drug users, hepatitis C virus
Read: 1123 Downloads: 404 Published: 01 November 2022
Volume 33, Issue 11, November 2022
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Background: People who inject drugs (PWID) should be treated in order to eliminate hepatitis C virus in the world. The aim of this study was to compare direct-acting antivirals treatment of hepatitis C virus for PWID and non-PWID in a real-life setting.

Methods: We performed a prospective, non-randomized, observational multicenter cohort study in 37 centers. All patients treated with direct-acting antivirals between April 1, 2017, and February 28, 2019, were included. In total, 2713 patients were included in the study among which 250 were PWID and 2463 were non-PWID. Besides patient characteristics, treatment response, follow-up, and side effects of treatment were also analyzed.

Results: Genotype 1a and 3 were more prevalent in PWID-infected patients (20.4% vs 9.9% and 46.8% vs 5.3%). The number of naïve patients was higher in PWID (90.7% vs 60.0%), while the number of patients with cirrhosis was higher in non-PWID (14.1% vs 3.7%). The loss of follow-up was higher in PWID (29.6% vs 13.6%). There was no difference in the sustained virologic response at 12 weeks after treatment (98.3% vs 98.4%), but the end of treatment response was lower in PWID (96.2% vs 99.0%). In addition, the rate of treatment completion was lower in PWID (74% vs 94.4%).

Conclusion: Direct-acting antivirals were safe and effective in PWID. Primary measures should be taken to prevent the loss of follow-up and poor adherence in PWID patients in order to achieve World Health Organization’s objective of eliminating viral hepatitis

Cite this article as: Sarıgül Yıldırım F, Üser Ü, Sarı ND, et al. In a real-life setting, direct-acting antivirals to people who inject drugs with chronic hepatitis C in Turkey. Turk J Gastroenterol. 2022;33(11):971-978

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