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Patient-specific genetic factors predict treatment failure in sofosbuvir-treated patients with chronic hepatitis C.
Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Apr 2022
Loucks Catrina M, Lin Jennifer J, Trueman Jessica N, Drögemöller Britt I, Wright Galen E B, Chang Wan-Chun, Li Kathy H, Yoshida Eric M, Ford Jo-Ann, Lee Samuel S, Crotty Pam, Kim Richard B, Al-Judaibi Bandar, Schwarz Ute I, Ramji Alnoor, Farivar Jeanette F, Tam Edward, Walston Lori Lee, Ross Colin J D, Carleton Bruce C
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: According to pivotal clinical trials, cure rates for sofosbuvir-based antiviral therapy exceed 96%. Treatment failure is usually assumed to be because of virological resistance-associated substitutions or clinical risk factors, yet the role of patient-specific genetic factors has not been well explored. We determined if patient-specific genetic factors help predict patients likely to fail...
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