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An Update on Treatment of Genotype 1 Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection: 2011 Practice Guideline by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

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The standard of care (SOC) therapy for patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been the use of both peginterferon (PegIFN) and ribavirin (RBV) as mentioned in this paper.
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This article is published in Hepatology.The article was published on 2011-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1117 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Boceprevir & Telaprevir.

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Telaprevir to Boceprevir switch highlights lack of cross-reactivity

TL;DR: This case report highlights successful management of telaprevir skin rash and anal discomfort by switching to boceprevir.
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Hepatitis C Virus: A Critical Appraisal of New Approaches to Therapy

TL;DR: The HCV council 2011 convened 11 leading clinicians and researchers in hepatitis C virus from academic medical centers in the United States to provide a forum for the practical and comprehensive evaluation of current data regarding best practices for integrating new direct-acting antiviral agents into existing treatment paradigms.
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Costs and Resource Utilization Associated With Anemia and Rash in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients Treated With Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents in the United States.

TL;DR: The addition of 2 direct-acting antiviral agents, telaprevir and boceprevir, to peginterferon and ribavirin therapy significantly improves sustained virologic response rates in patients treated for chronic hepatitis C virus but is associated with a higher risk of adverse events (AEs).

Hepatitis C Virus Molecular Biology, In vivo/In vitro Model Systems and Current Trends of Therapies: A Brief Review

TL;DR: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, its molecular biology, role of HCV viral proteins in HCV infection, HCV life cycle, in vivo/in vitro model systems and current trends of therapies against it are summarized.
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Peginterferon alfa-2a plus ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C virus infection.

TL;DR: In patients with chronic hepatitis C, once-weekly peginterferon alfa-2a plus ribavirin was tolerated as well as interferonAlfa- 2b plus Ribavirin and produced significant improvements in the rate of sustained virologic response, as compared with interfer on alfa -2b plus ribvirin or pegin terferonalfa-3a alone.
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Peginterferon alfa-2b plus ribavirin compared with interferon alfa-2b plus ribavirin for initial treatment of chronic hepatitis C: a randomised trial.

TL;DR: In patients with chronic hepatitis C, the most effective therapy is the combination of peginterferon alfa-2b 1.5 microg/kg per week plus ribavirin, and this randomised trial found that the benefit is mostly achieved in patients with HCV genotype 1 infections.
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Genetic variation in IL28B predicts hepatitis C treatment-induced viral clearance.

TL;DR: It is reported that a genetic polymorphism near the IL28B gene, encoding interferon-λ-3 (IFN-α-2a) is associated with an approximately twofold change in response to treatment, both among patients of European ancestry and African-Americans.
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Peginterferon-alpha2a and ribavirin combination therapy in chronic hepatitis C: a randomized study of treatment duration and ribavirin dose.

TL;DR: Treatment with peginterferon-alpha2a and ribavirin may be individualized by genotype, and in patients infected with HCV genotype 1, 48 weeks of treatment was statistically superior to 24 weeks and standard-dose ribvirin was statistically inferior to low-dose Ribavirin.
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Telaprevir for Previously Untreated Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection

TL;DR: Telaprevir with peginterferon-ribavirin was associated with significantly improved rates of sustained virologic response in patients with HCV genotype 1 infection who had not received previous treatment, with only 24 weeks of therapy administered in the majority of patients.
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