Global epidemiology and burden of HCV infection and HCV-related disease

AP Thrift, HB El-Serag, F Kanwal - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2017 - nature.com
Chronic HCV infection is a global health problem that affects> 184 million people worldwide.
HCV is associated with several hepatic and extrahepatic disorders, including several …

Status of direct-acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C virus infection and remaining challenges

TF Baumert, T Berg, JK Lim, DR Nelson - Gastroenterology, 2019 - Elsevier
Chronic infection with hepatitis C virus is a major cause of liver disease and hepatocellular
carcinoma worldwide. After the discovery of hepatitis C virus 3 decades ago, the …

[HTML][HTML] The American Society of Transplantation Consensus Conference on the use of hepatitis C viremic donors in solid organ transplantation

J Levitsky, RN Formica, RD Bloom, M Charlton… - American Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The availability of direct-acting antiviral agents for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV)
infection has resulted in a profound shift in the approach to the management of this infection …

Cost effectiveness of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in multiply relapsed or refractory adult large B-cell lymphoma

JK Lin, LS Muffly, MA Spinner, JI Barnes… - Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Two anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapies are approved
for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel) and tisagenlecleucel; …

[HTML][HTML] Decreases in hepatitis C testing and treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic

HW Kaufman, L Bull-Otterson, WA Meyer III… - American journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted healthcare services, reducing
opportunities to conduct routine hepatitis C virus antibody screening, clinical care, and …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges facing a rural opioid epidemic: treatment and prevention of HIV and hepatitis C

AJ Schranz, J Barrett, CB Hurt, C Malvestutto… - Current hiv/aids …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This article reviews recent epidemiologic trends in HIV and
hepatitis C virus (HCV) and strategies for treatment and prevention of these infections as …

[HTML][HTML] Transplanting hepatitis C virus–infected hearts into uninfected recipients: a single-arm trial

RC McLean, PP Reese, M Acker, P Atluri… - American Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The advent of direct-acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV) has generated
tremendous interest in transplanting organs from HCV-infected donors. We conducted a …

Direct‐acting antiviral treatment for hepatitis C virus infection and risk of incident liver cancer: a retrospective cohort study

AW Singer, KR Reddy, LE Telep… - Alimentary …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Eradication of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection via interferon‐based treatment
lowers hepatocellular carcinoma risk; some research suggests this effect extends to …

[HTML][HTML] Increasing success and evolving barriers in the hepatitis C cascade of care during the direct acting antiviral era

A Zuckerman, A Douglas, S Nwosu, L Choi… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Barriers remain in the hepatitis C virus (HCV) cascade of care (CoC), limiting the overall
impact of direct acting antivirals. This study examines movement between the stages of the …

Absolute insurer denial of direct-acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C: a national specialty pharmacy cohort study

C Gowda, S Lott, M Grigorian… - Open forum …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Despite the availability of new direct-acting antiviral (DAA) regimens, changes
in DAA reimbursement criteria, and a public health focus on hepatitis C virus (HCV) …