Treatment of previously untreated patients with chronic HCV genotype 1 infection with Boceprevir (BOC) in German real-life: High efficacy in patients with early virologic response
P Buggisch, H Löhr, G Teuber, H Steffens, M Kraus, C John, P Geyer, B Weber, T Witthoeft, A Herrmann, M Hoesl, U Naumann, T Dahhan, D Hartmann, B Dreher, M Bilzer · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2014 · Heft 08
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Background: The achievement of early virologic response (EVR) during triple therapy of chronic HCV genotype 1 infection with boceprevir (BOC) was identified as predictor of high SVR rates of up to 90% and as predictor to shorten treatment to 24 weeks. This interim analysis of the NOVUS observational study aimed to investigate EVR during BOC triple therapy in German real-life and to identify factors associated with EVR. Methods: From April 2012 until January 2014, 536 patients with G1 infection were recruited in the ongoing NOVUS study by 97 practices and hospitals in Germany. Patients were treated with pegylated…