Ledipasvir plus sofosbuvir for 12 weeks in patients with hepatitis C genotype 4 infection
Armand Abergel, Sophie Metivier, Didier Samuel, Deyuan Jiang, Kathryn Kersey, Phillip S. Pang, Evguenia Svarovskaia, Steven J. Knox, Veronique Loustaud‐Ratti, Tarik Asselah – 28 June 2016 – Genotype 4 hepatitis C virus (HCV) was considered difficult to treat in the era of pegylated interferon‐alpha (Peg‐IFN‐α) and ribavirin regimens. We evaluated the efficacy and safety of therapy with the nonstructural (NS) 5A inhibitor, ledipasvir, combined with the NS5B polymerase inhibitor, sofosbuvir, in patients with HCV genotype 4.