Journal
TRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL
Volume 28, Issue 11, Pages 1345-1349Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/tri.12622
Keywords
hepatitis C treatment; cirrhosis; kidney transplant
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- Janssen
- Abbvie
- Gilead
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Hepatitis C positive kidney transplant (KT) recipients are a difficult-to-treat subpopulation. Interferon-based therapies are contraindicated (or at least not used) in KT patients, due to the risk of allograft rejection, its poor tolerability and the low rates of sustained virological response (SVR) achieved with these therapies. Nevertheless, the use of direct-acting antiviral drugs (DAAs) will certainly provide new opportunities for hepatitis C treatment in the KT setting. Here, we report the case of a KT recipient with decompensated cirrhosis who received antiviral therapy with sofosbuvir, simeprevir, and ribavirin during 24weeks while awaiting liver transplantation. Hepatitis C was eradicated, and the patient was removed from the transplant list. Although there is no safety and efficacy data regarding the use of DAAs in the KT setting, this case suggests that KT recipients may benefit from the use of new antiviral drugs with high SVR rates and an excellent safety profile.
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