Viral Hepatitis

Pegylated interferon for chronic hepatitis C in children affects growth and body composition: Results from the pediatric study of hepatitis C (PEDS-C) trial†‡

  1. Maureen M. Jonas1,§,*,
  2. William Balistreri2,
  3. Regino P. Gonzalez-Peralta3,
  4. Barbara Haber4,
  5. Steven Lobritto5,
  6. Parvathi Mohan6,
  7. Jean P. Molleston7,
  8. Karen F. Murray8,
  9. Michael R. Narkewicz9,
  10. Philip Rosenthal10,
  11. Kathleen B. Schwarz11,
  12. Bruce A. Barton12,
  13. John A. Shepherd10,
  14. Paul D. Mitchell1,
  15. Christopher Duggan1

Article first published online: 6 JUL 2012

DOI: 10.1002/hep.25690

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Hepatology

Hepatology

Volume 56, Issue 2, pages 523–531, August 2012

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Jonas, M. M., Balistreri, W., Gonzalez-Peralta, R. P., Haber, B., Lobritto, S., Mohan, P., Molleston, J. P., Murray, K. F., Narkewicz, M. R., Rosenthal, P., Schwarz, K. B., Barton, B. A., Shepherd, J. A., Mitchell, P. D. and Duggan, C. (2012), Pegylated interferon for chronic hepatitis C in children affects growth and body composition: Results from the pediatric study of hepatitis C (PEDS-C) trial. Hepatology, 56: 523–531. doi: 10.1002/hep.25690

Author Information

  1. 1

    Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA

  2. 2

    Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

  3. 3

    University of Florida and Shands Hospital for Children, Gainesville, FL

  4. 4

    Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

  5. 5

    Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York, New York, NY

  6. 6

    Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC

  7. 7

    Riley Hospital for Children/Indiana University, Indiannapolis, IN

  8. 8

    Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA

  9. 9

    University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO

  10. 10

    University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

  11. 11

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

  12. 12

    University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, Worcester, MA

  1. §

    fax: 617-730-0716

*Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115

  1. †

    Potential conflict of interest: Nothing to report.

  2. ‡

    Thhis work was supported by a cooperative agreement between the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (contract no.: 1UO1DK067767-01.CRC) and, in part, by National Institutes of Health/National Center for Research Resources Colorado CTSI grant no. UL1 RR025780 and the following study sites: M01-RR-00069, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO; M01-RR-02172, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA; M01-RR-01271, University of California, San Francisco, CA; 5-M01-RR-020359-01, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC; M01-RR-00645, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; M01-RR-00082, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; M01-RR-00037, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; 5-M01-RR-000240, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; U01-DK-067767-02, Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, MD; M01-RR-08084, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; and M01-RR-00750, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN. C.D. was supported, in part, by K24 HD058795. The contents of this report are the authors' sole responsibility and do not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. Additional support was provided by Hoffmann-La Roche for study medications, the data coordinating center, and central laboratory costs.

  3. §

    fax: 617-730-0716

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 25 JUL 2012
  2. Article first published online: 6 JUL 2012
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 2 MAR 2012 03:33AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 20 FEB 2012
  5. Manuscript Received: 1 NOV 2011

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