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Hepatitis C Main Forums => Hepatitis C and HIV Coinfection => Topic started by: iana5252 on November 04, 2013, 04:56:17 pm

Title: Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin Fare Well Among HIV-HCV Coinfected
Post by: iana5252 on November 04, 2013, 04:56:17 pm

An all-oral, interferon-free, 12- or 24-week regimen of sofosbuvir and ribavirin cured between 67 and 88 percent of those coinfected with HIV and genotypes 1, 2 or 3 of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in a recent advanced trial. Representatives from Gilead Sciences presented findings from the “PHOTON-1” Phase III open-label study of the nucleotide analogue sofosbuvir at the 64th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) in Washington, DC.

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http://www.hepmag.com/articles/sofosbuvir_coinfected_2501_24708.shtml

Title: Re: Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin Fare Well Among HIV-HCV Coinfected
Post by: d-boy86 on November 29, 2013, 06:29:11 pm

Thanks! This is good information. Any other news for those who are co-infected? I see a lot of stuff in the pipeline for Hep C Geno 1 carries, like myself, but I rarely see anything for those who carriers of both diseases.