Meta-analysis: diagnostic accuracy of hepatitis C core antigen detection during therapy with direct-acting antivirals.
Daniel Sepúlveda-CrespoAna Treviño-NakouraJosé-María BellónBeatriz Ardizone JiménezMaria Ángeles Jiménez-SousaAmanda Fernández-RodíguezIsidoro MartínezSalvador Resino GarcíaPublished in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2022)
The HCVcAg assay may be helpful for monitoring the efficacy of HCV treatment with DAAs in HCV-infected patients at EOT and for documenting SVR, but not at weeks 2 and 4 of treatment due to poor diagnostic performance.