Research Article

Comparative Antiviral Efficacy of Generic Sofosbuvir versus Brand Name Sofosbuvir with Ribavirin for the Treatment of Hepatitis C

Table 2

Virologic response by patient subgroups.

Patient groupN (%)P (generic versus SOVALDI)
Generic sofosbuvirSOVALDI
All patientsPatients with SVR dataAll patients
Patients with SVR data All patientsPatients with SVR data

Overall SVRN=29N=25N=37N=31
21 (72.4)21 (84)28 (75.7)28 (90.3)0.780.69

Excluding decompensated cirrhoticsN=24N=21N=22N=20
18 (75)18 (85.7)20 (90.9)20 (100)0.250.23

Genotype 3N=26N=23N=23N=17
19 (73.1)19 (82.6)14 (60.9)14 (82.4)0.541.0

Compensated cirrhoticsN=15N=13N=10N=9
10 (66.7)10 (76.9)9 (90)9 (100)0.340.24

Treatment experiencedN=5N=5N=8N=51.00.44
3 (60)3 (60)5 (62.5)5 (100)

SVR: sustained virologic response.