Article: Heart Transplantation From Hepatitis C-Positive Donors in the Era of Direct Acting Antiviral Therapy: A Comprehensive Literature Review.
Transplantation direct
2019 Volume 5, Issue 9, Page(s) e486
Abstract: While heart transplantation is a highly effective treatment in patients with advanced heart failure, the number of people waiting for a transplant exceeds the number of available donors. With the advent of direct acting antivirals (DAA) for the ... ...
| Abstract | While heart transplantation is a highly effective treatment in patients with advanced heart failure, the number of people waiting for a transplant exceeds the number of available donors. With the advent of direct acting antivirals (DAA) for the eradication of Hepatitis C, the heart transplant donor pool has been expanded to include donors with untreated Hepatitis C. To help with the development of future protocols for Hepatitis C-positive heart transplants, we performed a review of the literature on DAA therapy in the context of heart transplantation. Methods: We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, OVIDE JOURNAL, and GOOGLE SCHOLAR for papers published between 01.01.2011 and 01.06.2019 using key words "heart transplantation" associated with "hepatitis C." Results: After removing duplicates, we screened 78 articles and retained 16 for primary analysis and 20 for sustained virologic response 12 weeks after completion of the DAA therapy (SVR-12). The data from 62 patients were extracted from these publications. Fifty-six (90%) patients had donor-derived hepatitis C and 6 (10%) patients were chronically infected with hepatitis C before transplantation. All living transplanted patients achieved SVR-12, defined as hepatitis C virus RNA below the limit of detection 12 weeks after treatment completion. Treatment duration ranged from 4 to 24 weeks. Clinically relevant modification to the dosing of immunosuppressive mediations during DAA therapy was documented in only 1 patient (1.6%). Six (14%) patients experienced rejection during DAA therapy. Conclusions: Despite different timings of initiation of DAA therapy across the included studies, there were no differences in sustained viral clearance. Early commencement of DAA with a potentially shorter treatment duration (<8 wk) is appealing; however, further studies are required before recommending this approach. |
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| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2019-08-23 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ISSN | 2373-8731 |
| ISSN | 2373-8731 |
| DOI | 10.1097/TXD.0000000000000928 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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