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Peginterferon alfa-2b and weight-based or flat-dose ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C patients: A randomized trial†‡§

  1. Ira M. Jacobson1,¶,*,
  2. Robert S. Brown Jr2,
  3. Bradley Freilich3,
  4. Nezam Afdhal4,
  5. Paul Y. Kwo5,
  6. John Santoro6,
  7. Scott Becker7,
  8. Adil E. Wakil8,
  9. David Pound9,
  10. Eliot Godofsky10,
  11. Robert Strauss11,
  12. David Bernstein12,
  13. Steven Flamm13,
  14. Mary Pat Pauly14,
  15. Pabak Mukhopadhyay15,
  16. Louis H. Griffel15,
  17. Clifford A. Brass15

Article first published online: 25 SEP 2007

DOI: 10.1002/hep.21932

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Hepatology

Hepatology

Volume 46, Issue 4, pages 971–981, October 2007

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Jacobson, I. M., Brown, R. S., Freilich, B., Afdhal, N., Kwo, P. Y., Santoro, J., Becker, S., Wakil, A. E., Pound, D., Godofsky, E., Strauss, R., Bernstein, D., Flamm, S., Pauly, M. P., Mukhopadhyay, P., Griffel, L. H. and Brass, C. A. (2007), Peginterferon alfa-2b and weight-based or flat-dose ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C patients: A randomized trial. Hepatology, 46: 971–981. doi: 10.1002/hep.21932

Author Information

  1. 1

    Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY

  2. 2

    Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY

  3. 3

    Baptist Medical Center, Kansas City, MO

  4. 4

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

  5. 5

    Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

  6. 6

    Atlantic Gastroenterology Associates, Egg Harbor Township, NJ

  7. 7

    Austin Gastroenterology, PA, Austin, TX

  8. 8

    California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

  9. 9

    Indianapolis Gastroenterology RSCH, Indianapolis, IN

  10. 10

    Bach and Godofsky, MD PA, Bradenton, FL

  11. 11

    Northwest Georgia Gastroenterology Associates, PC, Marietta, GA

  12. 12

    North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY

  13. 13

    Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

  14. 14

    Kaiser Permanente, Sacramento, CA

  15. 15

    Schering-Plough Research Institute, Kenilworth, NJ

  1. fax: 646-962-0355

*Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1305 York Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10021

  1. †

    Potential conflicts of interest: Ira M. Jacobson, Schering-Plough consultant, speaker bureau, research support; Merck consultant, GlobeImmune consultant, research support, Human Genome Sciences consultant, research support; Coley consultant, research support; Gilead consultant, speaker bureau, research support; Vertex consultant, research support; Intermune consultant, research support; Intarcia consultant; Valeant consultant, research support; GlaxoSmithKline consultant; Idenix consultant, speaker bureau, research support; Novartis, consultant speaker bureau, research support; Bristol-Myers Squibb consultant, speaker bureau; Boehringer Ingelheim consultant; XTL consultant. Robert S. Brown, Jr., Schering-Plough consultant, research support, honoraria; Bradley Freilich, Schering-Plough speaker bureau, research support; Nezam Afdahl, Schering-Plough consultant, speaker bureau, research support; Paul Kwo, Schering-Plough research support; Adil E. Wakil, Schering-Plough speaker bureau, Roche speaker bureau; Steven Flamm, Schering-Plough research support; Pabak Mukhopadhyay, Louis H. Griffel, Schering-Plough employee; Clifford A. Brass, Schering-Plough employee.

  2. ‡

    Trial registration number NCT00299936, available at http://clinicaltrials.gov

  3. §

    See Editorial on Page 953

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 25 SEP 2007
  2. Article first published online: 25 SEP 2007
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 23 JUL 2007
  4. Manuscript Received: 24 APR 2007

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  • Schering-Plough Corp., Kenilworth, NJ

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