Sofosbuvir, Glecaprevir, Pibrentasvir, and Ribavirin as a Rescue Therapy in Difficult‐to‐Treat HCV Patients
Résumé
Pangenotypic direct-acting antiviral (DAA) drugs have an HCV cure rate of >95% in almost all treated patients.(1, 2) When DAA treatment fails, retreatment must be guided by virus resistance profiles, and phase 3 trials have reported sustained virological responses (SVR) of 96%-98% after a 12-week course of sofosbuvir (SOF), velpatasvir (VEL), and voxilaprevir (VOX).(3) However, the management is more uncertain after SOF/VEL/VOX failure, and there is still insufficient evidence to support a particular retreatment. For instance, Dietz et al.(4) reported 77% SVR at 12 weeks (SVR12) in patients with different HCV profiles retreated with glecaprevir (GLE)/pibrentasvir (PIB), SOF, and ribavirin (RBV) for 12-24 weeks after SOF/VEL/VOX failure.