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Title: Transplanting Hep–Positive Kidneys Is Cost-Effective
Post by: Hep Editors on September 28, 2018, 10:14:22 am

The practice of transplanting kidneys from donors who have hepatitis C virus (HCV) and then treating the virus in the recipient is cost-effective provided it averts at least two years on the transplant list.

Publishing their findings in the American Journal of Transplantation, researchers used mathematical modeling to compare: 1) transplanting HCV-positive kidneys and then treating the transplantee with 12 weeks of Zepatier (grazoprevir/elbasvir); or 2) having individuals stay on the transplant list to receive a kidney from an HCV-negative donor and waiting an additional one, two, three, four or five years while on dialysis.

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https://www.hepmag.com/article/transplanting-heppositive-kidneys-costeffective