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Table 2 Treatment uptake as defined by percentage of hepatitis C antibody-positive study participants who received treatment

From: A systematic review of Hepatitis C virus treatment uptake among people who inject drugs in the European Region

Author, year

% treated (# treated/# of treatment candidates)

SVR (%) (# with sustained viral response/# treated)

Cournot et al, 2004

36% (81/225)

Intent-to-treat: 26% (26/99)1

Crespo et al, 2001

64% (268/416)

NA

Cullen et al, 2007

3% (3/104)

NA

Defossez et al, 2008

16% (13/84)2

NA

Grando-Lemaire et al, 2002

12% (27/225)

Intent-to-treat: 19% (5/27)

As-treated: 33% (5/15)

Jack et al, 2009

17% (30/174)

Intent-to-treat: 62% (13/21)

As-treated: 77% (13/17)

Jowett et al, 2000

20% (50/253)

Intent-to-treat: 36% (18/50)

Kristensen et al, 2009

4% (6/160)

NA

Lindenburg et al, 2011

21% (58/277)

Intent-to-treat: 65% (37/57)

As-treated: 77% (37/48)

Schulte et al, 2010

9% (26/301)

Intent-to-treat: 69% (18/26)

As-treated: 86% (18/21)

  1. 1. Calculated according to the number of treatment outcomes (N=99) rather than the number of patients (N=81)
  2. 2. Study population represents study cohorts from a cross-sectional survey carried out at three time points: 1997 (N=35), 2000 (N=19) and 2003 (N=30).