RODRIGO MARTINS ABREU
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LIM/07 - Laboratório de Gastroenterologia Clínica e Experimental, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- Assessment of Adherence to Prescribed Therapy in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B(2016) ABREU, Rodrigo Martins; FERREIRA, Camila da Silva; FERREIRA, Aline Siqueira; REMOR, Eduardo; NASSER, Paulo Dominguez; CARRILHO, Flair Jose; ONO, Suzane KiokoEvidence shows that treatment for hepatitis B virus (HBV) can suppress viral load. Among the factors directly linked to therapeutic success is adherence to the treatment. Several instruments to assess adherence are available, but they are not validated for use in chronic hepatitis B. The purpose of this paper was to adapt and validate the ""Assessment of Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Questionnaire-HIV"" (CEAT-VIH) for patients with chronic hepatitis B (referred to herein as CEAT-HBV). The validity of the adapted questionnaire evidence was established through concurrent, criterion, and construct validities. We found negative and significant correlation between the domain ""degree of compliance to antiviral therapy"" assessed by CEAT-HBV and the Morisky test (r = -0.62, P < 0.001) and between the domain ""barriers to adherence"" and HBV viral load (r = -0.42, P < 0.001). In terms of the construct's discriminative capacity, scores greater than or equal to 80 detected antiviral therapy success, which are necessary for the prediction of an undetectable HBV viral load. Thus, a cutoff value of 80.5 was set with a value of 81% for sensitivity and 67% for specificity. The CEAT-HBV identified 43% (n = 79) non-adherent patients and was shown to be a useful tool in clinical practice.
- UGT1A1*28 relationship with abnormal total bilirubin levels in chronic hepatitis C patients Outcomes from a case-control study(2017) SOUZA, Marcelo Moreira Tavares de; VAISBERG, Victor Van; ABREU, Rodrigo Martins; FERREIRA, Aline Siqueira; DASILVAFERREIRA, Camila; NASSER, Paulo Dominguez; PASCHOALE, Helena Scavone; CARRILHO, Flair Jose; ONO, Suzane KiokoGilbert syndrome (GS) is a frequent benign clinical condition, marked by intermittent unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia, mostly due to the polymorphism uridine diphosphate-glucuronosyltransferase 1A1* 28 (UGT1A1* 28). Hyperbilirubinemia has been reported in a GS patient undergoing hepatitis C treatment, and other UGT isoforms polymorphisms have been linked to worse outcomes in viral hepatitis. Yet, little is known to GS contributions' to the liver disease scenario. Our aim was to assess UGT1A1 genotypes' frequency in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients and correlate with total bilirubin (TB). This is a case-control study in a large tertiary medical center. Cases were CHC patients confirmed by hepatitis C virus (HCV)-polymerase chain reaction. Exclusion criteria were hepatitis B virus or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection. Control were healthy blood donors. UGT1A1 promoter region gene genotyping was performed, and bilirubin serum levels were available for HCV patients. Genotypes and alleles frequencies were similar in case (n= 585; P= 0.101) and control groups (n= 313; P= 0.795). Total bilirubin increase was noticed according to thymine-adenine repeats in genotypes (P < 0.001), and the TB greater than 1mg/dL group had more UGT1A1* 28 subjects than in the group with TB values < 1mg/dL (18.3 vs 5.3; P < 0.001). Bilirubin levels are linked to the studied polymorphisms, and this is the first time that these findings are reported in a chronic liver disease sample. Among patients with increased TB levels, the frequency of UGT1A1* 28 is higher than those with normal TB. Personalized care should be considered to GS, regarding either abnormal bilirubin levels or drug metabolism.
- A Fast and Cost-Effective Method for Identifying a Polymorphism of Interleukin 28B Related to Hepatitis C(2013) FERREIRA, Camila da Silva; ABREU, Rodrigo Martins; SILVA, Marlone Cunha da; FERREIRA, Aline Siqueira; NASSER, Paulo Dominguez; CARRILHO, Flair Jose; ONO, Suzane KiokoApproximately 170 million people are chronic carriers of hepatitis C virus (HCV). Patients with chronic hepatitis C are currently treated with pegylated interferon and ribavirin (PEG-IFN/RBV). A genome-wide association with PEG-IFN/RBV treatment response and a single nucleotide polymorphism (rs12979860) has been identified near the interleukin 28B gene that encodes interferon-lambda-3. In this paper, we describe an innovative, fast, and low-cost multiplex polymerase chain reaction with confronting two-pair primers that detects the rs12979860 polymorphism. The assay is internally controlled and does not require the use of restriction endonucleases or special equipment. Moreover, the assay decreases costs, being about 40% cheaper than direct sequencing methods.