Hepatitis

High response rates achieved for treatment of hepatitis C and HIV

Published in Anti-Infectives Week, August 23rd, 2004

A landmark study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals the highest efficacy rates ever reported among patients coinfected with hepatitis C and HIV treated with pegylated interferon and ribavirin.

The multinational APRICOT (AIDS PEGASYS Ribavirin International Coinfection Trial) study found that the drug combination of Pegasys (peginterferon alfa-2a) and Copegus (ribavirin) was much more effective than the previous generation of hepatitis C therapy standard interferon and ribavirin. Efficacy was measured as the sustained virological response (SVR) rate, which is defined by the absence of detectable HCV RNA in the serum for at least 6 months...

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