Antiviral Treatment Failures After Transplantation of Organs From Donors With Hepatitis C Infection : A Report of 4 Cases

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The transplantation of organs from donors with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection into uninfected recipients has expanded the available organ donor pool. With the advancement of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), high rates of cure among transplant recipients are possible. Although DAAs are highly effective, treatment failure can occur following an appropriate 12-week course of a pan-genotypic regimen. Here we describe 4 kidney transplant recipients of organs from donors with HCV infection (3 with genotype 3, 1 genotype 1a) in whom first-line DAA treatment with either glecaprevir-pibrentasvir or sofosbuvir-velpatasvir was unsuccessful, started 22-35 days after the day of transplantation. All ultimately achieved sustained virologic response with second- or third-line therapy. Post-treatment resistance-associated substitutions were tested and noted to be present in 2 cases. Additionally, antiviral levels were assessed in 2 cases and found to be therapeutic in each. This article explores possible reasons for treatment failure, including medication interactions, bariatric surgery, viral dynamics, and drug resistance.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:82

Enthalten in:

American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation - 82(2023), 3 vom: 15. Sept., Seite 368-372

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Steinbrink, Julie M [VerfasserIn]
Narayanasamy, Shanti [VerfasserIn]
Wolfe, Cameron R [VerfasserIn]
Maziarz, Eileen [VerfasserIn]
Byrns, Jennifer [VerfasserIn]
Kiser, Jennifer J [VerfasserIn]
Naggie, Susanna [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antiviral Agents
Case Reports
Direct-acting antivirals
Donor-derived infection
Hepatitis C
Kidney transplantation
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Sofosbuvir
Treatment failure
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Date Completed 25.08.2023

Date Revised 03.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1053/j.ajkd.2022.12.006

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM352500484