| Literature DB >> 25641426 |
R B Perumpail1, R J Wong, L D Ha, E A Pham, U Wang, H Luong, R Kumari, T J Daugherty, J P Higgins, Z M Younossi, W R Kim, J S Glenn, A Ahmed.
Abstract
We report safety, tolerability, and 12-week sustained virologic response with half-standard dose sofosbuvir and standard-dose simeprevir combination therapy in a hepatitis C virus genotype 1a-infected liver transplant recipient on hemodialysis - uncharted territory for sofosbuvir-based therapy. The patient was a non-responder to prior treatment with pegylated interferon plus ribavirin. Sofosbuvir efficacy was maintained despite pill-splitting and administration of half-standard dose, 200 mg per day. No drug-drug interactions were noted with tacrolimus-based immunosuppression. Laboratory tests remained stable or improved during therapy. Our observation, if reproduced in a larger study, may lead to significant improvement in clinical outcomes and cost savings in this patient population.Entities:
Keywords: direct-acting antivirals; hemodialysis; hepatitis C virus; liver transplantation; simeprevir; sofosbuvir
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25641426 DOI: 10.1111/tid.12348
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Transpl Infect Dis ISSN: 1398-2273 Impact factor: 2.228