JUMP-C: A randomized trial of mericitabine plus pegylated interferon alpha-2a/ribavirin for 24 weeks in treatment-naïve HCV genotype 1/4 patients

Hepatology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 514-523

  Pockros, Paul J ^a   Jensen, Donald ^b   Tsai, Naoky ^c   Taylor, Ryan ^d   Ramji, Alnoor ^e   Cooper, Curtis ^f   Dickson, Rolland ^g   Tice, Alan ^h   Kulkarni, Rohit ⁱ   Vierling, John M ^j   Lou Munson, Marie ⁱ   Chen, Ya Chi ^k   Najera, Isabel ^k   Thommes, James ⁱ  

^a SCRIPPS TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Infections Limited Hawaii   (United States)

ⁱ GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^j BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOPOIETIC GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 28B; MERICITABINE; NITROGEN; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; PLACEBO; PROTEIN; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANEMIA; ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHILL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DECREASED APPETITE; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; INTERLEUKINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBAVIRIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881025292     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.26275     Document Type: Article

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