Impact of direct-acting antivirals for HCV on mortality in a large population-based cohort study
Abstract
BACKGROUND
We evaluated the effect of sustained virologic response(SVR) from direct acting antiviral(DAA) treatments on all-cause, liver- and drug-related mortality in a population-based cohort in British Columbia(BC), Canada.
METHODS
We used data from the BC Hepatitis Testers Cohort, which includes people tested for hepatitis C virus(HCV) since 1990, linked with data on medical visits, hospitalizations, prescription drugs and mortality. We followed people who received DAAs and people who did not receive any HCV treatment to death or December 31, 2019. We used inverse probability of treatment weighting(IPTW) to balance the baseline profile of treated and untreated individuals and performed multivariable proportional hazard modeling to assess effect of DAAs on mortality.
FINDINGS
There were 10,855 people treated with DAAs (SVR: 10,426 [96%], no-SVR: 425) and 10,855 untreated individuals. Median follow-up time was 2.2 years (interquartile range: 1.3-3.6; maximum: 6.2). The all-cause mortality rate was 19.5/1000 person-years (PY) among the SVR group(deaths=552), 86.5/1000 PY among the no-SVR group (deaths=96), and 99.2/1000 PY among the untreated group (deaths=2133). In the multivariable model, SVR was associated with significant reduction in all-cause(adjusted hazard ratio[aHR]:0.19, 95%CI:0.17-0.21), liver-(subdistribution HR[asHR]:0.22, 95%CI: 0.18-0.27) and drug-related mortality(asHR: 0.26, 95%CI:0.21-0.32) compared to no-treatment. Older age and cirrhosis were associated…
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Evidence Hub reads this as a cohort study, done in people. Its evidence level is 3 of 5 (Moderate · trial / cohort / secondary analysis). Trials without a large randomized design, cohorts and secondary analyses give moderate evidence. Reported size: 10,855 participants or records.
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