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Favorable efficacy of daclatasvir plus asunaprevir in treatment of elderly Japanese patients infected with HCV genotype 1b aged 70 and older.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jan 2017
Akuta Norio, Sezaki Hitomi, Suzuki Fumitaka, Kawamura Yusuke, Hosaka Tetsuya, Kobayashi Masahiro, Kobayashi Mariko, Saitoh Satoshi, Suzuki Yoshiyuki, Arase Yasuji, Ikeda Kenji, Kumada Hiromitsu
Abstract excerpt
The combination of daclatasvir and asunaprevir is efficacious in the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, but its efficacy and predictors of efficacy in the elderly (≥70 years) remain unclear. In this study, 844 patients with chronic HCV genotype 1b infection, were treated with daclatasvir (60 mg once daily) plus asunaprevir (100 mg twice daily) for 24 weeks. Using the intention-to-treat analysis, the...
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