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HIV and Hepatitis.com Coverage of the
61st Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD 2010)
October 29 - November 2, 2010, Boston, MA
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Hepatitis B Articles Library of Slides and Posters
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Hepatitis C Articles
Pre-treatment with Ribavirin Improves Response to Interferon-based Therapy for Hepatitis C
Artificial Liver Device Improves Survival for Hepatitis B and C Patients with Decompensated Disease
Pegylated Interferon Lambda for Hepatitis C Produces Good Response with Minimal Blood Toxicity
Menopause and Obesity Linked to HCV Relapse after Interferon-based Treatment
Drinking More Coffee Linked to Improved Response to Hepatitis C Treatment
Long-term Viral Suppression with Telaprevir Combination Therapy, Resistance Declines over Time
Do IL28B Gene Variations Affect Liver Disease Progression in People with Hepatitis C?
IL28B Gene Patterns and Liver Transplant Outcomes in Hepatitis C Patients
Direct-acting Drug Combos Suppress HCV without Interferon, but Resistance Remains a Concern
Higher Doses May Overcome Poor Response to Interferon in Hepatitis C Patients with Unfavorable IL28B Gene Pattern
Preliminary Results Show Promising Response to Therapeutic Hepatitis C Vaccine GI-5005
Early Analysis Finds Good Outcomes with Once-daily Dosing of HCV Protease Inhibitor TMC435
Sustained Response to Hepatitis C Therapy Is Key to Improved Survival after Liver Transplantation
Boceprevir Improves Response to Interferon-based Therapy and Allows Many Patients to Reduce Duration of Treatment
Telaprevir Increases Sustained Response Rates and Shortens Treatment Duration for Newly Treated Hepatitis C Patients
AASLD Liver Meeting Offers On-Site Registration this Week

Hepatitis B Articles
Alcohol and Diabetes Increase Risk of Liver Disease Progression in Hepatitis B Patients
Effectiveness and Safety of Tenofovir in Real-world Clinical Practice
Antiviral Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis B Patients with Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis
Bristol-Myers Squibb Enhances Co-pay Assistance Program for Entecavir (Baraclude) for Hepatitis B
Are IL28B Gene Variations Associated with Outcomes in People with Hepatitis B?
Telbivudine and Elective Cesarean Section Help Prevent Mother-to-child Hepatitis B Transmission
Add-on Hepsera Is More Effective and Durable Than a Switch to Baraclude as Rescue Therapy for Epivir-resistant Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B
Which Pegylated interferon alfa-2b Regimen Works Best for Chronic Hepatitis B?
Entecavir (Baraclude) Continues to Suppress HBV for 5 Years in Asian Patients
Tenofovir (Viread) Maintains HBV Suppression without Resistance for 4 Years
AASLD Liver Meeting Offers On-Site Registration this Week

HIV and Hepatitis Coinfection Articles
Tailored Treatment Duration Beneficial for HIV/HCV Coinfected Patients
Rapid HCV Decline Predicts Sustained Response in People with HIV/HCV, but Some Slow Responders Have Good Outcomes
Kidney Impairment on Tenofovir More Likely in HIV/HBV Coinfected Patients with Advanced Fibrosis
Rapid Liver Disease Progression among HIV Positive Men with Acute Hepatitis C Coinfection
Danish Study Looks at Hepatitis C Sexual Transmission among HIV Positive Gay Men

Library of Slides and Posters
Hepatitis B
Continued Effi cacy and Safety Through 4 Years of Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (TDF) Treatment in HBeAg-Negative Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B (Study 102)
P Marcellin and others. AASLD 2010.
TenofovirDisoproxilFumarate (TDF) Versus EmtricitabinePlus TDF (FTC/TDF) for Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB) In Patients with Persistent Viral Replication Receiving AdefovirDipivoxil: Final Week 168 Results
T Berg and others. AASLD 2010.
HBV rtN236T Mutant Subpopulations Respond Like Wild-Type During Tenofovir DF (TDF) Monotherapy or Combination Therapy with Emtricitabine (FTC): an Evaluation of Early Viral Load Decay Kinetics
M Curtis and others. AASLD 2010.
Four Years Efficacy and Safety of Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (TDF) in Asians with HBeAg-Positive and HBeAg-Negative Chronic Hepatitis B
E Gane and others. AASLD 2010.
4 Year Efficacy of TenofovirDisoproxilFumarate (TDF) in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients with High Viral Load (HBV DNA .9 log10copies/mL)
S Gordon and others. AASLD 2010.
Long Term (4 Year) Effi cacy and Safety of Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (TDF) Treatment in HBeAg-Positive Patients (HBeAg+) with Chronic Hepatitis B (Study 103)
E Healthcote and others. AASLD 2010.
No Resistance to Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (TDF) Detected Following up to 192 Weeks of Treatment in Subjects Mono-Infected with Chronic Hepatitis B Virus
A Snow-Lampart and others. AASLD 2010.
Long-term Entecavir Treatment for Up to 5 Years in Asians With HBeAg-positive Chronic Hepatitis B: Results From ETV-022 and -901
C Pan and others. AASLD 2010.
Efficacy and Safety of Entecavir in Nucleos(t)ide Naïve Asians With HBeAg-Positive and -Negative Chronic Hepatitis B: Results from Studies ETV-022/027
R Gish and others. AASLD 2010.
Evaluation of Amino Acid Substitutions in the Overlapping Envelope and Polymerase Genes of HBV Among Treatment Naïve and Experienced Subjects Reveal Significant Changes Associated with Lamivudine and Adefovir, but not Tenofovir DF Treatment
A Snow-Lampart and others. AASLD 2010.
Hepatitis C
Efficacy and Safety of TMC435 in Combination With Peginterferon a-2a and Ribavirin in Treatment-naïve Genotype-1 HCV Patients: 24-Week Interim Results from the PILLAR Study
M Fried and others. AASLD 2010.
In vitro studies investigating the mechanism of interaction between TMC435 and hepatic transporters
M Huisman and others. AASLD 2010.
Virologic analysis of genotype-1-infected patients treated with once-daily TMC435 during the Optimal Protease inhibitor Enhancement of Response to TherApy (OPERA)-1 study
O Lenz and others. AASLD 2010.
A Phase IIa, open-label study to assess the antiviral activity of TMC435 monotherapy in patients infected with HCV genotypes 2–6
C Moreno and others. AASLD 2010.
Pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic analyses of TMC435 in patients infected with hepatitis C virus genotypes 2–6
V Sekar and others. AASLD 2010.
4-Week Virologic Response and Safety of ABT-450 Given with Low-dose Ritonavir (ABT-450/r) First As 3-Day Monotherapy Then in Combination with Pegylated Interferon Alpha-2a and Ribavirin (SOC) in Genotype 1 (GT1) HCV-infected Treatment-naïve Subjects
E Lawitz and others. AASLD 2010.
Initial Antiviral Activity of the HCV NS3 Protease Inhibitor ABT-450 When Given with Low-dose Ritonavir as 3-Day Monotherapy: Preliminary Results of Study M11-602 in Genotype 1 (GT1) HCV-infected Treatment-naïve Subjects
E Lawitz and others. AASLD 2010.
HCV RESPOND-2 Final Results High Sustained Virologic Response Among Genotype 1 Previous Non-Responders and Relapsers to Peginterferon/Ribavirin when Re- Treated with Boceprevir Plus PEGINTRON (Peginterferon alfa-2b)/Ribavirin
B Bacon and others. AASLD 2010.
Boceprevir Combined with Peginterferon alfa-2b/Ribavirin for Treatment-Naïve Patients with HCV Genotype 1
F Poordad and others. AASLD 2010.
Frequencies of Resistance-Associated Amino Acid Variants Following Combination Treatment with Boceprevir Plus PEGINTRON (PegInterferon Alfa-2b)/Ribavirin in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C (CHC), Genotype 1 (G1)
J Vierling and others. AASLD 2010.
Hemoglobin Decline During Lead-in Phase as an Early Predictor of Anemia After the Addition of Boceprevir: A Retrospective Analysis of HCV SPRINT-1
F Poordad and others. AASLD 2010.
Response-Guided Therapy with Boceprevir + Peginterferon alfa-2b/Ribavirin for Treatment-Naïve Patients with Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 1 Was Similar to a 48-Wk Fixed-Duration Regimen with Boceprevir + Peginterferon alfa-2b/Ribavirin in SPRINT-2
J Bronowicki and others. AASLD 2010.
Strong antiviral activity and safety of IFN-sparing treatment with the protease inhibitor BI 201335, the HCV polymerase inhibitor BI 207127, and ribavirin, in patients with chronic hepatitis C: the SOUND-C1 trial
S Zeuzem and others. AASLD 2010.
Virological response and safety of 4 weeks’ treatment with the protease inhibitor BI 201335 combined with 48 weeks of peginterferon alfa 2a and ribavirin for treatment of HCV GT-1 patients who failed peginterferon/ribavirin
T Berg and others. AASLD 2010.
Genotypic and phenotypic analysis of the NS5B polymerase region from viral isolates of HCV chronically infected patients treated with BI 207127 for 5 days’ monotherapy
L Lagace, and others. AASLD 2010.
BMS-790052, a First-in-Class Potent Hepatitis C Virus NS5A Inhibitor, Demonstrates Multiple-Dose Proof-of-Concept in Subjects With Chronic GT1 HCV Infection
R Nettles and others. AASLD 2010.
Coadministration of BMS-790052 and BMS-650032 Does Not Result in a Clinically Meaningful Pharmacokinetic Interaction in Healthy Subjects
M Bifano and others. AASLD 2010.
Pipeline Asset Update for BMS-790052 (NS5A inhibitor) and BMS-650032 (NS3 inhibitor)
Btistol-Myers Squibb Company. AASLD 2010.
Combination Therapy With BMS-790052 and BMS-650032 Alone or With Pegylated Interferon and Ribavirin (pegIFN/RBV) Results in Undetectable HCV RNA Through 12 Weeks of Therapy in HCV Genotype 1 Null Responders
A Lok and others. AASLD 2010.
