All the news Showing 10 of 42 articles from: Triple therapyGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources Triple combination cures most hepatitis C patients with prior DAA treatment failure Liz Highleyman / 02 May 2017 Almost all people with genotype 1 hepatitis C who were previously unsuccessfully treated with a course of interferon-free direct-acting antiviral therapy achieved sustained response when retreated with a three-drug combination ... 88% of previous relapsers achieve hepatitis C cure with simeprevir-based triple therapy Keith Alcorn / 11 April 2014 Almost 90% of European patients who had relapsed after previous treatment with pegylated interferon and ribavirin were cured of hepatitis C after 24 weeks of treatment with the protease inhibitor simeprevir (Olysio) ... WHO recommends global use of newest hepatitis C drugs, urges price reductions Keith Alcorn / 09 April 2014 The World Health Organization has issued global treatment guidelines for hepatitis C, strongly recommending the use of the new direct-acting antivirals sofosbuvir (Sovaldi) with ribavirin for genotypes 1, 2, 3 and 4 or ... Faldaprevir plus interferon and ribavirin cures hepatitis C in most people with HIV/HCV co-infection Keith Alcorn / 21 March 2014 The hepatitis C protease inhibitor faldaprevir added to pegylated interferon and ribavirin cured hepatitis C in nearly three-quarters of people with genotype 1 hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV co-infection in ... Simeprevir cures almost 80% of first-time co-infected hepatitis C patients Keith Alcorn / 14 March 2014 The next-generation hepatitis C protease inhibitor simeprevir cured almost 80% of previously untreated people with hepatitis C and HIV co-infection when used in combination with pegylated interferon and ribavirin, Prof. Doug Dieterich of ... US medical societies launch new hepatitis C treatment guidelines Liz Highleyman / 30 January 2014 The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and International Antiviral Society-USA (IAS-USA) yesterday announced the first new hepatitis C treatment guidelines ... Faldaprevir safe and effective in HCV treatment-experienced patients Michael Carter / 13 December 2013 Triple therapy including the investigational hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease inhibitor faldaprevir is a safe and effective treatment for people who did not respond to a previous course of HCV treatment, results of ... Sofosbuvir/ribavirin for 24 weeks cures most genotype 3 hepatitis C patients, adding interferon may help difficult-to-treat Liz Highleyman / 14 November 2013 A dual oral regimen of sofosbuvir plus ribavirin led to sustained response for 93% of people with genotype 2 hepatitis C treated for 12 weeks and 85% of people with genotype 3 ... Faldaprevir plus pegylated interferon/ribavirin leads to early sustained response in people with HIV and HCV co-infection Liz Highleyman / 14 November 2013 The hepatitis C protease inhibitor faldaprevir plus pegylated interferon and ribavirin improved 4-week sustained response rates for HIV-positive people with genotype 1 hepatitis C co-infection in the STARTVerso4 trial, according to a ... Faldaprevir effective across patient sub-groups with several baseline characteristics associated with treatment outcomes Michael Carter / 14 November 2013 The experimental hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease inhibitor faldaprevir is efficacious across a range of subgroups of patients with genotype 1 infection, according to research presented to the recent Liver Meeting 2013, the ... ← First12345Next → Other pages in this section Latest news All the news Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Hepatitis D Hepatitis E Coronavirus NAFLD Treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma Transmission, epidemiology and prevention Health services, policy and advocacy Social issues Conference news Email bulletin archive