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Table 4 Treatment uptake as defined by percentage of eligible study participants who received treatment, with eligibility for treatment determined by hepatitis C RNA-positive status and other criteria

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)

Defossez et al, 2008

24% (13/55)1

NA

Grando-Lemaire et al, 2002

58% (27/47)

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

As-treated: 33% (5/15)

Jack et al, 2009

70% (30/43)

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

As-treated: 77% (13/17)

Jowett et al, 2000

50% (50/100)

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

Kristensen et al, 2009

33% (6/9)

NA

Lindenburg et al, 2011

76% (58/76)

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

As-treated: 77% (37/48)

  1. 1. Study population represents study cohorts from a cross-sectional survey carried out at three time points: 1997 (N=26), 2000 (N=11) and 2003 (N=18).