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Treatment of Chronic HEV<br />

■ 12-week course of RBV monotherapy (600 mg daily): 1,2<br />

-IS therapy cannot be reduced.<br />

-Persistent HEV-RNA despite a reduction in IS for 3 months. 1,2<br />

■ ??No RCT, only case series<br />

■ 59 solid-organ transplant recipients with chronic HEV-G3 received 3<br />

months of RBV monotherapy.<br />

Outcome<br />

HEV clearance 95% (n=56)<br />

SVR 78% (n=46)<br />

AEs<br />

Anemia: reduction in RBV dose (29%)<br />

EPO(54%), blood transfusion(12%) 3<br />

1.Wedemeyer H et al. Gastroenterology 2012; 142:1388.<br />

2.Kamar N. et al Clin Microbiol Rev 2014; 27:116.<br />

3.Kamar N, et al. N Engl J Med 2014; 370:1111.

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