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Relevance of the Core 70 and IL-28B polymorphism and response-guided therapy of peginterferon alfa-2a ± ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C of Genotype 1b: a multicenter randomized trial, ReGIT-J study.
Journal of gastroenterology - 1 Mar 2014
Nishiguchi Shuhei, Enomoto Hirayuki, Aizawa Nobuhiro, Nishikawa Hiroki, Osaki Yukio, Tsuda Yasuhiro, Higuchi Kazuhide, Okazaki Kazuichi, Seki Toshihito, Kim Soo Ryang, Hongo Yasushi, Jyomura Hisato, Nishida Naoshi, Kudo Masatoshi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We conducted a multicenter randomized clinical trial to determine the optimal treatment strategy against chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) with genotype 1b and a high viral load (G1b/high). METHODS: The study subjects included 153 patients with G1b/high. Patients were initially treated with PEG-IFNα-2a alone and then randomly assigned to receive different treatment regimens. Ribavirin (RBV) was...
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