{"id":7785,"date":"2023-12-08T06:53:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T14:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=7785"},"modified":"2023-12-07T10:55:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T18:55:52","slug":"two-week-prophylaxis-may-prevent-hep-c-after-kidney-transplant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2023\/12\/08\/two-week-prophylaxis-may-prevent-hep-c-after-kidney-transplant\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-Week Prophylaxis May Prevent Hep C After Kidney Transplant"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7785\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>\u2014 Direct-acting antiviral prophylaxis worked in all 10 cases in pilot trial<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By Kristen Monaco<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Short-term prophylaxis with direct-acting antivirals was fully effective at protecting kidney transplant recipients when their donors had hepatitis C, a\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/classic.clinicaltrials.gov\/ct2\/show\/NCT04575896?term=NCT04575896&amp;draw=2&amp;rank=1\" target=\"_blank\">proof-of-concept study<\/a>\u00a0showed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/nephrology\/kidneytransplantation\/107642?xid=nl_mpt_morningbreak2023-12-04&amp;eun=g2017571d0r&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MorningBreak_120423&amp;utm_term=NL_Gen_Int_Daily_News_Update_active\">Read the article<\/a> in MedPage Today.<\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7785\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading \u2014 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 &hellip; 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