Insights on the Russian HCV care cascade: minimal HCV treatment for HIV/HCV co-infected PWID in St. Petersburg

Table 3 HCV Treatment among HCV/HIV-co-infected Russian PWID in LINC (n = 345) and Russia ARCH (n = 201)

	LINC		Russia ARCH		Total
Category	No.	(%)	No.	(%)	No.	(%)
HCV treatment status
Current HCV treatment	3	0.9	1	0.5	4	0.7
Past HCV treatment	5	1.4	9	4.5	14	2.6
Never treated	336	97.4	191	95.0	527	96.5
Refused to answer	1	0.3	0	0.0	1	0.2
Time of HCV treatment initiation	n = 8
≤ 6 months	1	12.5
≥ 12 months	7	87.5
Was SVR achieved			n = 10
Yes			5	50.0
No			2	20.0
Don’t know			3	30.0

Abbreviations: HCV hepatitis C virus, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, PWID people who inject drugs, SVR sustained virologic response