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Treatment rates and factors associated with direct-acting antiviral therapy for insured patients with hepatitis C-related hepatocellular carcinoma - A real-world nationwide study. Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics Kam, L. Y., Yeo, Y. H., Ji, F., Henry, L., Cheung, R., Nguyen, M. H. 2023

Abstract

Since the inception of the interferon-free direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, guidelines as to who should receive this potentially curative treatment have evolved. Treatment with DAAs is now considered for all patients except for those considered moribund.To determine the DAA treatment rate for patients with HCV-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).This was a retrospective study from January 2015 to March 2021 of a national sample of privately insured patients with HCV-related HCC using Optum's Clinformatics® Data Mart (CDM) Database - a large, de-identified, adjudicated claims database.We identified 3922 patients with HCV-related HCC: 922 (23.5%) received DAA. Compared to untreated patients, DAA-treated patients were younger (65.2?±?7.5 vs. 66.4?±?7.5?years, p?

View details for DOI 10.1111/apt.17794

View details for PubMedID 37937485