TY  - JOUR
AB  - Worldwide, hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a common infection. Due to new antiviral approaches and the approval of direct-acting antiviral agents (DAA), HCV therapy has become more comfortable. Nevertheless, there are special patient groups, in whom treatment of HCV is still challenging. Due to only few data available, tolerability and efficacy of DAAs in special patient cohorts still remain unclear. Such special patient cohorts comprise HCV in patients with decompensated liver disease (Child-Pugh Class B or C), patients with chronic kidney disease, and patients on waiting lists to renal/liver transplantation or those with HCV recurrence after liver transplantation. HCV infection in these patient cohorts has been shown to be associated with increased morbidity and mortality and may lead to reduced graft survival after transplantation. Successful eradication of HCV results in a better outcome concerning liver-related complications and in a better clinical outcome of these patients. In this review, we analyze available data and results from recently published literature and provide an overview of current recommendations of HCV-therapy regimen in these special patient cohorts.
AU  - Hüsing, Anna Katharina Elisabeth Pia
AU  - Kabar, Iyad
AU  - Schmidt, Hartmut
AU  - Heinzow, Hauke
DA  - 2015-08-05
DO  - 10.3390/ijms160818033
KW  - HCV infection
KW  - chronic kidney disease
KW  - renal transplantation
KW  - decompensated liver cirrhosis
KW  - liver transplantation
KW  - new therapy regimen
KW  - DAA treatment
LA  - eng
N1  - International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) 16 (2015) 8, 18033-18053
N1  - Finanziert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds 2015/2016 der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU Münster).
PY  - 2015-08-05
SN  - 1422-0067
TI  - Hepatitis C in Special Patient Cohorts: New Opportunities in Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis, End-Stage Renal Disease and Transplant Medicine
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-37269443268
Y2  - 2024-11-22T02:22:06
ER  -