Peginterferon alfa-2b plus weight-based ribavirin for 24weeks in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 1 with low viral load who achieve rapid viral response

• Published in: Journal of viral hepatitis Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. e120 - e125
• Main Authors: Craxi, A, Koutsounas, S, Ogurtsov, P, Chemello, L, Maticic, M, Torras, J, Diago, M, Tartaglione, M T, Witthoeft, T, Yu, X, Faruqi, R, Chaudhri, E, Pedicone, L D, Zuckerman, E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.02.2012
• Subjects: Age; Body weight; Genotypes; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis C virus; Ribavirin; RNA; RNA viruses

In chronic hepatitis C (CHC), treatment duration may be individualized according to time to first undetectable hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA, with patients who attain undetectable HCV RNA early in treatment being candidates for shorter regimens. The aim of this study was to determine the relapse rate...