A 24-week treatment strategy with pegylated interferon/ribavirin in HIV/hepatitis C virus genotype 3-coinfected patients who achieved a rapid virologic response results in a high sustained virologic response rate.

Rivero-Juarez, Antonio; López-Cortés, Luis F; Camacho, Angela; Mira, Jose A; Téllez, Francisco; Marquez, Manuel; Merino, Dolores; Pineda, Juan A et al. · Clin Infect Dis · 2014

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Abstract

We designed a study to evaluate the efficacy of a 24-week treatment strategy in HIV/hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 3-coinfected patients achieving rapid virologic response for a first HCV treatment with pegylated interferon plus ribavirin (peg-IFN/RBV). Our results suggest that a shorter course of peg-IFN/RBV therapy may be sufficient in this population.

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