Pangenotypic regimens and the next generation hepatitis C virus therapy

The latest issue of Clinical Liver Disease
Clinical Liver Disease (CLD) is a digital educational resource published on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). CLD publishes easy to read reviews on relevant topics for clinicians diagnosing and managing patients with liver disease. Each article is accompanied by a podcast audio version, and a video interview with the author to help emphasize the key teaching points for a clinical audience.

Issue Publication: June 2017
Volume 9, Issue 6 Pages 131 - 149, June 2017

Reviews
Hepatitis C
Guest Edited by Andrew Muir, MD
Pangenotypic regimens and the next generation hepatitis C virus therapy (pages 131–133)
Nancy S. Reau
Version of Record online: 29 JUN 2017 | DOI: 10.1002/cld.635
Three new antiviral therapies for viral hepatitis C are anticipated in the next several months: GP, glecaprevir (protease inhibitor [PI])/pibrentasvir (NS5A inhibitor); SOF/VEL/VOX, sofosbuvir (NS5B inhibitor)/velpatasvir (NS5A)/voxilaprevir (NS3); and MK3, grazoprevir (NS3) + MK-3682 (NS5B) + NS5A inhibitor (elbasvir or Ruzasvir).

Each is a pangenotypic all-oral fixed dose combination (FDC) with high potency and efficacy against common NS3 and NS5A polymorphisms. Multiple safety and efficacy abstracts were presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) in November 2016. In this article, I will address why we need new therapies as well as what is still unaddressed in the arsenal against hepatitis C.
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Noninvasive Diagnosis of Liver Fibrosis in Children and Adults
Guest Edited by Naim Alkhouri, MD and Jean Molleston, MD
Putting it all together: Noninvasive diagnosis of fibrosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in adults and children (pages 134–137)
Naim Alkhouri
Multiple noninvasive tests have been developed and validated in the adult NAFLD population to predict the stage of fibrosis.[6] These tests are being widely used by gastroenterologists and hepatologists to risk-stratify patients with NAFLD without the need for liver biopsy. These tests can be divided into one of three categories: simple fibrosis scores that can be calculated from readily available clinical variables, complex fibrosis scores that rely on measuring serum biomarkers of fibrosis and extracellular matrix turnover, and imaging studies that are based on measuring liver stiffness as an indirect way to determine fibrosis stage.
Version of Record online: 29 JUN 2017 | DOI: 10.1002/cld.636
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Antifibrotic therapies in liver disease: Ready for primetime? (pages 138–140)
David A. Rudnick
Version of Record online: 29 JUN 2017 | DOI: 10.1002/cld.641
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LT in the High MELD Era: Perioperative Management of the Critically Ill Patient
Guest Edited by Julie Heimbach, MD and Michael Schilsky, MD
Transplantation for acute alcoholic hepatitis (pages 141–143)
Patrizia Burra and Giacomo Germani
Version of Record online: 29 JUN 2017 | DOI: 10.1002/cld.629
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The Practice of Hepatology in a Non-Traditional Setting
Guest Edited by Mitchell Shiffman, MD
Contrasting the academic and nonacademic hepatology practice settings (pages 144–146)
Alexander T. Lalos and Coleman I. Smith
Version of Record online: 29 JUN 2017 | DOI: 10.1002/cld.638
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Developing clinical research in a clinical hepatology practice (pages 147–149)
Oren K. Fix, Terri Spinelli and Kris V. Kowdley
Version of Record online: 29 JUN 2017 | DOI: 10.1002/cld.639
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