HCV Related Liver Cirrhosis Direct Acting Antiviral Drugs Clinical Trial
Official title:
Quality of Life in Patients With HCV Related Liver Cirrhosis Before and After Direct Acting Antiviral Drugs
To evaluate the effects of DAAs on HRQL in patients with liver cirrhosis secondary to chronic HCV infection
Hepatitis C has been associated with substantial resource utilization as a result of its
effect on the liver as well as other organ systems (the extrahepatic manifestations of HCV).
It has been widely reported to have a profound negative impact on patient's health-related
quality of life (HRQL).
The reduction of HRQL is probably also due to physical and psychiatric symptoms as a direct
consequence of this chronic infection and its sequelae (such as cirrhosis). The chronic
inflammation is believed to signal the brain and to give rise to neurovegetative symptoms
(e.g. malaise and fatigue) and to amongst others depression and concentration difficulties.
Possibly, also the brain itself is infected by HCV . The Egyptian government introduced
Sofosbuvir as the first DAAs into Egypt through the government funded National Treatment
Program. These agents are highly efficacious with significantly fewer side effects .
To date, there is only one study reported about how Egyptian HCV patients receiving the new
DAAs perceive their HRQL. This study is first one to be done in Upper Egypt to assess
health-related quality of life of HCV patients receiving direct acting antivirals (DAAs)
therapy prior and at the end of therapy
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