Consensus on management of hepatitis C virus infection in resource-limited Ukraine and Commonwealth of Independent States regions

Table 1 Definitions of the grading of the recommendations

Grading	Definition
Preferred	Treatment can be used in most patients and recommendation is based on optimal efficacy, favorable tolerability, toxicity profiles, treatment duration, and pill burden
Alternative	Treatment can be the one that is effective but with potential disadvantages/limitations in certain patient populations or with less supporting data as compared with the recommended regimens; in certain situations, an alternative regimen may be an optimal regimen for a specific patient population
Not recommended	Treatment is clearly inferior compared with the recommended or alternative regimens because of factors such as lower efficacy, unfavorable tolerability, toxicity, longer duration, and/or higher pill burden. Unless otherwise indicated, such regimens should not be administered in HCV-infected patients

HCV: Hepatitis C virus.