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Telaprevir with peginterferon and ribavirin for treatment-naive patients chronically infected with HCV of genotype 1 in Japan.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Jan 2012
Kumada Hiromitsu, Toyota Joji, Okanoue Takeshi, Chayama Kazuaki, Tsubouchi Hirohito, Hayashi Norio
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of telaprevir in combination with peginterferon-α2b (PEG-IFN) and ribavirin (RBV) in patients with chronic hepatitis C. METHODS: In a multi-center randomized clinical trial in Japan, on patients infected with HCV of genotype 1, 126 patients were assigned to telaprevir for 12 weeks along with PEG-IFN and RBV for 24 weeks (Group A), while 63 to PEG-IFN and RBV...
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