4 week pcr

[coueshtr]

My only orther pcr was at DX,9-22-07.It was 980,000 ref. -50,IU/mL,,6.0 ref. -1.7 LogIU/mL.Today I got my 4 week pcr, 83 IU/mL, 1.9 Log.120mg pegintron2b,1000 riba.Type 1,55 male,doing the full 48.Does a VL of 83 at 4 weeks make me a RVR?Better odds?This is Quest Diag. from the VA.

[jmjm530]

First, congratulations, that's an excellent 4-week test. You're not undetectible, but with a three-log drop at week 4, you're certainly a rapid responder by some definitions. If possible, try and do a five or at least a six week test. Hopefully you will be undetectible on those tests. I was detectible at 4 weeks as well (around 100 I think) but non-detectible by week six.

-- Jim

[zazza]

You are not a rapid responder, but the low viral load of 83 IU/ml at week 4 indicates to me that you probably will get UND quite soon, well before week 12. Can you get your doctor to do a week 8 viral load test? The faster you get to UND, the better SVR rate you are looking at. I think it would be encouraging for you to see if you were UND already at week 8.

[ladybug52]

RVR is UND at 4 weeks. You had a fantastic log drop of over 4. If they had
used a less sensitive test, it would have shown you were UND

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/554497_7
Comparing the Italian and German studies, the rate of RVR may depend on the sensitivity of the assay used to evaluate HCV RNA disappearance at week 4.[18