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Interferon-based Simeprevir Therapy for Pediatric Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Viral Infection

open access: yesAnnals of Hepatology, 2018
Interferon-based simeprevir therapy showed high efficacy and tolerability in children with genotype 1 hepatitis C virus infection. While direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) therapy are undergoing study in children, this regimen is considered an available ...
Mitsuyoshi Suzuki   +2 more
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Optimizing choice of oral interferon-free treatment for genotype 1 hepatitis C virus using testing for NS5A resistance: a cost-utility analysis from the perspective of the Italian National Health Service

open access: yesClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 2017
Kirsten Y Westerhout,1 Walter Bouwmeester,1 Inge Duchesne,2 Marta Pisini,2 Marjanne A Piena,1 Francesco Damele,3 Beatrice Gueron,2 Maarten Treur,1 Jonathan Belsey4 1Pharmerit BV, Marten Meesweg, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; 2Janssen EMEA, Turnhoutseweg ...
Westerhout KY   +8 more
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Development of a rapid phenotypic test for HCV protease inhibitors with potential use in clinical decisions

open access: yesGenetics and Molecular Biology
Approximately 185 million people worldwide are chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). The first-wave of approved NS3 protease inhibitors (PIs) were Telaprevir and Boceprevir, which are currently discontinued.
Luciana Santos Pessoa   +7 more
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Aplastic Anemia and Severe Myelosuppression with Boceprevir or Simeprevir-Containing Hepatitis C Virus Treatment

open access: yesAnnals of Hepatology, 2017
The addition of the new protease inhibitors (PIs) to peg-interferon (IFN) and ribavirin (RBV), approved for chronic hepatitis C, has clearly improved sustained virological response (SVR) rates although several adverse events have been reported with this ...
Alicia Senín   +8 more
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The efficacy and safety of double (cepeginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin) and triple (simeprevir, cepeginterferon alfa 2b and ribavirin) treatment regimens in chronic hepatitis C patients. The experience of everyday clinical practice

open access: yesЖурнал инфектологии, 2016
The objective. To evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of double (cepeginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin) and triple (simeprevir, cepeginterferon alfa 2b and ribavirin) treatment regimens in chronic hepatitis C patients in everyday clinical ...
N. P. Blokhina   +13 more
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Improvement of ALT decay kinetics by all-oral HCV treatment: Role of NS5A inhibitors and differences with IFN-based regimens.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
BackgroundIntracellular HCV-RNA reduction is a proposed mechanism of action of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), alternative to hepatocytes elimination by pegylated-interferon plus ribavirin (PR).
Valeria Cento   +40 more
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Sustained virological response 12 versus sustained virological response 24 as evaluation endpoints in chronic hepatitis C virus Egyptian patients treated with sofosbuvir-based regimens

open access: yesThe Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2019
Background The recommended reliance on 12 weeks posttreatment sustained virological response (SVR12) instead of SVR24 was validated for treatment evaluation. Aim Judging claimed concordance between SVR12 and SVR24.
Maha M Elsabaawy   +9 more
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Quality of life of Brazilian chronic hepatitis C patients treated with interferon-free therapies

open access: yesRevista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2018
Due to the severity of chronic hepatitis C, there are multiple factors that can negatively affect the quality of life of infected patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients under ...
Fabiane Mateus Siqueira   +3 more
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Avances en hepatitis C

open access: yesRevista del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
La hepatitis C es la principal causa de hepatitis crónica, cirrosis y cáncer de hígado, así como la indicación más común de trasplante hepático en la Argentina y muchos otros países.
Ezequiel Mauro   +3 more
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