Xavier Forns

Hepatology Services Hepatologist

Research group

Viral, genetic and immune-mediated liver diseases Group leader (R4)

xforns@clinic.cat 0000-0002-8188-1764

Featured publications

Hepatitis D double reflex testing of all hepatitis B carriers in low HBV and high HBV/high HDV prevalence countries

Authors:
Razavi, Homie A; Buti, Maria; Terrault, Norah A; Zeuzem, Stefan; Yurdaydin, Cihan;

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Villalobos-Salcedo, Juan Miguel; Voeller, Alexis S; Yang, Hwai-, I; Yu, Ming-Lung; Zuckerman, Eli.

Reference: Journal Of Hepatology 2023.
Off-therapy response after nucleos(t)ide analogue withdrawal in patients with chronic hepatitis B: An international, multi-center, multi-ethnic cohort (RETRACT-B study)

Authors:
Hirode, Grishma; Choi, Hannah S J; Chen, Chien-Hung; Su, Tung-Hung; Seto, Wai-Kay;

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Kao, Jia-Horng; Cornberg, Markus; Hansen, Bettina E; Jeng, Wen-Juei; Janssen, Harry L A.

Reference: Gastroenterology 2022.
Viral and immune factors associated with successful treatment withdrawal in HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B patients

Authors:
Garcia-Lopez, Mireia; Lens, Sabela; Pallett, Laura J; Testoni, Barbara; Rodriguez-Tajes, Sergio;

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Koutsoudakis, George; Zoulim, Fabien; Maini, Mala K; Forns, Xavier; Perez-del-Pulgar, Sofia.

Reference: Journal Of Hepatology 2021.
Clinical outcome and hemodynamic changes following HCV eradication with oral antiviral therapy in patients with clinically significant portal hypertension

Authors:
Lens, Sabela; Baiges, Anna; Alvarado-Tapias, Edilmar; LLop, Elba; Martinez, Javier;

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Hernandez-Gea, Virginia; Bosch, Jaume; Villanueva, Candid; Carlos Garcia-Pagan, Juan; Forns, Xavier.

Reference: Journal Of Hepatology 2020.
Hepatitis C-related cirrhosis will be a marginal cause of hospital admissions in the near future

Authors:
Rodriguez-Tajes, Sergio; Pocurull, Anna; Castillo, Joaquin; Casanova, Gherzon; Vega, Laia;

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Marino, Zoe; Londono, Maria-Carlota; Forner, Alejandro; Torres, Ferran; Forns, Xavier.

Reference: Journal Of Hepatology 2020.
Time association between hepatitis C therapy and hepatocellular carcinoma emergence in cirrhosis: relevance of non-characterized nodules

Authors:
Marino, Zoe; Darne, Anna; Lens, Sabela; Sapena, Victor; Diaz, Alba;

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Ayuso, Carmen; Rios, Jose; Forns, Xavier; Bruix, Jordi; Reig, Maria.

Reference: Journal Of Hepatology 2019.
Hepatitis C virus early kinetics and resistance-associated substitution dynamics during antiviral therapy with direct-acting antivirals.

Authors:
Perpinan, Elena; Caro-Perez, Noelia; Garcia-Gonzalez, Neris; Gregori, Josep; Gonzalez, Patricia;

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Koutsoudakis, George; Quer, Josep; Gonzalez-Candelas, Fernando; Forns, Xavier; Perez-del-Pulgar, Sofia.

Reference: Journal Of Viral Hepatitis 2018.
Shorter HBIG administration is not associated to HBV recurrence when receiving combined prophylaxis after liver transplantation.

Authors:
Lens, Sabela; Garcia-Eliz, Maria; Fernandez, Inmaculada; Castells, Lluis; Bonacci, Martin;

Mas, Antoni; Crespo, Gonzalo; Buti, Maria; Prieto, Martin; Forns, Xavier.

Reference: Liver International 2018.
Glecaprevir/Pibrentasvir Treatment in Liver or Kidney Transplant Patients With Hepatitis C Virus Infection.

Authors:
Reau, Nancy; Kwo, Paul Y; Rhee, Susan; Brown, Robert S, Jr; Agarwal, Kosh;

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Shulman, Nancy S; Liu, Wei; Samanta, Suvajit; Trinh, Roger; Forns, Xavier.

Reference: Hepatology 2018.
Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir for 12 Weeks in Genotype 1-4 HCV-Infected Liver Transplant Recipients.

Authors:
Agarwal, Kosh; Castells, Lluis; Mullhaupt, Beat; Rosenberg, William M C; McNabb, Brian;

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Brainard, Diana M; Subramanian, G Mani; Marino, Zoe; Dufour, Jean-Francois; Forns, Xavier.

Reference: Journal Of Hepatology 2018.

Featured Projects

Estudio de la disfunción de la respuesta inmune adaptativa periférica e intrahepática en las diferentes fases de la hepatitis crónica por el virus de la hepatitis B

Principal investigator: Xavier Forns Bernhardt

Funder: Instituto de Salud Carlos III

Code: PI18/00079

Duration: 01/01/2019 - 01/01/2022
Evaluación prospectiva de un modelo externalizado de consulta especializada con intervención educacional para reducir la reinfección por el virus de la hepatitis C en un centro de reducción de daños

Principal investigator: Xavier Forns Bernhardt

Code: 2020I018

Duration: 01/01/2021 - 31/12/2022
TherVacB: A therapeutic vaccine to cure hepatitis B

Principal investigator: Xavier Forns Bernhardt

Code: 848223

Duration: 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2024

Web: https://www.thervacb.eu/
Defining the best strategy for global HCV screening, linkage-to-care, education and prevention in PWID population and validation of a new diagnostic dried blood spot test

Principal investigator: Sabela Lens García

Code: IN-ES-987-5349

Duration: 02/05/2018 - 31/03/2022

Xavier Forns

Research group

Featured publications

Featured Projects

Estudio de la disfunción de la respuesta inmune adaptativa periférica e intrahepática en las diferentes fases de la hepatitis crónica por el virus de la hepatitis B

Evaluación prospectiva de un modelo externalizado de consulta especializada con intervención educacional para reducir la reinfección por el virus de la hepatitis C en un centro de reducción de daños

TherVacB: A therapeutic vaccine to cure hepatitis B

Defining the best strategy for global HCV screening, linkage-to-care, education and prevention in PWID population and validation of a new diagnostic dried blood spot test

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