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Boceprevir Phase II Study Showed High Rate of Sustained Response With 28- and 48-Week Regimens in Genotype 1 Treatment-Naive Hepatitis C Patients
Date:11/1/2008

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1. Kwo P, Lawitz E, McCone J, et al. Boceprevir Plus Peginterferon alfa-2b/Ribavirin for Treatment of Genotype 1 Chronic Hepatitis C in Previously Untreated Patients: Interim Results from the HCV SPRINT-1 Study. 59th American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Annual Meeting; Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2008, San Francisco, CA, USA; Poster No. LB16.

2. SVR, the protocol specified primary efficacy endpoint, is defined as achievement of undetectable HCV-RNA at 24 weeks after the end of treatment. Per protocol, if a patient does not have a 24-week post-treatment assessment, the patient's 12-week post-treatment assessment will be utilized.

3. SVR 12 is defined as undetectable HCV-RNA in plasma at 12 weeks after the end of treatment. The protocol specified primary effic
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