AbbVie’s Viekira Pak (ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir; dasabuvir) plus ribavirin boasts a hepatitis C virus (HCV) cure rate in the low-90 percent range among those with genotype 1 of the virus who are coinfected with HIV. Researchers presented findings from the Phase II/III open-label ...
Pharmacists oversaw the delivery of hepatitis C treatment in a recent study. People with hepatitis C virus (HCV) can receive direct-acting antiviral (DAA) treatment through a pharmacist-delivered system and achieve good cure rates. However, the likelihood of a cure was lower among people who mi...
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In other studies of Viekira among people with CKD that included those with cirrhosis and those who had been previously treated for HCV, cure rates were in the mid-90 percent range. The findings of one trial suggested that ribavirin might not even be necessary for those with genotype 1a and ...
enzyme called NS3/4A protease which is essential for cleavage of HCV into its mature forms. Pibrentasvir inhibits NS5A, a protein that also plays a key role in HCV RNA replication. Cure rates of 95% to 99% after 8 weeks of treatment have been reported in people with hep C who took ...
246 A subanalysis of one of the trials showed that treatment-naïve patients without cirrhosis had excellent SVR12 rates with only 8 weeks of ledipasvir-sofosbuvir if their pretreatment HCV RNA level was less than 6 million IU/mL.248 For the treatment of patients with genotype 1 infection, ...
In 2014, direct-acting antivirals were developed, which provide greatly improved cure rates along with reduced side effects and shorter duration of treatment, meaning that more patients can successfully complete treatment than before. As a result, in 2016, all 194 member states of the WHO have ...
Friday's U.S. approval of Merck's Hep C drug Victrelis puts the company on good footing to compete against rival Vertex Pharma.