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Tailored Hepatitis C Therapy May Cut Treatment Time in Half
Patients taking new three-drug regimen were cured at 24 weeks instead of 48, study says
By Madonna Behen
HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) — Patients infected with hepatitis C virus who have an early favorable response to a new three-drug regimen can be cured of the disease in half the normal time, a new study says.
In the multinational study, researchers showed that tailoring patients’ treatment regimen to their response to the drugs, which is known as response-guided therapy, enabled many patients to cut treatment time in half and still achieve the same cure rates.
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