Sustained virologic response: Is this equivalent to cure of chronic hepatitis C?

Sustained virologic response among Latino veterans; does it represent the cure of chronic hepatitis C infection?

OBJECTIVE Short-term benefits of achieving sustained virologic response (SVR) to treatment for hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) have been well established. However long-term data on benefits of achieving SVR has just begun to emerge. The purpose of this study was to determine whether SVR truly represents long- term viral eradication in a Latino veteran population and document clinical and bioc...

Durability of Sustained Virologic Response in Chronic Hepatitis C

BACKGROUND/AIMS The aim of this study is to investigate the rate of sustained virologic response (SVR) in chronic hepatitis C patients receiving antiviral treatment. METHODS The files of patients with chronic hepatitis C treated with interferon±ribavirin between 1995 and 2009 were reviewed retrospectively. Six months after the end of treatment, patients with negative hepatitis C virus (HCV)-R...

Sustained virologic response to antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus infection: a cure and so much more.

Sustained virologic response (SVR) is defined as aviremia 24 weeks after completion of antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. In analyses of SVR durability, the incidence of late relapse is extremely low (<1%). Histologic regression of both necroinflammation and fibrosis has been demonstrated in paired liver biopsy samples in SVR-achieving patients. More noteworthy is ...

Long-term follow-up of patients with chronic hepatitis C with sustained virologic response to interferon.

BACKGROUND AND AIM The durability of the sustained virologic response (SVR) in patients with chronic hepatitis C after treatment and the ideal follow-up time for these patients remains undefined. The objective of the study was to evaluate the durability of the virologic response in patients with chronic hepatitis C followed up for at least 12 months after SVR at HCFMRP-USP. METHODS The study ...

the correlation of il28b genotype with sustained virologic response in romanian patients with chronic hepatitis c