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One-Year Outcomes after Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in Teenagers with and without Significant Liver Fibrosis—A Case Series Report
One-year outcomes after therapy with ledipasvir/sofosbuvir (LDV/SOF) in children with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) presenting with and without significant liver fibrosis were analyzed. We included patients aged 12–17 years treated with LDV/SOF, presenting with significant fibrosis (F ≥ 2 on the METAVIR...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8402679/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34452383 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13081518 |
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author | Pokorska-Śpiewak, Maria Dobrzeniecka, Anna Marczyńska, Magdalena |
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description | One-year outcomes after therapy with ledipasvir/sofosbuvir (LDV/SOF) in children with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) presenting with and without significant liver fibrosis were analyzed. We included patients aged 12–17 years treated with LDV/SOF, presenting with significant fibrosis (F ≥ 2 on the METAVIR scale) in transient elastography (TE) at the baseline and we compared the outcomes with that of patients without fibrosis. Patients were followed every 4 weeks during the treatment, at the end of the therapy, at week 12 posttreatment, and one year after the end of treatment. Liver fibrosis was established using noninvasive methods: TE, aspartate transaminase-to-platelet ratio index (APRI), and Fibrosis-4 index (FIB-4). There were four patients with significant fibrosis at baseline: one with a fibrosis score of F2 on the METAVIR scale, and three with cirrhosis (F4) at baseline. One year after the end of treatment, the hepatitis C viral load was undetectable in three of them. One patient was lost to follow-up after week 4. In two out of the four patients, a significant improvement and regression of liver fibrosis was observed (from stage F4 and F2 to F0-F1 on the METAVIR scale). In one patient, the liver stiffness measurement median increased 12 weeks after the end of the treatment and then decreased, but still correlated with stage F4. An improvement in the APRI was observed in all patients. In four patients without fibrosis, the treatment was effective and no progression of fibrosis was observed. A one-year observation of teenagers with CHC and significant fibrosis treated with LDV/SOF revealed that regression of liver fibrosis is possible, but not certain. Further observations in larger groups of patients are necessary to find predictors of liver fibrosis regression. |
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spelling | pubmed-84026792021-08-29 One-Year Outcomes after Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in Teenagers with and without Significant Liver Fibrosis—A Case Series Report Pokorska-Śpiewak, Maria Dobrzeniecka, Anna Marczyńska, Magdalena Viruses Article One-year outcomes after therapy with ledipasvir/sofosbuvir (LDV/SOF) in children with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) presenting with and without significant liver fibrosis were analyzed. We included patients aged 12–17 years treated with LDV/SOF, presenting with significant fibrosis (F ≥ 2 on the METAVIR scale) in transient elastography (TE) at the baseline and we compared the outcomes with that of patients without fibrosis. Patients were followed every 4 weeks during the treatment, at the end of the therapy, at week 12 posttreatment, and one year after the end of treatment. Liver fibrosis was established using noninvasive methods: TE, aspartate transaminase-to-platelet ratio index (APRI), and Fibrosis-4 index (FIB-4). There were four patients with significant fibrosis at baseline: one with a fibrosis score of F2 on the METAVIR scale, and three with cirrhosis (F4) at baseline. One year after the end of treatment, the hepatitis C viral load was undetectable in three of them. One patient was lost to follow-up after week 4. In two out of the four patients, a significant improvement and regression of liver fibrosis was observed (from stage F4 and F2 to F0-F1 on the METAVIR scale). In one patient, the liver stiffness measurement median increased 12 weeks after the end of the treatment and then decreased, but still correlated with stage F4. An improvement in the APRI was observed in all patients. In four patients without fibrosis, the treatment was effective and no progression of fibrosis was observed. A one-year observation of teenagers with CHC and significant fibrosis treated with LDV/SOF revealed that regression of liver fibrosis is possible, but not certain. Further observations in larger groups of patients are necessary to find predictors of liver fibrosis regression. MDPI 2021-07-31 /pmc/articles/PMC8402679/ /pubmed/34452383 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13081518 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Pokorska-Śpiewak, Maria Dobrzeniecka, Anna Marczyńska, Magdalena One-Year Outcomes after Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in Teenagers with and without Significant Liver Fibrosis—A Case Series Report |
title | One-Year Outcomes after Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in Teenagers with and without Significant Liver Fibrosis—A Case Series Report |
title_full | One-Year Outcomes after Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in Teenagers with and without Significant Liver Fibrosis—A Case Series Report |
title_fullStr | One-Year Outcomes after Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in Teenagers with and without Significant Liver Fibrosis—A Case Series Report |
title_full_unstemmed | One-Year Outcomes after Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in Teenagers with and without Significant Liver Fibrosis—A Case Series Report |
title_short | One-Year Outcomes after Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in Teenagers with and without Significant Liver Fibrosis—A Case Series Report |
title_sort | one-year outcomes after ledipasvir/sofosbuvir treatment of chronic hepatitis c in teenagers with and without significant liver fibrosis—a case series report |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8402679/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34452383 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v13081518 |
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