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ArticleHepatology communications2019

Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt: A Possible Risk Factor for Direct-Acting Antiviral Treatment Failure in Patients With Hepatitis C?

Felix Piecha, Jan-Michael Gänßler, Sabine Jordan, Can Ergen, Harald Ittrich, Johannes Kluwe, Sven Pischke, Ansgar W Lohse, Julian Schulze Zur Wiesch

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Article in Hepatology communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Felix PiechaI. Department of Medicine University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Hamburg Germany.
Jan-Michael GänßlerI. Department of Medicine University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Hamburg Germany.
Sabine JordanI. Department of Medicine University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Hamburg Germany.
Can ErgenI. Department of Medicine University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Hamburg Germany.
Harald IttrichDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Nuclear Medicine University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Hamburg Germany.
Johannes KluweI. Department of Medicine University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Hamburg Germany.
Sven PischkeI. Department of Medicine University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Hamburg Germany.
Ansgar W LohseI. Department of Medicine University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Hamburg Germany.
Julian Schulze Zur WieschI. Department of Medicine University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Hamburg Germany.
Universität Hamburg · DEGerman Center for Infection Research · DEUniversity Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapies have revolutionized the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus infection, achieving sustained virological response (SVR) rates of >90% even in patients with advanced liver cirrhosis. Having observed an unusual case of repeated DAA therapy failures in a patient with a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS), we assessed a possible association between prior TIPS placement and DAA failure. A structured search of our clinical database revealed 10 patients who had received DAA therapy after TIPS placement. At the time of therapy, most patients (8; 80%) presented with a Child-Pugh score B, and the following DAA regimens were used: sofosbuvir/ledipasvir ± ribavirin (5 patients), sofosbuvir/daclatasvir ± ribavirin (3), sofosbuvir/velpatasvir (2), and sofosbuvir/velpatasvir/voxilaprevir (1). In total, 5 patients (50%) achieved an SVR, whereas a virological relapse occurred in the other half of the cases, including 2 patients with multiple relapses. In this patient cohort, SVR rates were unusually low for all regimens: sofosbuvir/ledipasvir ± ribavirin, 3/5 (60%); sofosbuvir/daclatasvir ± ribavirin, 2/3 (66%); sofosbuvir/velpatasvir, 0/2 (0%); and sofosbuvir/velpatasvir/voxilaprevir, 0/1 (0%), and patients with a TIPS made up a relevant proportion of DAA failures in patients with cirrhosis at our center: sofosbuvir/ledipasvir, 2/18 (11%); sofosbuvir/daclatasvir, 1/4 (25%); sofosbuvir/velpatasvir, 2/3 (66%); and sofosbuvir/velpatasvir/voxilaprevir, 1/1 (100%).

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