Previous HCV Non-Responders Win in Phase III Telaprevir Study | Hepatitis Central

The latest research & treatment news about Hepatitis C infection, diagnosis, symptoms and treatment.

Menu Search
Previous

New Stem Cell Technology Could Benefit Hepatitis C

Back to News Homepage
Next

SVR Not Required to Benefit from Hepatitis C Treatment

Previous HCV Non-Responders Win in Phase III Telaprevir Study

The Editors at Hepatitis Central
September 15, 2010

Print this page

An international, Phase III study reports that 65 percent of previous non-responders with the most common Hepatitis C genotype achieved a sustained viral response with a telaprevir-based regimen. These results are dramatic, compared to the mere 17 percent of sustained viral response by those who received pegylated-interferon and ribavirin alone.

Vertex reports positive results from Phase III hepatitis trial

Sep 09, 2010

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company, has announced that 65% of people overall achieved a sustained viral response, or SVR/viral cure, with a telaprevir-based regimen in the pivotal Phase III Realize study, as compared to 17% of people in the control arm who received pegylated-interferon and ribavirin alone.

Realize was a pivotal Phase III, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study conducted in 662 people at more than 100 international clinical trial sites with the majority in Europe and North America.

Continue reading this entire article:
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/news/stock-alert/vrtx_vertex-reports-positive-results-from-phase-iii-hepatitis-trial-1158872.html

No Comments - be the first!
Share
Share
Previous

New Stem Cell Technology Could Benefit Hepatitis C

Back to News Homepage
Next

SVR Not Required to Benefit from Hepatitis C Treatment

Requirements for using and reposting articles

Comments

HepatitisCentral.com provides information regarding hepatitis and liver disease. Comments are available to the community in order to discuss these topics and obtain answers to questions through community members. The Editors at HepatitisCentral.com will not be responding to questions or comments posed in article comments.