BMS-824393 Is a Potent Hepatitis C Virus NS5A Inhibitor With Substantial Antiviral Activity When Given as Monotherapy in Subjects With Chronic G1 HCV Infection
R Nettles and others. AASLD 2010.
Safety and Antiviral Activity of MK-5172, a Novel HCV NS3/4a Protease Inhibitor with Potent Activity Against Known Resistance Mutants, in Genotype 1 and 3 HCV-Infected Patients
A Petry and others. AASLD 2010.
Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics after Single and Multiple Doses of MK-5172, a Novel HCV NS3/4a Protease Inhibitor with Potent Activity Against Known Resistance Mutants, in Healthy Subjects
A Petry and others. AASLD 2010.
High Correlation Between Week 4 and Week 12 as the Definition for Null Response to Peginterferon alfa (PEG) Plus Ribavirin (R) Therapy: Results From the IDEAL Trial
F Poordad and others. AASLD 2010.
Impact of PegIntron (PEG) Maintenance Therapy (MT) on Fibrosis Biomarkers (FibroTest [FT]/FibroSURE) in Prior Nonresponders With METAVIR Fibrosis Scores (MFS) of F2/F3: Final Results From the EPIC3 Program
T Poynard and others. AASLD 2010.
The Effect of Treatment Group, HCV Genotype, and IL28B Genotype on Early HCV Viral Kinetics in a Phase 2a Study of PEG-Interferon Lambda (pegIFNë) in Hepatitis C Patients
J Freeman and others. AASLD 2010.
Pegylated Interferon Lambda (pegIFNë) Phase 2 Dose-Ranging, Active-Controlled Study in Combination With Ribavirin (RBV) for Treatment-Naive HCV Patients (Genotypes 1, 2, 3, or 4): Safety, Viral Response, and Impact of IL28B Host Genotype Through Week 12
A Muir and others. AASLD 2010.
Pharmacokinetics of PEG-Interferon Lambda (pegIFNë) Following Fixed Dosing in Treatment-Naive Hepatitis C Subjects (Single-Dose Interim Data From a Dose-Ranging Phase 2a Study)
K Byrnes-Blake and others. AASLD 2010.
Sustained Viral Response (SVR) Rates in Genotype 1 Treatment-naïve Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C (CHC) Infection Treated with Vaniprevir (MK-7009), a NS3/4a Protease Inhibitor, in Combination with Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2a and Ribavirin for 28 Days
M Manns and others. AASLD 2010.
Genotypic and Phenotypic Analysis of HCV NS5A Inhibitor Resistance Variants: Correlations Between In Vitro and In Vivo Observations
M Gao and others. AASLD 2010.
Impaired Fasting Glucose Is Associated With Lower Rates of Sustained Virologic Response (SVR) in Patients With Genotype 1 Chronic Hepatitis C (CHC): Retrospective Analysis of the IDEAL Study
M Sulkowski and others. AASLD 2010.
Analysis of Site Performance in Academic and Community-Based Centers in the IDEAL Study
J Jou and others. AASLD 2010.
Baseline, Donor, and On-treatment Predictors of Sustained Virologic Response in Patients Treated for Recurrent Hepatitis C Following Orthotopic Liver Transplant: Subanalysis of the PROTECT Study
F Gordon and others. AASLD 2010.
Chronic Hepatitis C (HCV) Infections and the Risk of Depression and Other Adverse Events
J McCombs and others. AASLD 2010.
Sensitive Detection of Y448H NS5B Mutant Viruses in Patients Infected with Genotype 1a and 1b HCV
A Bae and others. AASLD 2010.
Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Antiviral Activity of Single Oral Doses of the HCV NS3 Protease Inhibitor GS-9256
R Goldwater and others. AASLD 2010.
Enhanced in Vitro Antiviral Activity and Suppression of Resistance by Combining GS-9256, A Novel Protease Inhibitor, With GS-9190, a Non-Nucleoside NS5B Inhibitor
H Mo and others. AASLD 2010.
Antiviral Response and Resistance Analysis of Treatment-Naïve HCV Infected Subjects Receiving Single and Multiple Doses of GS-9190
J Harris and others. AASLD 2010.
Nonclinical Profi le and Phase I Results in Healthy Volunteers of the Novel and Potent HCV NS5A Inhibitor GS-5885
J Link and others. AASLD 2010.
Characterization of HCV Resistance from Single and Multiple Dose Clinical Trials of GS-9256, a Novel NS3 Protease Inhibitor
K Wong and others. AASLD 2010.
Three-Day, Dose-Ranging Study Of The HCV NS3 Protease Inhibitor GS-9451
E Lawitz and others. AASLD 2010.
Dual, Triple, and Quadruple Combination Treatment with a Protease Inhibitor (GS-9256) and a Polymerase Inhibitor (GS-9190) alone and in Combination with Ribavirin(RBV) or PegIFN/RBV for up to 28 days in Treatment Naïve, Genotype 1 HCV Subjects
S Zeuzem and others. AASLD 2010.



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