News tagged with peginterferon alfa
US approves second new hepatitis C drug
The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Incivek to treat hepatitis C when taken along with the current two-drug regimen, marking the second such drug approval this month.
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May 23, 2011 |
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Added anti-viral improves response, halves duration of hepatitis C treatment
The addition of the anti-viral drug telaprevir to a standard treatment for hepatitis C can shorten the duration of therapy and increase the number of patients who can be cured of their disease, according to the results of ...
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Apr 30, 2009 |
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Taribavirin offers a safe, effective alternative for chronic hepatitis C
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and 50 other centers found that weight-based dosing of taribavirin reduces rates of anemia while increasing sustained virologic response (SVR) in patients with chronic hepatitis ...
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Sep 22, 2010 |
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New anti-viral drug shows promise for dramatic improvement in hepatitis C treatment
Adding a direct acting anti-viral drug to the standard treatment regimen for hepatitis C significantly increases the cure rate in the most difficult to treat patients, according to a research report published Monday in the ...
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Aug 08, 2010 |
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G1 HCV patients who achieve an early viral response can be successfully treated within 6 months
24 weeks of treatment could be sufficient to cure between 93 and 100% of treatment-naďve chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 (G1) infected patients if they have a fast antiviral response to Telaprevir (TVR) with ...
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Apr 16, 2010 |
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Retreating patients with hepatitis C: Telaprevir boosts cure rate
Adding the investigational drug telaprevir to standard treatment for hepatitis C infection cures about half the patients willing to give therapy a second try. That compares to a cure rate of just 14 percent among those who ...
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Apr 07, 2010 |
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Men experience sexual dysfunction during hepatitis C therapy
Sexual impairment is common among men with chronic hepatitis C undergoing antiviral therapy, according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Instit ...
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Sep 01, 2009 |
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Current hepatitis C treatments work equally well, researchers report
The three treatment combinations for clearing the most common form of the hepatitis C virus work equally well with similar side effects, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers and their colleagues in 13 ...
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Aug 07, 2009 |
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Hepatitis C: No overall difference in sustained viral response in most widely used treatments
Findings from the largest study to date comparing the efficacy of competing treatments for chronic hepatitis C infection (HCV) show that the regimens are similar when it comes to safety and their ability to provoke long-term ...
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Jul 22, 2009 |
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NEJM study points to new era in hepatitis C treatment
For patients with the most common form of hepatitis C, the addition of a hepatitis C-specific protease inhibitor called telaprevir to the current standard therapy can significantly improve the chances of being cured, and ...
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Jun 05, 2009 |
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New studies examine elimination of hepatitis B and C
Two new studies in the April issue of Hepatology explore the ways that hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) can be cleared from patients' bodies. Hepatology is a journal published by John Wiley & Sons on beh ...
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Apr 01, 2009 |
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Hepatitis C treatment reduces the virus but liver damage continues
Treating patients who have chronic hepatitis C and advanced liver disease with long-term pegylated interferon significantly decreased their liver enzymes, viral levels and liver inflammation, but the treatment did not slow ...
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Dec 09, 2008 |
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