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Author Topic: High Marks for Zepatier Among Those With Severe Chronic Kidney Disease  (Read 5769 times)

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Merck’s hepatitis C virus (HCV) regimen Zepatier (grazoprevir/elbasvir) cured the virus at high rates among those with severe chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to medical records from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Researchers conducted a retrospective database analysis of 1,528 individuals with genotype 1 or 4 of hep C and stage 3 of CKD (an estimated glomerular filtration rate, or eGFR, between 30 and 59) or stage 4 or 5 or CKD (an eGFR below 30) who were treated with Zepatier for 12 or 16 weeks between February and December 2016. The cohort was drawn from the VA Corporate Data Warehouse, which is a national database of electronic medical records for the VA. All the cohort members had at least one inpatient or outpatient medical visit within a year of receiving hep C treatment and had at least two eGFR test results at least 90 days apart.

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