Hepatitis C treatment with triple therapy in a patient with hemophilia A

• 作 者: Gurshawn Singh Reuben Sass Rayan Alamiry Nizar Zein Naim Alkhouri
• 机 构: Department of Internal Medicine,Cleveland Clinic Foundation,Cleveland,OH 44195,United States,Digesti
• 出 处: World Journal of Clinical Cases
• 发表日期: 2013年03期
• 关键词: triple ribavirin maintenance completed qualified interferon titer guided visited

We report a case of successful treatment of chronic hepatitis C infection with telaprevir-based triple therapy in a patient with hemophilia A complicated by factor Ⅷ inhibitor. A twenty-two years old male with hereditary hemophilia A and high-titer factor Ⅷ inhibitor was taking maintenance doses of recombinant factor Ⅷ. He visited our clinic for treatment of his chronic hepatitis C with the newly instituted protease inhibitor based therapy. He was diagnosed with hepatitis C genotype 1a at one year of age. He was initiated on telaprevir, ribavirin and peg-interferon for treatment of hepatitis C and qualified for response-guided therapy. He completed treatment at 24 wk with minimal adverse effects. Notably, after 4 wk of hepatitis C treatment, his factor Ⅷ inhibitor screen was negative and the dose for recombinant factor Ⅷ decreased by half of the initial dosing before he was treated for hepatitis C. We suspect that suppressing hepatitis C may help decrease factor Ⅷ inhibitor level and the need for recombinant factor Ⅷ.

We report a case of successful treatment of chronic hepatitis C infection with telaprevir-based triple therapy in a patient with hemophilia A complicated by factor Ⅷ inhibitor. A twenty-two years old male with hereditary hemophilia A and high-titer factor Ⅷ inhibitor was taking maintenance doses of recombinant factor Ⅷ. He visited our clinic for treatment of his chronic hepatitis C with the newly instituted protease inhibitor based therapy. He was diagnosed with hepatitis C genotype 1a at one year of. He was initiated on telaprevir, ribavirin and peg -interferon for treatment of hepatitis C and qualified for response-guided therapy. He completed treatment at 24 wk with minimal adverse effects. Notably, after 4 wk of hepatitis C treatment, his factor Ⅷ inhibitor screen was negative and the dose for recombinant factor Ⅷ decreased by half of the initial dosing before he was treated for hepatitis C. We suspect that emergency hepatitis C may help decrease factor Ⅷ inhibitor level and the need for recombinant factor VIII.