Effects of Anti-HIV Drugs on the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in Adults Infected With Both HCV and HIV

Summary

The purpose of this study is to measure the effects of anti-HIV drugs on hepatitis C virus (HCV) viral load in people infected with both HCV and HIV.

Timeline

Start

2006-04

Primary completion

2012-03

Completion

2012-03

Publications

• Background Shudo E, Ribeiro RM, Perelson AS. Modelling hepatitis C virus kinetics during treatment with pegylated interferon alpha-2b: errors in the estimation of viral kinetic parameters. J Viral Hepat. 2008 May;15(5):357-62. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2007.00954.x.
• Background Shudo E, Ribeiro RM, Perelson AS. Modelling the kinetics of hepatitis C virus RNA decline over 4 weeks of treatment with pegylated interferon alpha-2b. J Viral Hepat. 2008 May;15(5):379-82. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2008.00977.x. Epub 2008 Feb 11.
• Background Blackard JT, Sherman KE. HCV/ HIV co-infection: time to re-evaluate the role of HIV in the liver? J Viral Hepat. 2008 May;15(5):323-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2008.00970.x. Epub 2008 Jan 17.
• Background Ma G, Barrett A, Sherman KE, Shata T, Blackard J. Detection of HIV in Liver Biopsies and Intrahepatic Lymphocytes. 15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. Boston, MA February 2008
• Background Sherman KE, Rouster S, Feinberg J, Bini E, Blackard J, Shata T. Hepatic Apoptosis following Initiation of ART in HCV/HIV co-infected Subjects. 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Montreal, Canada February 2009
• Background Blackard J, Ma G, Rouster S, Martin C, Shata T, Sherman K. Baseline hepatitis C virus variability does not predict flares in HIV/HCV co-infected persons initiating antiretroviral therapy. 5th International Workshop on HIV and Hepatitis Co-infection, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2009.
• Background Blackard J, Ma G, Rouster S, Barrett A, Shata T, Sherman K. HIV is frequently detected in liver biopsy tissue. 5th International Workshop on HIV and Hepatitis Co-infection, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2009.
• Background Shata MT, Bartholomew KA, Rouster SD, Blackard JT, Sterling RK, Bini E, Perelson AS, Goodman ZD and Sherman KE. Strong HCV and HIV immune responses in coinfected subjects who experienced ALT flare and/or rebound HCV viral load after ART initiation. 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, San Francisco, CA, February 2010.
• Background Blackard JT, Ma G, Martin CM, Rouster SD, Shata MT, Sherman KE. HIV variability in the liver and evidence of possible compartmentalization. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2011 Oct;27(10):1117-26. doi: 10.1089/aid.2010.0329. Epub 2011 May 4.
• Results Sherman KE, Guedj J, Shata MT, Blackard JT, Rouster SD, Castro M, Feinberg J, Sterling RK, Goodman Z, Aronow BJ, Perelson AS. Modulation of HCV replication after combination antiretroviral therapy in HCV/HIV co-infected patients. Sci Transl Med. 2014 Jul 23;6(246):246ra98. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3008195.

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