I was under the impression that the other 1/3 still get the Peg Riba but just not the Teleprivir...I could be wrong,
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That's not how the telaprevir study I was waiting to get into worked. If you don't have a 2log. drop by week 12 you are dropped that's how the tx naive one worked in my case. I don't know I guess all trial protocol can be different, but for tx naive it would all seem to work the same, however I am hardly an expert in these matters. Take a look at one of Magnum's post as he tells how his will work, of course his is for non-responders but the way his works is closer to the one I was going to be in. I wasn't accepted b/c of meds I am on, but telaprevir has had excellent results with a very high percentage of geno 1's clearing. Of course the placebo arm would be a terrible situation. About a biopsy, it really ain't nothing to worry about, I've had two and the only problem that I've ever had was that it took a long time, meaning 6:30am till 5pm., the whole day. later