Evolution of the HALT-C Trial: pegylated interferon as maintenance therapy for chronic hepatitis C in previous interferon nonresponders.

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Published in Control Clin Trials on October 01, 2004

Authors

William M Lee, Jules L Dienstag, Karen L Lindsay, Anna S Lok, Herbert L Bonkovsky, Mitchell L Shiffman, Gregory T Everson, Adrian M Di Bisceglie, Timothy R Morgan, Marc G Ghany, Chihiro Morishima, Elizabeth C Wright, James E Everhart, HALT-C Trial Group

Associated clinical trials:

Long Term Interferon for Patients Who Did Not Clear Hepatitis C Virus With Standard Treatment (HALT-C) | NCT00006164

Peginterferon Alpha-2a Maintenance Therapy for Portal Hypertension in Patients With Hepatitis C | NCT00252642

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