TY - JOUR AU - Ouzan, Denis AU - Khiri, Hacène AU - Pénaranda, Guillaume AU - Joly, Hélène AU - Halfon, Philippe PY - 2005 DA - 2005/12/21 TI - Kinetics of hepatitis C virus RNA load during pegylated interferon alpha-2a and ribavirin treatment in naïve genotype 1 patients JO - Comparative Hepatology SP - 9 VL - 4 IS - 1 AB - Pegylated interferon given for 24 or 48 weeks constitutes the most effective initial therapy for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C. It has been shown that viral load at week 2 appears the best time for predicting response to treatment. The objectives of this study were to assess whether the hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA viral decline is predictive of sustained virological response (SVR) and to determine the best time for predicting complete response in our cohort of naïve patients treated with pegylated interferon alpha-2a (Peg-IFN alpha-2a) and ribavirin. SN - 1476-5926 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-5926-4-9 DO - 10.1186/1476-5926-4-9 ID - Ouzan2005 ER -