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Paul J. Pockros

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Effect of peginterferon alfa-2a on liver histology in chronic hepatitis C: a meta-analysis of individual patient data

2004

Multicenter randomized trials have shown that once-weekly pegylated interferon (peginterferon) alfa-2a is more efficacious than conventional interferon alfa-2a (IFN) in patients with chronic hepatitis C. We performed a meta-analysis of 1,013 previously untreated patients (from 3 randomized trials) with pretreatment and post-treatment liver biopsies to assess the differences between peginterferon alfa-2a and IFN in terms of their effects on liver histology. Reported values were standardized mean differences (SMD) between patients receiving peginterferon alfa-2a and those receiving IFN (post-treatment value minus baseline value for each group). We used a random-effects model to quantify the a…

Liver CirrhosisMaleCirrhosisFibrosiFemalGastroenterologyPolyethylene Glycolslaw.inventionRandomized controlled trialFibrosislawPegylated interferonChronicInterferon Alfa-2aInterferon Alfa-2bvirus diseasesHepatitis CMiddle AgedAdult; Antiviral Agents; Femal; Hepatitis C; Chronic; Humans; Interferon Alfa-2a; Interferon Alfa-2b; Liver; Liver Cirrhosis; Male; Middle Aged; Polyethylene Glycols; Predictive Value of Tests; Treatment Outcome; eHepatitis CRecombinant ProteinseTreatment OutcomeLiverPredictive value of testsFemalePeginterferon alfa-2amedicine.drugAdultmedicine.medical_specialtyEfficacypegylated interferon-alpha-2bBody-mass indexInterferon alpha-2Antiviral AgentsPredictive Value of TestsInternal medicinemedicineHumansInterferon-alpha therapySteatosiHepatologybusiness.industryInterferon-alphaHepatitis C ChronicHepatologymedicine.diseaseImmunologybusinessPredictor
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Elafibranor, an Agonist of the Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-alpha and -delta, Induces Resolution of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Withou…

2016

International audience; BACKGROUND & AIMS: Elafibranor is an agonist of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-δ. Elafibranor improves insulin sensitivity, glucose homeostasis, and lipid metabolism and reduces inflammation. We assessed the safety and efficacy of elafibranor in an international, randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial of patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).METHODS: Patients with NASH without cirrhosis were randomly assigned to groups given elafibranor 80 mg (n = 93), elafibranor 120 mg (n = 91), or placebo (n = 92) each day for 52 weeks at sites in Europe and the United States. Clinical and …

0301 basic medicineLiver CirrhosisMaleTime FactorsIntention to Treat Analysi[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]BiopsyPLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIALTHERAPYGastroenterologySeverity of Illness IndexChalcone0302 clinical medicineChalconesNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseGastrointestinal AgentNonalcoholic fatty liver diseasePropionateMedicine and Health SciencesOdds RatioMedicineGlucose homeostasisVITAMIN-Eeducation.field_of_studyGastrointestinal agentFatty liverRemission InductionGastroenterologyMiddle Aged3. Good healthIntention to Treat AnalysisPPARDEuropeTreatment OutcomeLiverACIDPIOGLITAZONE030211 gastroenterology & hepatologyFemalePPARAHumanSignal TransductionAdultCLINICAL-OUTCOMESmedicine.medical_specialtyLogistic ModelTime FactorLiver CirrhosiPopulationfatty liver; NAFLD; PPARA; PPARD; Adult; Biomarkers; Biopsy; Chalcones; Double-Blind Method; Europe; Female; Gastrointestinal Agents; Humans; Intention to Treat Analysis; Liver; Liver Cirrhosis; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; Odds Ratio; PPAR alpha; PPAR gamma; Propionates; Remission Induction; Severity of Illness Index; Signal Transduction; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; United States; GastroenterologyPlacebo03 medical and health sciencesDouble-Blind MethodGastrointestinal AgentsInternal medicineNAFLDHumansPPAR alphaeducationFATTY LIVER-DISEASEfatty liverHepatologybusiness.industryBiomarkerAMERICAN ASSOCIATIONOdds ratiomedicine.diseaseConfidence intervalUnited StatesPPAR gammaRenal disorders Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 11]030104 developmental biologyEndocrinologyLogistic ModelsHuman medicinePropionatesbusinessBiomarkers
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Optimized threshold for serum HCV RNA to predict treatment outcomes in hepatitis C patients receiving peginterferon alfa-2a/ribavirin

2012

Summary.  It is unclear whether the current threshold for ‘high’ hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA level (800 000 IU/mL) is optimal for predicting sustained virological response (SVR). We retrospectively analysed pretreatment HCV RNA levels and SVR rates in 1529 mono-infected and 176 HIV–HCV co-infected patients treated with peginterferon alfa-2a (40 kD) plus ribavirin. We improved the threshold for differentiating low and high viral load by fitting semiparametric generalized additive logistic regression models to the data and constructing receiver operating characteristics curves. Among HCV genotype 1 mono-infected patients, the difference in SVR rates between those with low and high baseline HC…

medicine.medical_specialtyHepatologyReceiver operating characteristicbusiness.industryRibavirinHepatitis C virusvirus diseasesHepatitis Cmedicine.diseaseLogistic regressionmedicine.disease_causeGastroenterologydigestive system diseaseschemistry.chemical_compoundInfectious DiseaseschemistryVirologyInternal medicineGenotypeImmunologymedicinebusinessViral loadPeginterferon alfa-2amedicine.drugJournal of Viral Hepatitis
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