PELLICELLI , Adriano

Background: Triple therapy with telaprevir/boceprevir + pegylated-interferon + ribavirin can achieve excellent antiviral efficacy, but it can be burdened with resistance development at failure. Aims: To evaluate kinetics of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA decay and early resistance development, in order to promptly identify patients at highest risk...

Obeticholic acid (OCA) has recently been restricted in patients with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) with "advanced cirrhosis" because of its narrow therapeutic index. We aimed at better defining the predicting factors of hepatic serious adverse events (SAEs) and non-response in cirrhotic patients undergoing OCA therapy.