CCO Infectious Disease Podcast

Choosing ART for HIV With HBV and HCV Coinfections: Using HIV-ASSIST

Episode Summary

It is not uncommon for people with HIV to be coinfected with HBV or HCV. Hear how Carolyn Chu, MD, MSc, FAAFP, AAHIVS, uses HIV-ASSIST to guide management of HIV with these coinfections.

Episode Notes

In this episode, Carolyn Chu, MD, MSc, FAAFP, AAHIVS, discusses using HIV-ASSIST to aid in the selection of an ART regimen for PWH coinfected with HBV and HCV. Listen as she covers:

• How HIV-ASSIST supports ART selection in primary care
• Updates to viral hepatitis recommendations including:  
•              CDC HBV screening and testing recommendations
•              AASLD simplified HCV treatment approach for PWH
• HIV-ASSIST for managing HIV/HBV coinfections, including ensuring that NRTIs that are effective for both HIV and HBV are included in an ART regimen and alerting the user when an additional HBV treatment is needed 
• HIV-ASSIST for managing HIV/HCV coinfections, including showing how the HIV-ASSIST tool incorporates drug‒drug interaction considerations from the University of Liverpool HIV Drug Interaction Checker

Carolyn Chu, MD, MSc, FAAFP, AAHIVS
Chief Clinical Officer
National Clinician Consultation Center
Professor
Clinical Family Community Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Link to full program: bit.ly/3pwaH2Y