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Publication : Gut

Safety and efficacy of interferon-ribavirin combination therapy in HCV-HIV coinfected subjects: an early report

Scientific Fields
Diseases
Organisms
Applications
Technique

Published in Gut - 01 Nov 2000

Zylberberg H, Benhamou Y, Lagneaux JL, Landau A, Chaix ML, Fontaine H, Bochet M, Poynard T, Katlama C, Pialoux G, Bréchot C, Pol S

Link to Pubmed [PMID] – 11034587

Gut 2000 Nov;47(5):694-7

BACKGROUND: More severe liver disease together with a poor response rate to alpha interferon argue for the use of more potent anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapies in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-HCV coinfected patients, but the efficacy and safety of interferon-ribavirin combination therapy in HIV infected subjects are unknown.

AIM: To retrospectively evaluate the efficacy and safety of anti-HCV combination therapy in 21 HCV-HIV coinfected patients receiving antiretroviral therapy, and to access the clinical relevance of in vitro inhibition of phosphorylation by ribavirin of potent inhibitors of HIV-that is, zidovudine, stavudine, and zalcitabine.

PATIENTS: Twenty one patients were treated with combined antiretroviral therapy including zidovudine (n=8) or stavudine (n=13) (in association with protease inhibitors in 12). All received ribavirin (1000 or 1200 mg/day) and alpha interferon (3 MU three times/week) for chronic hepatitis C infection. All patients had not responded (n=20) or relapsed (n=1) after a previous six month course of alpha interferon therapy.

METHODS: HIV viral load (Monitor test) and CD4 cells count were measured at the beginning and every three months during and after ribavirin plus alpha interferon therapy over a mean period of 11 (1) months. Clinical and biological adverse effects were recorded.

RESULTS: There was no significant variation in HIV viral load or CD4 cell counts after three or six months of ribavirin therapy compared with baseline values. Of the 21 subjects, three (14%) had an increase in HIV viral load of more than 0.5 log leading to discontinuation of ribavirin in one. Eleven of 21 (52.4%) had initial negative HCV viraemia at three (n=10) or six (n=1) months but only six were polymerase chain reaction negative at the end of therapy, leading to rates for primary response and breakthrough of 23.8% and 28.5%, respectively. Six months after completion of therapy, three patients relapsed (14. 3%) and three (14.3%) had sustained virological response. Median haemoglobin concentration decreased significantly after three and six months of ribavirin therapy (p= 0.0002 and p=0.0003, respectively) leading to withdrawal of therapy in one patient.

CONCLUSIONS: These preliminary results show that: (1) despite in vitro interactions between ribavirin, zidovudine, and stavudine, significant variation in HIV replication does not usually occur in HCV-HIV coinfected patients receiving ribavirin and different antiretroviral regimens, including zidovudine and stavudine; (2) alpha interferon and ribavirin combination therapy induced primary and sustained virological responses in 28.5% and 14.3% of treated subjects (who were previous non-responders to interferon therapy), respectively; (3) anaemia is a frequent adverse event. Such results should be confirmed in larger prospective trials.