Hepatitis C News

VIENNA — In this exclusive video from the International Liver Congress 2019, Olufunmilayo Lesi, FWACP, FMCP, from the University of Lagos in Nigeria, discusses the WHO’s goal for global elimination of viral hepatitis by the year 2030.

VIENNA — In this exclusive video from the International Liver Congress 2019, Heather Valerio, from the Kirby Institute at the University of New South Wales in Australia, provides an overview of the Enhancing Treatment of Hepatitis C in Opioid Substitution Settings Engage study of hepatitis C outcomes among people who inject drugs.

VIENNA — In this exclusive video from the International Liver Congress 2019, Marc Bulterys, MD, PhD, team leader of the Global Hepatitis Program at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, discusses the prevention, care and treatment of hepatitis B and hepatitis C among children and adolescents.

VIENNA — In the face of the remaining gaps in the hepatitis C care cascade, timely screening, monitoring and linkage to care by general practitioners coupled with early treatment by specialists could effectively reduce the hepatic and extrahepatic burden of the virus, according to a real-world analysis presented at the International Liver Congress 2019.

VIENNA — Patients with hepatitis C genotype 3 and compensated cirrhosis had higher rates of sustained virologic response after treatment with Epclusa and ribavirin than with Epclusa alone or combined Sovaldi and Daklinza with ribavirin.

VIENNA — Use of adenovirus derived from chimpanzees showed increased activity and sustainability of T cell activation in an early study of a vaccine for hepatitis C virus, according to new data presented during the International Liver Congress.

VIENNA — A real-world analysis of Mavyret for hepatitis C showed patients with key comorbidities such as psychiatric disorders and substance abuse achieved high rates of sustained virologic response with improvements in patient-reported outcomes, according to a presentation at the International Liver Congress 2019.

For the treatment of chronic hepatitis C genotype 1 through 6 infections, glecaprevir and pibrentasvir demonstrated safety and efficacy in patients with compensated liver disease, including those with chronic kidney disease stage 4 or 5, according to results pooled from nine phase 2 and 3 trials.

Hearts from donors with hepatitis C virus are safe for transplantation, and the recipients respond to HCV treatment after transplantation, according to data presented at the Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.

Results from a recent study showed that a multifaceted intervention including provider and patient education, electronic medical record-enabled best practice alert, and increased hepatitis C treatment capacity significantly increased hepatitis C screening.