No evidence of occult hepatitis C or E virus infections in liver‐transplant patients with sustained virological response after therapy with direct acting agents - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier - Toulouse INP
Article Dans Une Revue Transplant Infectious Disease Année : 2019

No evidence of occult hepatitis C or E virus infections in liver‐transplant patients with sustained virological response after therapy with direct acting agents

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Background and aims: It has been recently suggested that occult hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and hepatitis E virus (HEV) reactivation might occur after direct acting antiviral agent-induced (DAA-induced) sustained virological response (SVR). The aim of our study was to identify occult HCV and HEV infection in a cohort of organ transplant patients who had achieved SVR and had persistent elevation in liver-enzyme levels.Patients and method: Sixty-six liver and/or kidney transplant patients were treated with DAAs. All but one achieved SVR12. Twenty-nine (8-39) months post-SVR12, 8 of the 65 patients (12.3%) who achieved SVR12 had persistently elevated liver enzyme levels. In 1 patient, this was related to hepatitis B virus reactivation. In the 7 remaining patients, blood samples (n = 7), liver biopsies (n = 4), and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) (n = 7) were collected simultaneously in order to identify occult HCV or HEV infection.Results: Hepatitis C virus RNA and HEV RNA were not detected in serum, liver tissues, or PBMCs. No HEV reactivation was observed after HCV clearance in patients who had anti-HEV IgG.Conclusion: Our study suggests that there is no occult HCV or HEV infection in transplant patients after successful treatment of HCV infection with DAAs, even in patients with a persistent elevation of liver enzyme levels. However, due to the small number of patients included in our study, this finding should be confirmed in a larger cohort.
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hal-03364385 , version 1 (04-10-2021)

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Arnaud del Bello, Florence Abravanel, Laurent Alric, Laurence Lavayssiere, Sébastien Lhomme, et al.. No evidence of occult hepatitis C or E virus infections in liver‐transplant patients with sustained virological response after therapy with direct acting agents. Transplant Infectious Disease, 2019, 21 (4), pp.e13093. ⟨10.1111/tid.13093⟩. ⟨hal-03364385⟩
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