- Lin, Jennifer C;
- Habersetzer, François;
- Rodriguez-Torres, Maribel;
- Afdhal, Nezam;
- Lawitz, Eric J;
- Paulson, Matthew S;
- Zhu, Yanni;
- Subramanian, Gangadharan Mani;
- McHutchison, John G;
- Sulkowski, Mark;
- Wyles, David L;
- Schooley, Robert T
We measured interferon γ-induced protein 10 (IP-10) levels in 428 patients at baseline, week 1, and week 2 of all-oral treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. An increased baseline IP-10 level was associated with a T allele in the IL28B gene, an increased alanine aminotransferase level in treatment-naive but not experienced patients, and an increased body mass index. At week 1, the mean decline in plasma IP-10 levels was the same in treatment-naive and treatment-experienced patients (-49%), whereas during week 2 the mean decline in IP-10 levels in treatment-naive patients (-14%) was significantly larger than in treatment-experienced patients (-2%; P = .0176). IP-10 thus may be a surrogate marker of the rate of intracellular viral replication complex decay.