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The present study sought to determine if widely available complete blood count (CBC)-derived indices of inflammation predicted treatment response to Glecaprevir\/Pibrentasvir (GLE\/PIB), a potential inflammation modulator, in patients with PTSD.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We performed a secondary analysis of an uncontrolled trial of GLE\/PIB in 10 patients with PTSD. Nearest CBC lab tests were taken from the Veterans Affairs electronic health record, and six CBC-derived indices of inflammation were calculated and Z-standardized. The effect of the indices on PTSD symptoms following GLE\/PIB treatment, as measured by the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (CAPS), was determined through multiple linear regression.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Four of the six indices of inflammation tested had statistically significant associations with post-treatment CAPS scores at an \u03b1 = 0.05 significance level. Regression coefficients for the statistically significant findings ranged from \u221219.56 (95% CI: \u221228.99, \u221210.14) to \u221214.24 (95% CI: \u221225.51, \u22122.98), indicating lower post-treatment CAPS scores in patients with greater inflammatory indices.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>CBC-derived indices of inflammation may be an efficient and widely available biomarker for predicting treatment response in medications targeting potential inflammatory mechanisms of PTSD.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.64719\/pb.18510","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,9]],"date-time":"2026-06-09T08:56:35Z","timestamp":1780995395000},"page":"22-30","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Association of CBC-Derived Indices of Inflammation with Response to Glecaprevir\/Pibrentasvir for PTSD"],"prefix":"10.64719","volume":"56","author":[{"given":"Luke","family":"Rozema","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bradley V","family":"Watts","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Brian","family":"Shiner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"54175","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","unstructured":"Guha M. 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