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Combination of vaniprevir with peginterferon and ribavirin significantly increases the rate of SVR in treatment-experienced patients with chronic HCV genotype 1 infection and cirrhosis.
Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association - 1 Jun 2014
Rodriguez-Torres Maribel, Stoehr Albrecht, Gane Edward J, Serfaty Lawrence, Lawitz Eric, Zhou Amy, Bourque Michael, Bhanja Sanhita, Strizki Julie, Barnard Richard J O, Hwang Peggy M T, DiNubile Mark J, Mobashery Niloufar
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: The combination of vaniprevir (a NS3/4A protease inhibitor) with peginterferon and ribavirin was shown to increase rates of sustained virologic response (SVR) significantly, compared with peginterferon and ribavirin alone, in treatment-experienced patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 infection without cirrhosis. We performed a blinded, randomized, controlled trial of the...
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