Hepatitis C

Washington DC, Hawaii, Oklahoma, California, Tennessee, West Virginia, Mississippi, Oregon, Washington, Louisiana, Kentucky, and New York all had HBV-related mortality rates higher than the national average.

Tenofovir was linked to a decreased incidence rate of HCC compared to entecavir. However, this difference was not considered statistically significant.

Between 2015-2019 the number of HBV-related deaths increased by 2.9%.

Acute hepatitis of unknown etiology is not reportable in the US, making it difficult to understand whether recent levels are now reaching historic levels.

Patients with anti-HBs also had higher APRI scores, FIB-4 scores, and liver stiffness values.

For pediatric patients, the anti-HBs (+) rates were relatively stable at approximately 60%, but the anti-HBc (+) rates increased significantly with age.

Most adverse events reported were mild or moderate and found in a similar percentage of patients regardless of treatment cohort.

At DDW 2022, Dr. Sands highlights the positive findings from the LUCENT-1 study on the efficacy and safety of mirikizumab.

Data show the safety profile of Ustekinumab in long-term IBD pooled safety dataset was found favorable among bionaive patients.

A discussion on the role of PLSec-AFP for HCC risk stratification in patients with cirrhosis and future screening implementations.

Rates per 100 person-years for adverse events, infections, and major adverse cardiac events were similar between placebo and ustekinumab through up to 5 years.

Data show the proportion of individuals with sustained clinical cure through Week 8 was 80.3% with CP101 treatment.

BMI did not have an association with increased risk for death in any BMI category, according to study investigators.

A look into the efficacy of ozanimod in patients with UC and the potential risk for cardiovascular events.

Patients with IBD are often at an increased risk of developing NAFLD.

Dr. Blount discusses the DDW 2022 poster of distinction on the investigational live biotherapeutic.

Post-treatment, data show molecular age remained significantly greater than chronological age at a median difference of 18.6 years.

DASH diet was inversely associated with NAFLD risk, independent of BMI changes.

The treatment did not improve sustained virologic response but did increase the rate of treatment-related adverse events.

Dr. Chopra said an FDA-approved treatment for NAFLD could come in the next 6 months.

Alcohol use increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to an increase in alcoholic hepatitis.

NAFLD is currently the most prevalent liver disease in the US.

Dr. Simonetto is involved in several studies using artificial intelligence.

The prevalence of NAFLD in the pediatric population has increased in recent years.

Using a main adjusted model, the investigators found an increase of 31.8 percentage points in test completion in the intervention group compared to the control group.