Thursday, February 25, 2016

Elbasvir/Grazoprevir - HCV Guidance Website Updated to Reflect Latest Drug Developments

What’s New and Updates/Changes:

This version of the Guidance has been updated to reflect several important developments, including the recent approval of elbasvir/grazoprevir, together with new information regarding the use of testing for HCV resistance associated variants.

Updated recommendations reflecting this approval are provided in these sections:
Initial Treatment of HCV Infection
Retreatment of Persons in Whom Prior Therapy has Failed
Unique Patient Populations: Patients with Renal Impairment

Other updates reflecting recent data are provided in:
Unique Patient Populations: Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis
Unique Patient Populations: Patients who Develop Recurrent HCV Infection Post-Liver Transplantation
HCV Testing and Linkage to Care

Updated recommendations regarding the monitoring of cirrhotic patients are also provided in:
Monitoring Patients who are Starting Hepatitis C Treatment, are on Treatment, or have Completed Therapy section.

Drug-drug interaction updates are also provided, particularly as they relate to antiretroviral agents and calcineurin inhibitors in:
Unique Patient Populations: Patients with HIV/HCV Coinfection
Unique Patient Populations: Patients who Develop Recurrent HCV Infection Post-Liver Transplantation

Updated references have been provided throughout the Guidance.

Begin here....

Related:
Evidence Review of Zepatier vs. Harvoni and Sovaldi for Hepatitis C

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