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No Evidence of Reactivation of Hepatitis B Virus Among Patients Treated With Ledipasvir-Sofosbuvir for Hepatitis C Virus Infection.


ABSTRACT: Postmarketing cases of hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation during hepatitis C treatment have been reported. We analyzed serum samples from patients in a clinical trial of ledipasvir-sofosbuvir in Taiwan and Korea. Of the 173 patients enrolled, 103 (60%) had been previously infected with HBV. None showed evidence of HBV reactivation.

SUBMITTER: Sulkowski MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6276897 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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No Evidence of Reactivation of Hepatitis B Virus Among Patients Treated With Ledipasvir-Sofosbuvir for Hepatitis C Virus Infection.

Sulkowski Mark S MS   Chuang Wan-Long WL   Kao Jia-Horng JH   Yang Jenny C JC   Gao Bing B   Brainard Diana M DM   Han Kwang-Hyub KH   Gane Edward E  

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 20160802 9


Postmarketing cases of hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation during hepatitis C treatment have been reported. We analyzed serum samples from patients in a clinical trial of ledipasvir-sofosbuvir in Taiwan and Korea. Of the 173 patients enrolled, 103 (60%) had been previously infected with HBV. None showed evidence of HBV reactivation. ...[more]

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