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A Pilot Trial for Prevention of Hepatitis C Virus Transmission From Donor to Organ Transplant Recipient With Short-Course Glecaprevir/Pibrentasvir

Ramirez-Sanchez, Claudia;
Kozuch, Jade;
Shah, Mita M;
Berumen, Jennifer;
Mekeel, Kristin;
Schnickel, Gabriel;
Taremi, Mahnaz;
Golts, Eugene;
Afshar, Kamyar;
Adler, Eric;
Pretorius, Victor;
Aslam, Saima

UC San Diego Previously Published Works (2022)

A 7-day course of glecaprevir/pibrentasvir started in the preoperative period prevented transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) from viremic donors to 10 HCV-negative recipients (2 heart, 1 lung, 6 kidney, 1 heart/kidney) with 100% sustained virological response at 12 weeks.

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