Article
Addition of ribavirin to daclatasvir plus asunaprevir for chronic hepatitis C 1b patients with baseline NS5A resistance-associated variants improved response.
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi - 1 Apr 2017
Hong Chun-Ming, Liu Chun-Jen, Yeh Shiou-Hwei, Chen Pei-Jer
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Daclatasvir is a nonstructural protein 5A inhibitor with potent activity against hepatitis C virus genotypes 1-6 in vitro, and asunaprevir is a nonstructural protein 3 protease inhibitor with activity against genotypes 1, 4, 5, and 6. Despite a 90% sustained virologic response (SVR) rate, the SVR rate in patients with baseline NS5A-L31/Y93H polymorphisms decreased to around 40%. Therefore, an...
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