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Landmark trial could expand revolutionary treatments to all hepatitis C patients
February 3, 2016
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New targeted treatments have revolutionized care for hepatitis C, offering cure rates of close to 100 percent for people infected with the most common strain of the virus. Dr. Curtis Cooper and his team have played a major role in the research that made this possible, and they have now made another important contribution, recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Working with an international team, they found that a new pill that combines two targeted drugs can cure 95 to 100 percent of people with six different strains of the virus, including the notoriously hard-to-treat HCV-3. This research promises not only to improve care, but also to streamline care, as all patients could potentially be treated with the same drug. These results encompass three clinical trials published simultaneously in the journal and summarized in this editorial.
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