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DewDiligence

12/19/09 5:59 PM

#87819 RE: ghmm #87818

Quiz answer:

the treatment duration is 48 weeks.

Bingo! Trial arm A2 tests the two oral drugs without either interferon or ribavirin for a full 48 weeks.
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iwfal

12/20/09 12:34 AM

#87823 RE: ghmm #87818

BMS all oral ph ii in HCV

Looks like the treatment duration is 48 weeks



More oddly, see the definition of SVR. ( I thought 12 week SVR had died out with the intro of ribavirin.):

The purpose of this study is to determine the proportion of HCV-infected subjects achieve Sustained Virologic Response at 12 weeks post-treatment