Xavier Forns

Hepatology Services Hepatologist

Research group

Viral, genetic and immune-mediated liver diseases Eminent researcher

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

Featured publications

Incidence and Clinical Significance of Recompensation After HCV Cure

Authors:
Semmler, Georg; Lens, Sabela; Hidalgo, Alvaro; Lopez, Sonia Alonso; Perez-Perez, Maria;

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Genesca, Joan; Banares, Rafael; Forns, Xavier; Fernandez, Inmaculada; Mandorfer, Mattias.

Reference: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2025.
Exchangeable copper for patients with Wilson disease at follow-up: Rethinking normal ranges or changing methodology

Authors:
Marino, Zoe; Garcia-Sola, Claudia; Rios, Jose; Bono, Ariadna; Garcia, Sonia;

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Andreu, Rocio; Aguado, Cristina; Forns, Xavier; Torra, Merce; Berenguer, Marina.

Reference: HEPATOLOGY 2025.
Differential HBV RNA and HBcrAg patterns in untreated patients with chronic hepatitis delta

Authors:
Degasperi, Elisabetta; Scholtes, Caroline; Testoni, Barbara; Renteria, Sara Uceda; Anolli, Maria Paola;

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Perez-del-Pulgar, Sofia; Heil, Marintha; Levrero, Massimo; Zoulim, Fabien; Lampertico, Pietro.

Reference: JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY 2025.
Predictors of hepatic flares after nucleos(t)ide analogue cessation - Results of a global cohort study (RETRACT-B study)

Authors:
Dongelmans, Edo J; Hirode, Grishma; Hansen, Bettina E; Chen, Chien-Hung; Su, Tung-Hung;

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Kao, Jia-Horng; Cornberg, Markus; Sonneveld, Milan J; Jeng, Wen-Juei; Janssen, Harry L A.

Reference: JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY 2025.
EASL position paper on clinical follow-up after HCV cure

Authors:
Reiberger, Thomas; Lens, Sabela; Cabibbo, Giuseppe; Nahon, Pierre; Zignego, Anna Linda;

Deterding, Katja; Elsharkawy, Ahmed M; Forns, Xavier.

Reference: JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY 2024.
Real-life effectiveness of sofosbuvir/velpatasvir/voxilaprevir in hepatitis C patients previously treated with sofosbuvir/velpatasvir or glecaprevir/pibrentasvir

Authors:
Ruiz-Cobo, Juan Carlos; Llaneras, Jordi; Forns, Xavier; Gallego Moya, Adolfo; Conde Amiel, Isabel;

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Bernal-Monterde, Vanesa; Delgado, Manuel; Turnes, Juan; Lens, Sabela; Buti, Maria.

Reference: ALIMENTARY PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS 2024.
Post-treatment LSM rather than change during treatment predicts decompensation in patients with cACLD after HCV cure

Authors:
Semmler, Georg; Lopez, Sonia Alonso; Pons, Monica; Lens, Sabela; Dajti, Elton;

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Reiberger, Thomas; Forns, Xavier; Genesca, Joan; Banares, Rafael; Mandorfer, Mattias.

Reference: JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY 2024.
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.
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.

Featured Projects

Análisis transcriptómico espacial de las interacciones virus-huésped y la respuesta al tratamiento en la hepatitis crónica Delta (SPACE-D)

Principal investigator: Sabela Lens García, Xavier Forns Bernhardt

Funder: Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)

Code: PI25/01234

Duration: 01/01/2026 - 31/12/2028
Exploring the mechanisms used by HBV to evade the host immune defenses

Principal investigator: Xavier Forns Bernhardt, XAvier Forns Sofia Pérez del Pulgar Thais Leonel Anna Pocurull Mala K. Maini Sergio Rodrígues-Tajes Ester Garcia Pras Ernest Belmonte, Sofia Pérez del Pulgar Xavier Forns

Funder: ISCIII

Code: PI22/00013

Duration: 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2025
TherVacB: A therapeutic vaccine to cure hepatitis B

Principal investigator: Xavier Forns Bernhardt

Funder: European Commission

Code: 848223

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

Web: https://www.thervacb.eu/

Xavier Forns

Research group

Featured publications

Featured Projects

Análisis transcriptómico espacial de las interacciones virus-huésped y la respuesta al tratamiento en la hepatitis crónica Delta (SPACE-D)

Exploring the mechanisms used by HBV to evade the host immune defenses

TherVacB: A therapeutic vaccine to cure hepatitis B

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