2022
Reinfection and Risk Behaviors After Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Persons Receiving Opioid Agonist Therapy : A Cohort Study.
Grebely J, Dore GJ, Altice FL, Conway B, Litwin AH, Norton BL, Dalgard O, Gane EJ, Shibolet O, Nahass R, Luetkemeyer AF, Peng CY, Iser D, Gendrano IN, Kelly MM, Hwang P, Asante-Appiah E, Haber BA, Barr E, Robertson MN, Platt H. Reinfection and Risk Behaviors After Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Persons Receiving Opioid Agonist Therapy : A Cohort Study. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2022, 175: 1221-1229. PMID: 35939812, DOI: 10.7326/m21-4119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid agonist therapyLong-term extension studyHCV reinfectionDrug useExtension studyAgonist therapySuccessful treatmentHepatitis C virus (HCV) reinfectionHepatitis C virus infectionBenefits of cureC virus infectionChronic HCV infectionRate of reinfectionUrine drug screeningOngoing drug useClinical trial sitesSubsidiary of MerckHCV infectionCohort studyVirus reinfectionDohme Corp.Treatment completionGenotype 1Virus infectionHigh risk
2018
A172 C-EDGE CO-STAR: RISK OF REINFECTION FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL THERAPY WITH ELBASVIR (EBR) AND GRAZOPREVIR (GZR) IN PERSONS WHO INJECT DRUGS (PWID) RECEIVING OPIOD AGONIST THERAPY (OAT)
Conway B, Dore G, Altice F, Litwin A, Grebely J, Dalgard O, Gane E, Shibolet O, Luetkemeyer A, Nahass R, Peng C, Gendrano I, Huang H, Chen E, Nguyen B, Wahl J, Barr E, Robertson M, Platt H. A172 C-EDGE CO-STAR: RISK OF REINFECTION FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL THERAPY WITH ELBASVIR (EBR) AND GRAZOPREVIR (GZR) IN PERSONS WHO INJECT DRUGS (PWID) RECEIVING OPIOD AGONIST THERAPY (OAT). Journal Of The Canadian Association Of Gastroenterology 2018, 1: 299-300. PMCID: PMC6508009, DOI: 10.1093/jcag/gwy008.173.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEnd of treatmentImmediate treatment groupHCV reinfectionProbable reinfectionHCV RNATreatment groupsLong-term response ratesHepatitis C virus genotypesEBR/GZRHCV reinfection ratesUndetectable HCV RNARisk of reinfectionC virus genotypesInterferon-free HCV treatmentRate of reinfectionFixed-dose combinationPost-treatment samplesRecurrent viremiaReinfection incidenceAgonist therapyDaily regimenHCV therapyHCV treatmentVirologic failureHCV GT1
2017
O21 HCV reinfection and injecting risk behaviour following elbasvir/grazoprevir treatment in patients on opioid agonist therapy: Co-STAR three year follow-up study
Dore G, Grebely J, Altice F, Litwin A, Dalgard O, Gane E, Shibolet O, Luetkemeyer A, Nahass R, Peng C, Conway B, Iser D, Huang H, Gendrano I, Kelly M, Hwang P, Robertson M, Wahl J, Barr E, Platt H. O21 HCV reinfection and injecting risk behaviour following elbasvir/grazoprevir treatment in patients on opioid agonist therapy: Co-STAR three year follow-up study. Journal Of Virus Eradication 2017, 3: 8. DOI: 10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30904-3.Peer-Reviewed Original Research