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. 2017 Nov 24;67(2):505–513. doi: 10.1002/hep.29510

Table 1.

Baseline Demographics and Disease Characteristics of GT2 HCV‐Infected Patients Without Cirrhosis Enrolled in Arms A and B of CERTAIN‐2 and GT2 HCV‐Infected Patients With Compensated Cirrhosis Enrolled in Arm C of CERTAIN‐1 Substudy 2

Characteristic CERTAIN‐2
Without Cirrhosis
CERTAIN‐1 Substudy 2
Compensated Cirrhosis
Arm A
G/P
8 weeks
(n = 90)
Arm B
SOF + RBV
12 weeks
(n = 46)
Arm C
G/P
12 weeks
(n = 18)
Female, n (%) 48 (53) 25 (54) 11 (61)
Age, median (range), years 57 (26‐83) 58 (21‐84) 70 (49‐85)
Age, n (%)
≥65 29 (32) 17 (37) 13 (72)
≥75 10 (11) 8 (17) 6 (33)
BMI, mean ± SD (kg/m2) 22.9 ± 3.3 23.0 ± 4.2a 22.2 ± 3.5
IL28B non‐CC genotype, n (%) 23 (26) 9 (20) 3 (17)
Treatment‐experienced (IFN‐based with or without RBV), n (%) 15 (17) 8 (17) 7 (39)
HCV subtypeb
2a, n (%) 65 (72) 30 (65) 10 (56)
2b, n (%) 25 (28) 16 (35) 8 (44)
HCV RNA, mean ± SD, log10 IU/mL 6.0 ± 0.8 6.1 ± 0.8 5.3 ± 1.0
FIB‐4 index, median (range) 1.6 (0.6‐7.7) 2.1 (0.6‐7.3) 5.1 (1.6‐17.0)
Proton pump inhibitor use, n (%) 12 (13) 2 (4) 7 (39)
Liver protectant use, n (%) 15 (17) 12 (26) 10 (56)
Calcium channel blockers use, n (%) 23 (26) 11 (24) 6 (33)
a

n = 45.

b

HCV subtype determined by phylogenetic analysis of baseline NS3/4A and/or NS5A sequence.

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; IL28B, interleukin 28B; SD, standard deviation.