Hepatitis C Virus(HCV) Heart and Lung Study

Summary

This is a multicenter study in Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infected adult patients who also have advanced cardiac disease or advanced lung disease.

Timeline

Start

2016-12

Primary completion

2019-04-11

Completion

2019-07-04

Publications

• Background Mohd Hanafiah K, Groeger J, Flaxman AD, Wiersma ST. Global epidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection: new estimates of age-specific antibody to HCV seroprevalence. Hepatology. 2013 Apr;57(4):1333-42. doi: 10.1002/hep.26141. Epub 2013 Feb 4.
• Background Armstrong GL, Wasley A, Simard EP, McQuillan GM, Kuhnert WL, Alter MJ. The prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in the United States, 1999 through 2002. Ann Intern Med. 2006 May 16;144(10):705-14. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-144-10-200605160-00004.
• Background Ghany MG, Strader DB, Thomas DL, Seeff LB; American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. Diagnosis, management, and treatment of hepatitis C: an update. Hepatology. 2009 Apr;49(4):1335-74. doi: 10.1002/hep.22759. No abstract available.
• Background Afdhal N, Zeuzem S, Kwo P, Chojkier M, Gitlin N, Puoti M, Romero-Gomez M, Zarski JP, Agarwal K, Buggisch P, Foster GR, Brau N, Buti M, Jacobson IM, Subramanian GM, Ding X, Mo H, Yang JC, Pang PS, Symonds WT, McHutchison JG, Muir AJ, Mangia A, Marcellin P; ION-1 Investigators. Ledipasvir and sofosbuvir for untreated HCV genotype 1 infection. N Engl J Med. 2014 May 15;370(20):1889-98. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1402454. Epub 2014 Apr 11.
• Background Feld JJ, Kowdley KV, Coakley E, Sigal S, Nelson DR, Crawford D, Weiland O, Aguilar H, Xiong J, Pilot-Matias T, DaSilva-Tillmann B, Larsen L, Podsadecki T, Bernstein B. Treatment of HCV with ABT-450/r-ombitasvir and dasabuvir with ribavirin. N Engl J Med. 2014 Apr 24;370(17):1594-603. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1315722. Epub 2014 Apr 10.
• Background Lee I, Localio R, Brensinger CM, Blumberg EA, Lautenbach E, Gasink L, Amorosa VK, Lo Re V 3rd. Decreased post-transplant survival among heart transplant recipients with pre-transplant hepatitis C virus positivity. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2011 Nov;30(11):1266-74. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.06.003. Epub 2011 Jul 20.
• Background Fagiuoli S, Minniti F, Pevere S, Farinati F, Burra P, Livi U, Naccarato R, Chiaramonte M. HBV and HCV infections in heart transplant recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2001 Jul;20(7):718-24. doi: 10.1016/s1053-2498(01)00255-8.
• Background Sahi H, Zein NN, Mehta AC, Blazey HC, Meyer KH, Budev M. Outcomes after lung transplantation in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2007 May;26(5):466-71. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.01.037. Epub 2007 Mar 26.
• Background Afdhal N, Reddy KR, Nelson DR, Lawitz E, Gordon SC, Schiff E, Nahass R, Ghalib R, Gitlin N, Herring R, Lalezari J, Younes ZH, Pockros PJ, Di Bisceglie AM, Arora S, Subramanian GM, Zhu Y, Dvory-Sobol H, Yang JC, Pang PS, Symonds WT, McHutchison JG, Muir AJ, Sulkowski M, Kwo P; ION-2 Investigators. Ledipasvir and sofosbuvir for previously treated HCV genotype 1 infection. N Engl J Med. 2014 Apr 17;370(16):1483-93. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1316366. Epub 2014 Apr 11.

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