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Everything I’ve read indicates that if you are undetectable after 4 weeks of lead in time with peginterferon, and ribavirin that your treatment with boceprevir, would be a 28 week treatment.
This is not true, the truth is that with ether drug the duration of treatment depends on your viral load before even starting any drugs. If you are at 1,000.000 treatment will be 28 weeks viral load of 2,000.000 will be the 48 week treatment, anything in-between is the Doctors call. Any feed back on that
Is this correct please let me no
This is not true, the truth is that with ether drug the duration of treatment depends on your viral load before even starting any drugs. If you are at 1,000.000 treatment will be 28 weeks viral load of 2,000.000 will be the 48 week treatment, anything in-between is the Doctors call. Any feed back on that
Is this correct please let me no
No your starting viral load plays no part in how long you treat, it depends on your response and degree of liver damage. While there is a four week lead in before you start Victrelis. Once you begin one must be undetected at week 8 (four week lead in and then four weeks with Vic) to complete treatment in a total of 28 weeks, if one has cirrhosis it is suggested one treat for a total of 48 weeks.... Hope this help, Best to you.
d AASLD Recommendations
1. The optimal therapy for genotype 1 chronic HCV infection is boceprevir or telaprevir in combination with pegylated interferon alfa plus ribavirin.
2. Boceprevir and telaprevir should not be used without pegylated interferon alfa and weight-based ribavirin.
For Treatment-Naive Patients:
3. The recommended dose of boceprevir is 800 mg administered with food 3 times per day (every 7-9 hours) together with pegylated interferon alfa and weight-based ribavirin for 24-44 weeks, preceded by 4 weeks of lead-in treatment with pegylated interferon alfa and ribavirin alone.
4. Patients without cirrhosis treated with boceprevir, pegylated interferon, and ribavirin, who have undetectable HCV RNA at weeks 8 and 24 may be considered for a shortened treatment duration of 28 weeks in total (4 weeks lead-in followed by 24 weeks of triple therapy).
http://www.hivandhepatitis.com/hepatitis-c/hepatitis-c-topics/hcv-treatment/3292-aasld-hepatitis-c-treatment-guidelines-updated-to-include-boceprevir-and-telaprevir
d AASLD Recommendations
1. The optimal therapy for genotype 1 chronic HCV infection is boceprevir or telaprevir in combination with pegylated interferon alfa plus ribavirin.
2. Boceprevir and telaprevir should not be used without pegylated interferon alfa and weight-based ribavirin.
For Treatment-Naive Patients:
3. The recommended dose of boceprevir is 800 mg administered with food 3 times per day (every 7-9 hours) together with pegylated interferon alfa and weight-based ribavirin for 24-44 weeks, preceded by 4 weeks of lead-in treatment with pegylated interferon alfa and ribavirin alone.
4. Patients without cirrhosis treated with boceprevir, pegylated interferon, and ribavirin, who have undetectable HCV RNA at weeks 8 and 24 may be considered for a shortened treatment duration of 28 weeks in total (4 weeks lead-in followed by 24 weeks of triple therapy).
http://www.hivandhepatitis.com/hepatitis-c/hepatitis-c-topics/hcv-treatment/3292-aasld-hepatitis-c-treatment-guidelines-updated-to-include-boceprevir-and-telaprevir
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