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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

Evaluation of Drug Interactions in Patients Treated with DAAs for Hepatitis C Therapy with Comorbidities and Cardiovascular Issues-A Delphi Consensus Project.

Claudio Borghi, Alessia Ciancio, Ivan Gentile, Pasquale Perrone Filardi, Patrizio Pasqualetti, Stefano Brillanti

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. 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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3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Claudio BorghiInternal Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Policlinic S. Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8039-8781
Alessia CiancioGastroenterology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Città della Salute e delle Scienza di Torino (Molinette), University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4188-0609
Ivan GentileDepartment of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5199-8451
Pasquale Perrone FilardiDepartment of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, AOU Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy.
Patrizio PasqualettiSection of Medical Statistics, Department of Public Health and Infectious Disease, Sapienza Rome University, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5560-1979
Stefano BrillantiDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4181-795X
Federico II University Hospital · ITIRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola · ITUniversity of Naples Federico II · ITUniversity of Siena · ITUniversity of Turin · IT

Funding

Gilead Sciences (Italy) CAL-015
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Orally administered direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) have dramatically changed the possibility of curing HCV (hepatitis C virus) infection, with the two principal HCV regimens based on the combination of glecaprevir + pibrentasvir (GLE-PIB) and sofosbuvir + velpatasvir (SOF-VEL). A combination of drugs containing NS3/4A protease inhibitors, as well as the fact that almost all HCV patients can be treated at present, may expose patients to a higher rate of drug-drug interactions (DDIs). The hepatitis C treatment recommendations from the EASL (European Association for the Study of the Liver) state that, prior to starting treatment with a DAA, a detailed drug history should be taken; yet, the decision on managing the potential DDIs is not always clear. For this reason, a group of Italian cardiologists and hepatologists promoted a survey among colleagues to assess the controversial issues when treating patients with chronic hepatitis C taking concomitant cardiovascular drugs, aiming to reach a consensus on the best practice to apply when treating a patient with chronic hepatitis C who is taking concomitant drugs for cardiovascular diseases. Two consecutive questionnaires were proposed between June and July 2022 to a qualitative Expert Panel (EP) of 14 gastroenterologists, infectologists, hepatologists, and internists, with statistical analyses performed on 100% of the responses for both questionnaires. Agreement among experts was assessed following the Delphi method as developed by the RAND Corporation. The interviewed experts consider DDIs a critical clinical problem to be evaluated in HCV patients. Therefore, dose changes, drug substitution, and discontinuation of concomitant cardiovascular drugs should be discouraged, even if planned for a relatively short period. Since oral DAAs have different DDIs profiles, hepatologists should prefer the antiviral DAA combination presenting the lowest instance of potential interactions.

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DAAs—direct-acting antiviralsDDIs—drug–drug interactionsDelphi methodHCV infection

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PMID36498521
PMCPMC9737105
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