The EASL–Lancet Liver Commission: protecting the next generation of Europeans against liver disease complications and premature mortality

TH Karlsen, N Sheron, S Zelber-Sagi, P Carrieri… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Liver diseases have become a major health threat across Europe, and
the face of European hepatology is changing due to the cure of viral hepatitis C and the …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of community and primary-care-based hepatitis C testing and treatment services that employ direct acting antiviral drug …

A Radley, E Robinson, EJ Aspinall, K Angus… - BMC health services …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Direct Acting Antiviral (DAAs) drugs have a much lower burden of
treatment and monitoring requirements than regimens containing interferon and ribavirin …

“Health is on the back burner:” multilevel barriers and facilitators to primary care among people who inject drugs

D Motavalli, JL Taylor, E Childs, PK Valente… - Journal of General …, 2021 - Springer
Background The estimated 2.2 million people who inject drugs (PWID) in the USA
experience significant gaps in preventive healthcare and a high burden of infectious …

Accessible hepatitis C care for people who inject drugs: a randomized clinical trial

B Eckhardt, P Mateu-Gelabert… - JAMA Internal …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance To achieve hepatitis C elimination, treatment programs need to engage, treat,
and cure people who inject drugs. Objective To compare a low-threshold, nonstigmatizing …

Clinical effectiveness of pharmacist-led versus conventionally delivered antiviral treatment for hepatitis C virus in patients receiving opioid substitution therapy: a …

A Radley, M De Bruin, SK Inglis, PT Donnan… - The lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Highly effective direct-acting antiviral drugs provide the opportunity to eliminate
hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, but established pathways can be ineffective. We aimed to …

[HTML][HTML] Interventions to increase linkage to care and adherence to treatment for hepatitis C among people who inject drugs: A systematic review and practical …

T Schwarz, I Horvath, L Fenz, I Schmutterer… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Following advances in treatment for hepatitis C (HCV), optimizing linkage to
care and adherence to treatment of people who inject drugs became of pivotal importance …

Integrated treatment of hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs: A multicenter randomized controlled trial (INTRO-HCV)

LT Fadnes, CF Aas, JH Vold, RA Leiva… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background The standard pathways of testing and treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV)
infection in tertiary healthcare are not easily accessed by people who inject drugs (PWID) …

Reducing liver disease-related deaths in the Asia-Pacific: the important role of decentralised and non-specialist led hepatitis C treatment for cirrhotic patients

B Draper, WL Yee, A Pedrana, KP Kyi… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Finding new ways to increase access to hepatitis C (HCV) treatment is integral to reducing
liver diseaserelated deaths and achieving HCV elimination in the Asia-Pacific …

Age and gender-specific hepatitis C continuum of care and predictors of direct acting antiviral treatment among persons who inject drugs in Seattle, Washington

MA Corcorran, JI Tsui, JD Scott, JC Dombrowski… - Drug and alcohol …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Direct acting antivirals (DAAs) have revolutionized management of
hepatitis C virus (HCV), but treatment uptake remains low among persons who inject drugs …

Barriers and facilitators to engaging in hepatitis C management and DAA therapy among general practitioners and drug and alcohol specialists—the practitioner …

AD Marshall, J Grebely, GJ Dore, C Treloar - Drug and alcohol …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Since the advent of interferon-free, direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapies for
hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, prescriber restrictions have been removed worldwide …