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AUTHOR
Veronique Loustaud Ratti
Effectiveness of telaprevir or boceprevir in treatment-experienced patients with HCV genotype 1 infection and cirrhosis. : Triple therapy in HCV genotype 1 cirrhotics
International audience; BACKGROUND & AIMS: We investigated the effectiveness of the protease inhibitors peginterferon and ribavirin in treatment-experienced patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 infection and cirrhosis. METHODS: In the Compassionate Use of Protease Inhibitors in Viral C Cirrhosis study, 511 patients with HCV genotype 1 infection and compensated cirrhosis who did not respond to a prior course of peginterferon and ribavirin (44.3% relapsers or patients with viral breakthrough, 44.8% partial responders, and 8.0% null responders) were given either telaprevir (n = 299) or boceprevir (n = 212) for 48 weeks. We assessed percentages of patients with sustained viral respo…
Prevalence and Incidence of Subclinical Proximal Tubulopathy (SPT) over 96 Weeks in Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB) Patients Treated with Entecavir (ETV) or Tenofovir Disoproxil (TDF) without Renal Insufficiency (RI) or Hypophosphatemia during the Follow-up
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