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October 2005, Vol 95, No. 10 | American Journal of Public Health 1737-1739
© 2005 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.056150

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Feasibility and Outcome of HCV Treatment in a Canadian Federal Prison Population

John Farley, MD, Shawn Vasdev, MEd, Benedikt Fischer, PhD, Emma Haydon, BSc, Jürgen Rehm, PhD and Theresa A. Farley, BA

John Farley is with the University of British Columbia and John Farley, Inc, Vancouver, British Columbia. Shawn Vasdev is with University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario. Benedikt Fischer, Emma Haydon, and Jürgen Rehm are with Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. Jürgen Rehm is also with Addiction Research Institute, Zurich, Switzerland. Theresa A. Farley is with John Farley, Inc, Vancouver.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Benedikt Fischer, PhD, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell St, Room 2035, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2S1 (e-mail: benedikt_fischer{at}camh.net).

We assessed feasibility and outcome of hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment in male correctional inmates in British Columbia, Canada. We reviewed the medical charts of 114 treated inmates; 80 had complete data for treatment outcome. Approximately 4 of 5 inmates completed treatment (78.8%); 66.3% achieved sustained virological response. Those who completed treatment, those with injection drug use as a risk factor, and those with genotypes 2 and 3 were significantly more likely to achieve sustained virological response. HCV treatment in correctional inmates is feasible and effective.






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