Theme: Clinical Research Year: 2016
HCV TREATMENT INITIATION AMONG HCV INFECTED PWID IN CAPICA, A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY IN TWELVE CANADIAN CLINICAL SETTINGS
Julie Bruneau1, Brian Conway2, Curtis Cooper3, Jordan Feld4, Lucie Deshaies5, Chris Fraser6, Gisela Macphail7, Jeff Powis8, Chris Steingart9, Kris Stewart10, Rejean Thomas11, Duncan Webster12, Joseph Cox13, Janie Trepanier14, Mark McGovern14, Martine Drolet14
1CRCHUM, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada 2Vancouver ID Research & Care Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada 3The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada 4Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada 5Clinique Medicale Lauberiviere, Quebec, QC, Canada 6Cool Aid Community Health Center, Victoria, BC, Canada 7Calgary Urban Project Society (CUPS), Calgary, AB, Canada 8Toronto Community Hep C Program, Toronto, ON, Canada 9Sanguen Health Center, Waterloo, ON, Canada 10Saskatoon Infectious Disease Care Network, Saskatoon, SK, Canada 11Clinique Médicale l’Actuel, Montreal, QC, Canada 12Dalhousie University, Saint John, NB, Canada 13McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada 14Merck Canada Inc., Kirkland, QC, Canada
Background: Current hepatitis C (HCV) treatment uptake in people who inject drugs (PWIDs) is low. The advent of shorter and more tolerable regimens has the potential to lower the barriers to treatments. This observational study aimed at describing HCV disease in PWIDs currently followed in various settings across Canada. The association of HCV treatment initiation with or without new direct acting antivirals (DAAs) was examined.
Methods: A multicenter, retrospective, database/chart review was performed in twelve academic and community health centres across Canada. Patients receiving medical care, infected with HCV (HIV-negative) and a history of injection drug use in the past year (2014-2015) were included. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were used to examine associations between treatment initiation and associated factors.
Results: Of 423 participants, 74.2% were male, 64.8% Caucasian, with a median age of 42 (18-69) years. Overall, 71 (16.8%) have initiated HCV treatment, 30 (42.3%) with all-oral DAAs and 39 (54.9%) with PegIFN-containing regimens. Factors positively associated with treatment initiation included increasing age (p<0.001), a fibrosis score of F2+ vs. F0-F1 (OR = 3.92 [1.85, 8.29]); not injecting on a daily basis (OR: 2.81 [1.41, 5.60]). Moderate drinking, defined as 10 drinks or less for female and 15 or less for male per week, was positively associated with treatment initiation (OR = 3.71 [2.05, 6.69]) relative to all other drinking patterns (heavy, none or unknown); both among females (OR = 5.96 [1.50, 23.69]) and among males (OR = 3.31 [1.71, 6.41]). No differences were observed in the demographics between treatment initiations on all-oral DAAs vs. PegIFN containing regimens. Conclusions: Injection and alcohol use patterns were associated with treatment initiation among PWIDs in Canada. A better understanding of the factors leading to HCV treatment is paramount to develop and adapt targeted interventions. ‘The CAPICA study was sponsored and funded by Merck Canada Inc.’
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