Table IV.
Parameter | 8 weeks no RBV n = 238 | 12 weeks no RBV n = 362 | 12 weeks + RBV n = 79 |
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Treatment course, n (%): | |||
Therapy discontinuation | 0 | 2 (0.6) | 1 (1.3) |
Therapy modification | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.3) | 5 (6.3) |
Patients with at least one AE, n (%) | 7 (3) | 52 (14.4) | 32 (40.5)# |
Serious adverse events* | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Most common AEs (> 2%), n (%): | |||
Weakness/fatigue | 1 (0.4) | 16 (4.4) | 14 (17.7)# |
Sleep disorder: | 0 | 5 (1.4) | 2 (2.5) |
Headache | 2 (0.8) | 10 (2.8) | 3 (4) |
Anemia | 0 | 2 (0.5) | 6 (8) |
Death in treatment course** | 2 | 0 | 0 |
p < 0.001 vs. LDV/SOF without RBV.
Stomach cancer, stroke.
Not related to antiviral therapy: after bone-marrow transplantation in patient with aplastic anemia, unknown reason.
RBV – ribavirin, AE – adverse event.