Retrospective-prospective study of safety and efficacy of sofosbuvir-based direct-acting antivirals in HIV/HCV-coinfected participants with decompensated liver disease pre- or post-liver transplant.

ABSTRACT: Direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy has transformed the management of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C (HCV) coinfected patients with advanced liver disease. STOP-Coinfection was a multicenter prospective and retrospective, open-label study using sofosbuvir-based DAA therapy to treat HIV/HCV-coinfected participants pre- or post-liver transplant (LT). Sixty-eight participants with end-stage liver disease (Child-Turcotte-Pugh score ≥7 and Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score 6-29) were enrolled, 26 had hepatocellular carcinoma. Forty-two participants were treated pre-LT and 26 post-LT. All participants completed therapy without need for dose reduction or transfusion; eight required two or more courses of therapy. Ninety-three percent achieved a sustained virologic resp

SUBMITTER: Peters MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8096639 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature