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HIVandHepatitis.com Coverage of Highlights from the
56th Annual Meeting of the American
Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

 November 11 - 15, 2005 San Francisco, California


FDA-approved Hepatitis B Treatments

Adefovir dipivoxil (Hepsera)

In Comparison to Adefovir, the Efficacy of Tenofovir Seems Unchanged by the Presence of Lamivudine-resistant HBV - 11/23/05

Experimental HBV Drug Pradefovir: Safety, Tolerability, Antiviral Activity, and Pharmacokinetics - 11/21/05

Five-year Treatment with Adefovir Results in Regression of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with HBeAg-negative Chronic Hepatitis B - 11/16/05


Adefovir Add-on Therapy after Emergence of Lamivudine Resistance Is Effective and Unlikely to Result in Resistance to Adefovir in HIV-HBV Coinfected Patients - 11/16/05

A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Treatment Alternatives for Hepatitis B Cirrhosis - 11/16/05


Long-term Treatment with Adefovir Dipivoxil Is More Cost Effective Than Lamivudine for HBeAg-negative Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B - 11/16/05


Effective Treatment Does Not Reach HBV Patients in the Netherlands Due to Lack of Use by Specialists of Treatment Guidelines - 11/16/05


Epivir-HBV (Lamivudine)

Histologic Improvement in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B after Treatment with Peginterferon alfa-2a (Pegasys) Monotherapy - 11/18/05

Maximal Early HBV Suppression is Predictive of Optimal Virologic and Clinical Efficacy in Nucleoside-Treated Hepatitis B Patients: The GLOBE Study - 11/18/05

Adefovir Add-on Therapy after Emergence of Lamivudine Resistance Is Effective and Unlikely to Result in Resistance to Adefovir in HIV-HBV Coinfected Patients - 11/16/05

Long-term Treatment with Adefovir Dipivoxil Is More Cost Effective Than Lamivudine for HBeAg-negative Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B - 11/16/05


Efficacy and Safety of Entecavir and Lamivudine in HBV Patients with Cirrhosis - 11/16/05


Effective Treatment Does Not Reach HBV Patients in the Netherlands Due to Lack of Use by Specialists of Treatment Guidelines - 11/16/05


Entecavir (Baraclude)


Entecavir Two-Year Resistance Update - 11/16/05


Efficacy and Safety of Entecavir and Lamivudine in HBV Patients with Cirrhosis - 11/16/05


Effective Treatment Does Not Reach HBV Patients in the Netherlands Due to Lack of Use by Specialists of Treatment Guidelines - 11/16/05


Intron A (interferon alfa-2a)


Effective Treatment Does Not Reach HBV Patients in the Netherlands Due to Lack of Use by Specialists of Treatment Guidelines - 11/16/05


Pegasys (peginterferon alfa-2a)


Histologic Improvement in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B after Treatment with Peginterferon alfa-2a (Pegasys) Monotherapy - 11/18/05


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