Patients coinfected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are at high risk of liver disease progression. We report a favorable safety profile and SVR12 rates of 96.7% among HIV/HCV coinfected patients participating in an Italian compassionate-use program of ombitasvir/ paritaprevir/ritonavir + dasabuvir (OBV/PTV/r...
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2017 (v1)PublicationUploaded on: April 14, 2023
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2017 (v1)Publication
Background: Intracellular HCV-RNA reduction is a proposed mechanism of action of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), alternative to hepatocytes elimination by pegylated-interferon plus ribavirin (PR). We modeled ALT and HCV-RNA kinetics in cirrhotic patients treated with currently-used all-DAA combinations to evaluate their mode of action and...
Uploaded on: April 14, 2023