Abstract
Treating hepatitis C virus (HCV) in pregnancy would address HCV during prenatal care and potentially reduce the risk of vertical transmission. Response-guided therapy could provide a means to individualize and the reduce duration of HCV treatment during pregnancy. Data from a 27-year-old woman indicated that, pretreatment, HCV was stable and that it dropped in a biphasic manner during sofosbuvir/velpatasvir therapy, reaching target not detected at time of delivery-16days post-initiation of therapy. Mathematical modeling of measured HCV at days 0, 7, and 14 predicted that cure could have been achieved after 7weeks of sofosbuvir/velpatasvir, reducing the duration of therapy by 5weeks.
Original language | English |
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Article number | ofad027 |
Journal | Open Forum Infectious Diseases |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Feb 2023 |
Keywords
- antiviral therapy
- hepatitis C virus
- pregnancy
- response-guided treatment