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Peginterferon alfa-2a (40KD) (PEGASYS®) plus ribavirin (COPEGUS®) in retreatment of chronic hepatitis C patients, nonresponders and relapsers to previous conventional interferon plus ribavirin therapy

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Peginterferon alfa plus ribavirin is currently the treatment of choice for chronic hepatitis C. Peginterferon alfa-2a (40KD) plus ribavirin has given an overall sustained virological response of 18% in F3/F4 previous nonresponder US patients.
E. Parise   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

Re-treatment of previous non-responders and relapsers to interferon plus ribavirin with peginterferon alfa-2a (40KD), ribavirin ± amantadine in patients with chronic hepatitis C: randomized multicentre clinical trial

open access: yesAnnals of Hepatology, 2012
Introduction. A large number of patients with chronic hepatitis C have not been cured with interferon-based therapy. Therefore, we evaluated the efficacy of amantadine combined with the standard of care (pegylated interferon plus ribavirin) in patients ...
Mario G. Pessôa   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chronic hepatitis b with type I diabetes mellitus and autoimmune thyroiditis development during interferon alpha therapy

open access: yesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2011
Interferon alpha is a molecule frequently used in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B, C, and D, with immunomodulatory and antiviral activity. It is also used in some cancer types. It has been widely claimed that interferon alpha triggers autoimmunity,
Sukran Kose   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

El tratamiento de 24 semanas con PEG interferón alfa 2a podría ser similar al de 48 semanas en pacientes con hepatitis B crónica HBeAg positivo y buenos predictores de respuesta: resultados de un estudio piloto

open access: yesActa Gastroenterológica Latinoamericana, 2009
Introducción. El tratamiento recomendado para los pacientes con hepatitis B crónica HBeAg positivo es PEG interferón alfa 2a durante 48 semanas. No hay suficientes datos que avalen mejor respuesta con 48 semanas de tratamiento versus 24 semanas.
Joaquín Solari   +9 more
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Acute hepatitis C treatment

open access: yesAnnals of Hepatology, 2010
There are no well established treatment guidelines about acute hepatitis C (AHC), leaving physicians to make several challenging decisions, such whether to treat, when to treat and what treatment regimens to use.
Paulo Roberto Lerias de Almeida
doaj   +1 more source

Plasma N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide as Prognostic Marker in Fatal Cardial Decompensation with Sunitinib Malate Therapy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
A 74-year-old man with metastatic renal cell carcinoma and a history of cardiac failure was treated with sunitinib malate. MUGA echocardiography could not detect a relevant change in the ejection fraction although the clinical situation of the patient ...
Haseke, Nicolas   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Effectiveness and tolerability of pegylated interferon alfa-2b in combination with ribavirin for treatment of chronic hepatitis C: the PegIntrust Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Background and study aims : Large international clinical trials conducted in the past 5 years rapidly improved the treatment of chronic hepatitis C; however, it is unclear whether the advances seen in clinical trials are being paralleled by similar ...
Adler, M   +14 more
core   +2 more sources

Raised serum transaminases during treatment with pegylated interferon for chronic hepatiti C [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Introduction : Serum transaminases rose significantly in 7 patients with chronic hepatitis C, genotypes 2 and 3, who were treated with pegylated interferon and ribavirin. Methods : 219 patients with chronic hepatitis C, genotypes 2 and 3, were treated
Datta, S.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

A cost-utility analysis of different antiviral medicine regimens in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background: Despite the introduction of new drug regimens with high effectiveness for the hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients, especially in HCV genotype 1, no cost-effectiveness study on the selection of the superior drug strategy in Iran has been ...
Alavian, Seyed Moayed   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Systemic Interferon Alfa in Multiple Sclerosis

open access: yesArchives of Neurology, 1989
To the Editor. —We wish to comment on the conclusions reached by Panitch 1 in his follow-up study of patients treated with subcutaneous interferon alfa. Panitch notes that patients treated with interferon alfa experienced a reduction in attack frequency from 1.33 per year to 0.47 per year over a mean follow-up of four years.
Weinshenker, BG, Ebers, G
openaire   +2 more sources

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