Attempted treatment of fulminant viral hepatitis with human fibroblast interferon
- 1 May 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Infection
- Vol. 13 (3) , 130-133
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01642872
Abstract
β-interferon was administered by intravenous infusion to 16 patients affected with fulminant hepatitis B virus infection in third or fourth-grade coma. Ten patients presented a superinfection or a co-infection due to the delta (δ)-agent. None had detectable interferon (IFN) activity before therapy was begun. Besides fever, no significant side-effects were observed during treatment. Both the IFN-treated group as well as the “historical” control group, made up of 70 cases of fulminant virus hepatitis, not treated with IFN and observed during a previous ten year-period, received supportive therapy; survival rates were similar in both groups. Furthermore, the presence or absence of the δ-agent did not appear to affect survival rates significantly. β-Interferon wurde 16 Patienten i.v. infundiert, die an einem Leberkoma dritten oder vierten Grades infolge fulminanter Hepatitis-B-Virus-Infektion litten. Zehn von ihnen wiesen eine durch δ-Agens bedingte Super- oder Koinfektion auf. Bei keinem Patienten konnte eine meßbare Interferon (IFN)-Aktivität vor Therapie-Beginn nachgewiesen werden. Außer Fieber wurden während der Behandlung keine nennenswerten Nebenwirkungen beobachtet. Die Überlebensraten waren nahezu gleich bei den mit Interferon behandelten Patienten und bei einer aus 70 Fällen von fulminanter Virus-B-Hepatitis gebildeten „historischen“ Kontrollgruppe, welche in den vorherigen zehn Jahren lediglich mit unterstützenden Maßnahmen behandelt worden war. Außerdem konnten keine statistisch signifikanten Unterschiede in der Überlebenstrate δ-positiver und δ-negativer Patienten festgestellt werden.This publication has 30 references indexed in Scilit:
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