Two-Week Prophylaxis May Prevent Hep C After Kidney Transplant

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77850login-checkTwo-Week Prophylaxis May Prevent Hep C After Kidney Transplant

— Direct-acting antiviral prophylaxis worked in all 10 cases in pilot trial

By Kristen Monaco

Short-term prophylaxis with direct-acting antivirals was fully effective at protecting kidney transplant recipients when their donors had hepatitis C, a proof-of-concept study showed.

In the small, uncontrolled trial, a 2-week prophylactic course prevented hepatitis C infection in all 10 negative recipients of positive donor kidneys, Christine Durand, MD, of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, and colleagues, found. Read the article in MedPage Today.

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