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Koen De Backer
Researcher at Tibotec
Publications - 4
Citations - 181
Koen De Backer is an academic researcher from Tibotec. The author has contributed to research in topics: Peginterferon alfa-2a & Telaprevir. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 4 publications receiving 178 citations.
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Telaprevir Is Effective Given Every 8 or 12 Hours With Ribavirin and Peginterferon Alfa-2a or -2b to Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C
Patrick Marcellin,Xavier Forns,Tobias Goeser,Peter Ferenci,Frederik Nevens,Giampiero Carosi,Joost P.H. Drenth,Lawrence Serfaty,Koen De Backer,Rolf van Heeswijk,Donghan Luo,Gaston Picchio,Maria Beumont +12 more
TL;DR: A high proportion of patients achieved an SVR regardless of the telaprevir dosing frequency (q8 h or q12 h) or type of peginterferon alfa used (alfa-2a or alfa-2b).
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Virological analysis of patients receiving Telaprevir administered Q8H or Q12H with Peginterferon-Alfa-2A or -Alfa-2B and Ribavirin in treatment-naive patients with Genotype I hepatitis C: study C208
Patrick Marcellin,Xavier Forns,Tobias Goeser,Peter Ferenci,Frederik Nevens,Giampiero Carosi,Joost P.H. Drenth,Koen De Backer,Rudolf van Heeswijk,Donghan Luo,Gaston Picchio,M. Beumont-Mauviel +11 more
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Phase 2 study of Telaprevir administered Q8 or Q12H with Peginterferon-Alfa-2A or Alfa-2B and ribavirin in treatment-naive subjects with genotype 1 hepatitis C: week 4 interim results
Xavier Forns,Patrick Marcellin,Tobias Goeser,Peter Ferenci,Frederik Nevens,Giampiero Carosi,Joost P.H. Drenth,Koen De Backer,Rudolf van Heeswijk,Tony Vangeneugden,Gaston Picchio,M. Beumont-Mauviel +11 more
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T2003 On-Treatment Response-Guided Therapy With Telaprevir Q8h or Q12h Combined With Peginterferon Alfa-2a or Peginterferon Alfa-2B and Ribavirin in Treatment-NaïVE Genotype 1 Hepatitis C (Study C208)
Patrick Marcellin,Xavier Forns,Tobias Goeser,Peter Ferenci,Frederik Nevens,Giampiero Carosi,Joost P.H. Drenth,Lawrence Serfaty,Koen De Backer,Rolf van Heeswijk,Don Luo,Sandra De Meyer,M. Beumont-Mauviel +12 more
TL;DR: For treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis C genotype 1 infection with pegylated interferon 2b and ribavirin complete individualization and optimization of treatment duration is possible according to baseline viral load and first time HCVRNA negativity.