Is sustained virological response a marker of treatment efficacy in patients with chronic hepatitis C viral infection with no response or relapse to previous antiviral intervention?

<h4>Background</h4>Randomised clinical trials (RCTs) of antiviral interventions in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection use sustained virological response (SVR) as the main outcome. There is sparse information on long-term mortality from RCTs.<h4>Methods</h4&g...

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Main Authors: Kurinchi S Gurusamy, Edward Wilson, Ronald L Koretz, Victoria B Allen, Brian R Davidson, Andrew K Burroughs, Christian Gluud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24349487/?tool=EBI