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  The International Liver Congress™
EASL 2017 - European Association for the
Study of the Liver
Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 2017
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HIGH SUSTAINED VIROLOGICAL RESPONSE RATES IN GENOTYPES 1a AND 4 HEPATITIS C PATIENTS TREATED WITH ELBASVIR AND GRAZOPREVIR AND BASAL VIREMIA >800.000 UI/ML
 
 
  Reported by Jules Levin
EASL 2017 April 19-23 Amsterdam Netherlands
 
  A. OLVEIRA 1, M. MONTES 6, A. LOPEZ NAVAS 5, J. GARCIA-SAMANIEGO 2, L. MARTIN CARBONERO 6, J. RAMON LARRUBIA 3, P. CASTILLO 1, A. MADEJON 4, M. ROMERO 1, A. GARCIA 1, J. C. ERDOZAIN 1, J. GONZALEZ GARCIA 6.
 
1 Aparato Digestivo, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain; 2 Aparato Digestivo, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, CIBE Rehd, Spain; 3 Aparato Digestivo, Hospital de Guadalajara, Spain; 4 Hospital La Paz, Madrid, CIBERehd, Spain; 5 Departamento Medicamentos Uso Humano, AEMPS; 6 Medicina Interna, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain.
 
EASL: Safety and Efficacy of the Fixed-dose Combination Regimen of Uprifosbuvir (MK-3682) / Grazoprevir / Ruzasvir in Cirrhotic or Non-cirrhotic Patients with Chronic HCV GT1 Infection Who Previously Failed a Direct-acting Antiviral Regimen (C-SURGE) - (04/24/17)
 
EASL: Elbasvir/Grazoprevir Plus Sofosbuvir ± Ribavirin in Treatment-Naive And Treatment-Experienced People With Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 3 Infection and Compensated Cirrhosis: SVR24 Results of the C-ISLE Study - (04/21/17)
 
EASL: Real-World Observational Study in the U.S. Veterans Affairs System Evaluating Use of Merck's ZEPATIER® (Elbasvir and Grazoprevir) Shows High Sustained Virologic Response Rates in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C - (04/24/17)
 
EASL: Elbasvir/Grazoprevir effectiveness in patients with Chronic Hepatitis C and Chronic Kidney Disease: Real-world experience from the TRIO Network - (04/26/17)
 
EASL: Real-world use of elbasvir/grazoprevir and outcomes in patients with Chronic Hepatitis C: Retrospective data analyses from the TRIO Network. - (04/26/17)

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