[Clinical value of pegylated interferon-α plus ribavirin-based therapy in antiviral treatment of chronic hepatitis C in China]

Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi. 2018 Mar 20;26(3):173-174. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1007-3418.2018.03.003.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is one of the most common causes of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in China. The older standard treatment regimen for chronic hepatitis C was the pegylated interferon-alfa plus ribavirin(PR). Now newer oral medications called direct antiviral agents (DAAs) has been gradually changed to PR-based DAAs and interferon-free, oral DAAs; making chronic hepatitis C a curable disease. This article intends to expound the advantages and disadvantages of PR-based therapy and provide reference for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C.

慢性丙型肝炎病毒感染是我国肝硬化以及肝细胞癌的病因之一。在直接抗病毒药物(DAAs)上市之前,我国慢性丙型肝炎的标准治疗方案为聚乙二醇干扰素α联合利巴韦林的PR方案。随着DAAs的不断上市,我国慢性丙型肝炎治疗已逐渐过渡为以PR为基础联合DAAs及无干扰素的全口服DAAs方案,使慢性丙型肝炎成为可治愈的疾病。现拟对以PR为基础治疗慢性丙型肝炎的优势和不足进行阐述,为我国丙型肝炎的治疗提供参考。.

Keywords: Direct-acting antiviral agents; Hepatitis C, chronic; Interferon-alpha; Ribavirin.

MeSH terms

  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use*
  • China / epidemiology
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Hepacivirus / drug effects
  • Hepacivirus / isolation & purification
  • Hepatitis C, Chronic / drug therapy*
  • Hepatitis C, Chronic / ethnology
  • Humans
  • Interferon-alpha / therapeutic use*
  • Liver Neoplasms
  • Polyethylene Glycols
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Ribavirin / therapeutic use*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Interferon-alpha
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Polyethylene Glycols
  • Ribavirin