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AASLD 2009: Boosted Narlaprevir plus Pegylated Interferon and Ribavirin Leads to Rapid Viral Suppression in Genotype 1 Hepatitis C Patients

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Published on Tuesday, 10 November 2009 12:46
Written by HIVandHepatitis.com
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In the NEXT-1 study, presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD 2009) last week in Boston, the experimental HCV NS3 protease inhibitor narlaprevir (formerly SCH 900518), boosted with ritonavir, demonstrated potent antiviral activity in combination with pegylated interferon and ribavirin among treatment-naive patients with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C. Across the doses tested, 53% to 87% of narlaprevir recipients achieved undetectable HCV RNA by week 4. Nalraprevir/ritonavir demonstrated no unique or treatment-limiting adverse effects.

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