Successful treatment with sofosbuvir of fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis C after liver transplantation in an HIV-HCV-coinfected patient

Antivir Ther. 2015;20(3):353-6. doi: 10.3851/IMP2841. Epub 2014 Aug 8.

Abstract

Fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis is a severe form of post-liver transplantation HCV recurrence. Fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis is characterized by its early onset and severe prognosis in HIV-infected patients. We report the case of an HIV-HCV genotype-4 coinfected patient successfully treated with a combination of sofosbuvir and ribavirin. After 4 weeks of treatment we observed a resolution of HCV recurrence related symptoms associated with a normalization of liver biochemistry and dramatic decrease of HCV viral load. This case illustrates the efficiency and tolerance of a sofosbuvir-based anti-HCV interferon-free regimen in post-liver HCV recurrence. Because of the absence of drug interactions between sofosbuvir and antiretroviral treatment or calcineurin inhibitors, its administration in HIV-HCV-coinfected liver transplanted patients is very promising.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Coinfection*
  • Genotype
  • HIV Infections*
  • Hepacivirus / genetics
  • Hepatitis C / diagnosis
  • Hepatitis C / drug therapy*
  • Hepatitis C / surgery
  • Humans
  • Liver Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Male
  • Sofosbuvir / therapeutic use*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Sofosbuvir