Drugs for chronic hepatitis C infection recommendations report

Evidence-informed recommendations were developed by the CADTH Canadian Drug Expert Committee (CDEC) to address the following policy questions: 1. How should interferon-free direct-acting antiviral agent (DAA) regimens be listed for reimbursement for chronic hepatitis C (CHC) infection (genotypes 1 t...

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Corporate Author: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ottawa (ON) Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health November 2015, 2015
Edition:Version 1.0
Series:CADTH therapeutic review
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Evidence-informed recommendations were developed by the CADTH Canadian Drug Expert Committee (CDEC) to address the following policy questions: 1. How should interferon-free direct-acting antiviral agent (DAA) regimens be listed for reimbursement for chronic hepatitis C (CHC) infection (genotypes 1 to 6)?2. Should reimbursement of regimens for CHC infection be guided by fibrosis staging and limited to fibrosis stages e F2?3. Should re-treatment with a DAA regimen be reimbursed for patients with CHC infection who fail to achieve sustained virologic response (SVR) on another DAA regimen?
Physical Description:1 PDF file (iii, 28 pages)