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Ann Hepatol ; 16(6): 874-880, 2017.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29055923

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INTRODUCTION: Many of the 300,000 HCV-infected Canadians live in under-served and remote areas without access to HCV healthcare specialists. Telemedicine (TM) and advances in HCV management can facilitate linkage of these marginalized patients to healthcare. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cohort database analysis was performed on patients followed at The Ottawa Hospital and Regional Viral Hepatitis Program between January 2012 and August 2016. We compared patient characteristics, fibrosis work-up and antiviral treatment outcomes in TM (n = 157) and non-TM (n = 1,130) patients (The Ottawa Hospital Viral Hepatitis Outpatient Clinic) residing in Eastern Ontario. RESULTS: TM patients were more often infected with genotype 3 (25.9% vs. 16.4%), were more commonly Indigenous (7.0% vs. 2.2%) had a history of injection drug use (70.1% vs. 54.9%) and incarceration (46.5% vs 35.5%). Groups were comparable in age (48.9 years), gender (63.7% male) and cirrhotic stage (24.0%). 59.2% of TM patients underwent transient elastography during regional outreach blitzes compared to 61.8% of non-TM patients (p = 0.54). Overall, half as many TM patients initiated antiviral therapy as non-TM patients (27.4% vs. 53.8%, p < 0.001). The introduction of DAA regimens is bridging this gap (22.2% of TM patients vs. 34.3% of non-TM patients). SVR rates with interferon-free, DAA regimens were 94.7% and 94.8% in TM and non-TM groups (p = 0.99). CONCLUSION: Our TM program engages and retains a population that faces many barriers to effective HCV treatment. TM patients initiated HCV therapy and achieved High SVR rates comparable to those obtained using traditional models of care.


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Antivirais/uso terapêutico , Hepacivirus/efeitos dos fármacos , Hepatite C Crônica/tratamento farmacológico , Telemedicina/métodos , Adulto , Bases de Dados Factuais , Feminino , Genótipo , Acessibilidade aos Serviços de Saúde , Hepacivirus/genética , Hepatite C Crônica/diagnóstico , Hepatite C Crônica/etnologia , Humanos , Cirrose Hepática/etnologia , Cirrose Hepática/virologia , Masculino , Adesão à Medicação , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Ontário/epidemiologia , Prisioneiros , Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde , Fatores de Risco , Abuso de Substâncias por Via Intravenosa/etnologia , Fatores de Tempo , Resultado do Tratamento
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Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36338186

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Background: Rurally located individuals living with hepatitis C virus (HCV) face barriers to engagement and retention in care. Telemedicine technologies coupled with highly curative direct acting antiviral (DAA) treatments may increase accessibility to HCV care while achieving high sustained virologic response (SVR) rates. We compared clinical and socio-economic characteristics, SVR, and loss to follow-up among telemedicine (TM), mixed delivery (MD), and outpatient clinic (OPC) patients receiving care through The Ottawa Hospital Viral Hepatitis Program (TOHVHP). Methods: TOHVHP clinical database was used to evaluate patients engaging HCV care between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2016. SVR rates by HCV care delivery method (TM versus OPC versus MD) were calculated. Results: Analysis included 1,454 patients who engaged with TOHVHP at least once. Patients were aged almost 50 years on average and were predominately male and Caucasian. A greater proportion of TM patients were rurally based, were Indigenous, had a history of substance use, and had previously been incarcerated. Per-protocol DAA SVR rates for TM, OPC, and MD patients were 100% (26/26), 93% (440/472), and 94% (44/47), respectively. Loss-to-follow-up rates for HCV-treated TM and MD patients were higher (27% [10/37], 95% CI 0.58 to 0.88, and 11% [7/62], 95% CI 0.81 to 0.97, respectively) than for those followed exclusively in the OPC (5% [39/800], 95% CI 0.94 to 0.97). Conclusions: TM can successfully engage, retain, and cure rurally based HCV patients facing barriers to care. Strategies to improve TM retention of patients initiating HCV antiviral treatment are key to optimizing the impact of this model of care.


Historique: Les personnes atteintes du virus de l'hépatite C (VHC) qui habitent en milieu rural affrontent des obstacles à l'obtention et à la rétention des soins. Les technologies de télémédecine, couplées à des traitements antiviraux à action directe (AAD) hautement curatifs, peuvent accroître l'accessibilité aux soins du VHC tout en obtenant des taux élevés de réponse virologique soutenue (RVS). Les auteurs ont comparé les caractéristiques cliniques et socioéconomiques, la RVS et la perte au suivi des patients en télémédecine (TM), en prestation mixte (PM) et en clinique ambulatoire (CA) suivis par le Programme de lutte contre l'hépatite virale de l'Hôpital d'Ottawa (PLHVHO). Méthodologie: Les chercheurs ont utilisé la base de données clinique du PLHVHO pour évaluer les patients qui ont participé aux soins du VHC entre le 1er janvier 2012 et le 31 décembre 2016. Ils ont calculé le taux de RVS en fonction de la méthode de prestation des soins du VHC (TM, CA ou PM). Résultats: L'analyse incluait 1 454 patients qui ont participé au moins une fois au PLHVHO. Les patients, âgés en moyenne de près de 50 ans, étaient majoritairement blancs et de sexe masculin. Une plus forte proportion de patients en TM habitait en milieu rural, était d'origine autochtone, avait déjà consommé des substances psychoactives et avait déjà été détenue. Le taux de RVS aux AAD chez les patients en TM, en CA et en PM s'élevait à 100 % (26 sur 26), à 93 % (440 sur 472) et à 94 % (44 sur 47), respectivement. Le taux de perte au suivi des patients atteints du VHC était plus élevé en TM et en PM (27 % [dix sur 37], IC à 95 %, 0,58 à 0,88, et 11 % [sept sur 62], IC à 95 %, 0,81 à 0,97, respectivement) que chez ceux qui étaient suivis exclusivement en CA (5 % [39 sur 800], IC à 95 %, 0,94 à 0,97). Conclusions: La TM peut réussir à faire participer, retenir et guérir les patients atteints d'un VHC qui habitent en milieu rural et affrontent des obstacles à l'obtention des soins. Il est essentiel d'établir des stratégies pour améliorer la rétention des patients en TM qui entreprennent un traitement antiviral contre le VHC pour optimiser les répercussions de ce modèle de soins.

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