Is this considered RVR ?

[Finisher]

Hi all..I am now 7 weeks into tx..and.I Just got my bood work results this morning after 4 weeks of treatment. My virus count to start was 4.66 x 10(6) or 4,660,000 copies and @ 4 weeks of treatment my results are 1.15 x 10(4) or 11,500 copies could someone tell me if this is considered to Rapid Virological Response....G type 2 my alt went from 117 @ first day of treatment to 81 @ 2 weeks in then 34 @ 4 weeks of treatment..thanks for any info!

[willbb]

Hi there.  To be considered an RVR responder you would have had to have been Undetected at your 4Wk.Viral load test.

You have still had a good response (>2.5logs) and the next important VL test will be at week 12 as you can see  in the info. below
I have linked the entire article if you are intested in going over it.
Good luck and welcome to the group..
Will

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1478-3231.2011.02710.x/full

In a meta-analysis evaluating customized treatment of patients with HCV-2 and -3 in four studies, including 957 patients for whom separate data are available for both genotypes, we showed that SVR rates in HCV-3 patients with RVR were similar to those of HCV-2 patients [20]. The difference between the two genotypes is the probability of SVR in patients without RVR. In the absence of RVR [20], EASL guidelines advise 24 or 48 weeks of treatment depending on whether the patient is HCV RNA-negative or if there is a greater than 2 log10 decline in HCV RNA at week 12 respectively. However, the recommended schedule for HCV-2 and HCV-3 patients is the same [

[1oftheclub222]

this is the link to the acronyms used here, it explains RVR, EVR, SVR etc....


http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Hepatitis/Hepatitis-C-Acronyms-Abbreviations/show/3?cid=64.

Hope this helps!