Randomized controlled study of consensus interferon therapy for chronic hepatitis C with or without superinfection of TTV and its relationship with serum HCV loading
hAO Lianjie,SHEN Hanxin,ZHAO Xiping,et al.
(Clinical Im-munology Research Unit,Department of Infectious Diseases,Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical University,Wuhan 430030)
Abstract:Objective Evaluate the efficacy of consensus interferon(CIFN) therapy for chronic hepatitis C (CHC) and CHC superinfected with TT virus(TTV).Methods 29 subjects with CHC were randomized to receive CIFN 15μg (group a,n=8),CIFN 9μg (group B,n=10),and interferon-α 2a 3MU (group C,control,n=11) subcutaneously,3 times a week for 24 week followed by an other 24 weeks posttreatment observation,respectively.The end of treatment response(ETR) and end of follow-up response (sustained response,SR) were evaluated based on the serum ALT normalization and seronegative of HCV RNA.TTV infection in the patients was retrospectively analyzed with nested PCR detection of TTV DNA in serum.Re-suits The ALT and HCV RNA response rate in group A and B at the end of therapy as well as the end 24 weeks follow-up were greater than that in control gourp (group C),but without statistic significance.When compared the efficacy of CIFN treatment group with iFN-α 2a group,it was found that the SR rate in CIFN group was significantly higher than that in group C.There was no significant difference of the response in 9 and 15μg CIFN groups.The better response to CIFN therapy was observed in patients with higher serum HCV loading before treatment then the group of iFN-α 2a.TTV DNA was detected in 8 subjects from the 22 cases (36.4%).No obvious difference of the response to IFN was observed in the patients with and without TTV superinfection.Among 8 cases with TTV superinfection,6 had sustained serum negative of TTV DNA after therapy with CIFN.Conclusion CIFN is benificial for patients with CHC.TTV superinfection has no obvious influence on the response to IFN therapy in patients with CHC,and TTV seems to be sensitive to cIFN.
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收稿日期:1999-12-20
