Excellent outcome of direct antiviral treatment for chronic hepatitis C in Switzerland.

CONCLUSION: In Switzerland, novel DAA treatments for CHC reflect the positive results from registration trials. Genotypes 2 and 4 remained more difficult to treat between 2014 and 2016. Patients who experienced a relapse after DAA treatment in Switzerland predominantly showed mutations in the NS5A region of the virus genome. DAA treatment limitations in Switzerland did prevent optimal treatment regimens in some patients.
PMID: 29376557 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Swiss Medical Weekly - January 29, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Bachofner J, Valli PV, Bergamin I, Kröger A, Künzler P, Baserga A, Braun DL, Seifert B, Moncsek A, Fehr J, Semela D, Magenta L, Müllhaupt B, Terziroli Beretta-Piccoli B, Mertens J, The Swiss Hepatitis C Cohort Study Tags: Swiss Med Wkly Source Type: research