Scientists find a way to cure hepatitis C with 6 weeks of treatment

A pilot study found that all patients with acute HCV who were treated with a direct-acting antiviral treatment over a ‘short-duration’ of six weeks had undetectable HCV after a 12 week follow-up. The investigator-initiated study demonstrated that the combination of sofosbuvir and ledipasvir for only six weeks is sufficient to treat patients with acute HCV.