Combination Therapy Plus Fluvastatin Improves Hep C Outcome
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FLUVASTATIN ENHANCES CHRONIC HEPATITIS C TREATMENT RESPONSE IN COMBINATION WITH PEGYLATED INTERFERON-ALPHA AND RIBAVIRIN
Well-known statin could be recycled as HCV therapy supplement
Berlin, Germany, Thursday 31 March 2011: /PRNewswire/ — New data presented today at the International Liver CongressTM confirm the antiviral activity of fluvastatin – commonly used as a cholesterol-lowering treatment – in patients with chronic hepatitis C (HCV).1
Patients had improved early and sustained virological response (EVR and SVR) when treated with the current standard of care – pegylated Interferon-alpha and ribavirin (PegIFNα/RBV) – and fluvastatin. The results show patients receiving fluvastatin and PegIFNα/RBV achieve higher rates of EVR and SVR – 75.96% and 63.46% – to those receiving placebo and PegIFNα/RBV – 61.9% and 49.52% respectively.
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