Abstract

Fifty to sixty percent of patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) have treatment success with pegylated interferon plus ribavirin. Low-dose interferon without ribavirin is currently being evaluated as maintenance therapy for suppressing viral replication and retarding liver-fibrosis progression to prevent complications of advanced liver disease and to lengthen survival. In this randomized trial, investigators assessed the ability of interferon alfa-2a to lengthen complication-free survival in HCV-positive patients with compensated cirrhosis. From …

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