A Review of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and the Current Management of Genotype 1 Chronic HCV Infection

ABSTRACT

Chronic Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the primary cause of cirrhosis; hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); and end- stage liver disease. The addition of protease inhibitor with peginterferon alfa and ribavirin (triple therapy) for genotype 1 infected patients; are the current standard of care.Method: Data was sourced from available journals and internet based search using pubmed; medline and google search.Results: successful Treatment of Genotype 1 HCV infected patients with protease inhibitor based triple therapy has improved sustained virologic response (SVR) rates and treatment induced clearance of HCV infection.Conclusion: significant progress in the management of chronic hepatitis C genotype 1 with the introduction of protease inhibitor (PI) in 2011 with peginterferon and ribavirin has optimized sustained virologic response (SVR)