Caution with new oral hepatitis C drugs

AIDS Rev. 2015 Apr-Jun;17(2):121-2.

Abstract

The hepatitis C field is living a revolution following the introduction of all-oral therapies that can cure most patients with short courses of direct-acting antiviral (DAA) combinations. Given that chronic hepatitis C affects globally around 20% of HIV persons, major attention has been focused on the HIV/HCV-coinfected population. Current evidence suggests that these patients depict cure rates of over 90%, similar to HCV-monoinfected individuals. Accordingly, current guidelines for hepatitis C therapy no longer separate mono- and coinfected subjects.

Publication types

  • News

MeSH terms

  • Antiviral Agents / adverse effects*
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions / epidemiology
  • Hepatitis C, Chronic / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Protease Inhibitors / adverse effects*
  • Protease Inhibitors / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Protease Inhibitors