APASL consensus statements and management algorithms for hepatitis C virus infection

Masao Omata; Tatsuo Kanda; Ming-Lung Yu; Osamu Yokosuka; Seng-Gee Lim; Wasim Jafri; Ryosuke Tateishi; Saeed S Hamid; Wan-Long Chuang; Anuchit Chutaputti; Lai Wei; Jose Sollano; Shiv Kumar Sarin; Jia-Horng Kao; Geoffrey W McCaughan

doi:10.1007/s12072-012-9342-y

APASL consensus statements and management algorithms for hepatitis C virus infection

Hepatol Int. 2012 Apr;6(2):409-35. doi: 10.1007/s12072-012-9342-y. Epub 2012 Mar 1.

Authors

Masao Omata^{1

2}, Tatsuo Kanda³, Ming-Lung Yu^{4

5}, Osamu Yokosuka³, Seng-Gee Lim⁶, Wasim Jafri⁷, Ryosuke Tateishi⁸, Saeed S Hamid⁷, Wan-Long Chuang⁵, Anuchit Chutaputti⁹, Lai Wei¹⁰, Jose Sollano¹¹, Shiv Kumar Sarin¹², Jia-Horng Kao¹³, Geoffrey W McCaughan¹⁴

Affiliations

¹ Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital, 1-1-1 Fujimi, Kofu-shi, Yamanashi, 400-8506, Japan. [email protected].
² The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan. [email protected].
³ Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
⁴ Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
⁵ Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital and Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
⁶ National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
⁷ The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
⁸ The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan.
⁹ Pramongkutklao Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
¹⁰ Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
¹¹ University Santo Tomas Hospital, Manila, Philippines.
¹² GB Pant Hospital, Delhi, India.
¹³ National Taiwan University College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
¹⁴ Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Centenary Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

PMID: 26201405
DOI: 10.1007/s12072-012-9342-y

Abstract

The Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) convened an international working party on the "APASL Consensus Statements and Management Algorithms for Hepatitis C Virus Infection" in December, 2010, in order to revise "Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver consensus statements on the diagnosis, management and treatment of hepatitis C virus infection (J Gastroenterol Hepatol 22:615-633, 2007)". The working party consisted of expert hepatologists from the Asian-Pacific region gathered at Makuhari, Chiba, Japan on 19 December 2010. New data were presented, discussed and debated to draft a revision. Participants of the consensus meeting assessed the quality of cited studies. Finalized recommendations are presented in this review.

Keywords: APASL; DAAs; Guideline; HCV; Treatment.