Volume 55, Issue 6 , Pages 1187-1194, December 2011
Pierre Deltenre, Alexandre Louvet, Maud Lemoine, Abbas Mourad, Laetitia Fartoux, Christophe Moreno, Jean Henrion, Philippe Mathurin, Lawrence Serfaty
Received 28 December 2010; received in revised form 16 February 2011; accepted 3 March 2011. published online 13 April 2011.
Abstract
Background & Aims
Recent studies suggested that SVR rates might be lower in HCV patients with insulin resistance (IR) than in patients without IR, but the extent of the impact of IR on treatment response has not been established. We aimed to confirm the role of IR assessed by the homoeostasis model assessment (HOMA-IR) on SVR and to determine its magnitude.
Methods
We performed meta-analysis of studies evaluating the impact of IR in HCV patients treated with pegylated interferon and ribavirin.
Results
Fourteen studies involving 2732 patients were included. SVR was less frequent in patients with IR than in patients without IR (mean difference: −19.6%, 95% CI: −29.9% to −9.4%, p
<0.001). In sensitivity analyses according to HCV-1 patients, patients with IR also less frequently attained a SVR than patients without IR (mean difference: −13.0%, 95% CI: −22.6% to −3.4%, p=0.008). In addition, the baseline HOMA-IR index was lower in responders than in non-responders (mean difference: −0.92, 95% CI: −1.53 to −0.32, p<0.001). In sensitivity analyses restricted to HCV-1 patients, the baseline HOMA-IR index remained lower in responders than in non-responders (mean difference: −0.63, 95% CI: −1.13 to −0.14, p<0.001).Conclusions
HCV patients with IR have a 20% lower SVR than patients without IR. The baseline HOMA-IR index is a major determinant of SVR.
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