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Hepatitis C RNA assay differences in results: Potential implications for shortened therapy and determination of Sustained Virologic Response.
Scientific reports - 20 Oct 2016
Cloherty Gavin, Chevaliez Stephane, Sarrazin Christoph, Herman Christine, Holzmayer Vera, Dawson George, Maasoumy Benjamin, Vermehren Johannes, Wedemeyer Heiner, Feld Jordan J, Pawlotsky Jean-Michel
Abstract excerpt
Approval of Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C (HCV) includes the truncation of therapy from 12 to 8 weeks in treatment naïve, non-cirrhotic patients with baseline HCV RNA levels <6 million IU/mL (6.8 log10 IU/mL). The aim of this study was to evaluate this clinical cutoff with a different widely used commercially available HCV RNA test. Results from samples tested prospectively with...
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