Hepatitis C Virus

New hepatitis C virus study results from A. Andriulli et al described

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, September 29th, 2008

" Anti-viral therapy seems more successful in HCV genotype 2 than genotype 3-infected patients. To report sustained virological response (SVR) rates for HCV-2 and HCV-3 infection," investigators in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy report.

" Meta-analyses were carried out on SVR data on 2275 patients treated for 24 weeks in eight individual trials and on 968 patients with rapid virological response (RVR) treated for 12-16 weeks or 24 weeks in Four studies. After 24 weeks of therapy, SVR rates were 74% and 68%, respectively, for HCV-2 and HCV-3 genotype patients. Among high viraemics, SVR rate in HCV-2 infection (75%) differed from the 58% value in HCV-3 infection. Among low...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2008-09-29)

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