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  • Title: Placebo-controlled trial of 400 mg amantadine combined with peginterferon alfa-2a and ribavirin for 48 weeks in chronic hepatitis C virus-1 infection.
    Author: von Wagner M, Hofmann WP, Teuber G, Berg T, Goeser T, Spengler U, Hinrichsen H, Weidenbach H, Gerken G, Manns M, Buggisch P, Herrmann E, Zeuzem S.
    Journal: Hepatology; 2008 Nov; 48(5):1404-11. PubMed ID: 18846541.
    Abstract:
    UNLABELLED: The impact of amantadine on virologic response rates of interferon-based treatment of chronic hepatitis C is controversial. The aim of this study was to compare virological response rates in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV)-1 infection treated with 400 mg amantadine or placebo in combination with peginterferon alfa-2a (40 kD) and ribavirin for 48 weeks. Seven hundred four previously untreated chronically HCV-1-infected patients (mean age, 46 +/- 12 years) were randomized to (A) amantadine-sulphate (400 mg/day) (n = 352) or (B) placebo (n = 352), both in combination with 180 microg peginterferon alfa-2a once weekly and ribavirin (1000-1200 mg/day) for 48 weeks. End of treatment and sustained virological response after a 24-week follow-up period were assessed by qualitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) (sensitivity, 50 IU/mL). Demographic and baseline virological parameters were similar in both treatment groups. In groups A and B, 231 of 352 patients (66%) and 256 of 352 patients (72%) achieved an end of treatment response, and 171 of 352 patients (49 %) and 186 of 352 patients (53 %) a sustained virological response, respectively. On-treatment dropout rate in the amantadine group was significantly higher than in the placebo group (32% versus 23%; P = 0.01). However, adverse events and laboratory abnormalities were similar between both groups. Per-protocol analysis revealed similar sustained virological response rates in both treatment groups (53% versus 55%). CONCLUSION: In this large placebo-controlled multicenter study, amantadine even at a dose of 400 mg/day did not improve virological response rates of peginterferon alfa-2a and ribavirin in patients with chronic genotype HCV-1 infection.
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