Article
Sustained virologic response rates with telaprevir-based therapy in treatment-naive patients evaluated by race or ethnicity.
Journal of clinical gastroenterology - 1 Apr 2015
Flamm Steven L, Muir Andrew J, Fried Michael W, Reddy K Rajender, Nelson David R, Bzowej Natalie H, Sullivan James C, Bengtsson Leif, DeMasi Ralph, Wright Christopher I, Kieffer Tara L, George Shelley, Adda Nathalie, Dusheiko Geoffrey M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The phase 3 studies of telaprevir (T) in combination with peginterferon α-2a and ribavirin (PR) in treatment-naive genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C virus-infected patients (ADVANCE/ILLUMINATE) were not designed a priori to assess the effect of race and ethnicity on treatment response. However, these factors are important given the lower sustained virologic response (SVR) rates observed in black and...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
