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. 2012 Aug 27;2012:582716. doi: 10.1155/2012/582716

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of chronic hepatitis C patients with genotype 1 and high viral loads treated with the NCT and the SOC.

Patient no. Age/gender Body weight (kg) BMI (kg/m2) Liver histology (stage/grade) HCV-RNA (TaqMan PCR Log lU/mL) ALT (IU/mL) Hb (g/dL) Platelet (104/mL) Outcome
NCT
1 61/F 48.5 20.9 A1/F1 5.9 38 12.1 17.7 SVR
2 61/F 46.1 20.4 A1/F1 6.2 197 9.2 17.5 SVR
3 47/M 67.0 21.1 A1/F1 5.9 37 14.8 14.3 SVR
4 49/M 60.0 19.8 A2/F1 6.6 50 15.0 22.0 SVR
5 66/M 78.0 24.5 A2/F3 5.8 19 15.7 9.6 SVR
6 40/F 73.0 27.1 A2/F1 7.7 48 13.8 39.1 TVR
7 58/F 55.0 20.6 −/− 6.4 32 12.6 17.7 TVR
8 73/M 53.4 21.0 A1/F1 6.4 20 12.1 22.4 SVR
Mean ± SD 58.9 ± 10.8 60.1 ± 11.6 21.9 ± 2.5 6.36 ± 0.61 55.1 ± 58.4 13.2 ± 2.1 18.9 ± 5.5

SOC
1 62/M 61.0 19.7 A2/F3 6.1 65 14.2 9.6 NVR
2 56/M 61.3 19.6 A2/F2 6.8 96 16.0 16.4 TVR
3 69/F 48.2 21.4 A2/F2 7.4 54 12.0 12.9 NVR
4 54/M 77.9 24.0 −/− 6.8 79 15.8 7.9 NVR
5 64/M 71.4 25.0 A3/F2 7.3 273 14.2 13.9 SVR
6 69/F 58.1 23.9 A1/F1 5.7 31 15.7 13.4 TVR
7 56/M 75.7 24.4 −/− 6.5 63 14.0 22.4 SVR
8 51/M 49.5 16.5 A1/F0 6.1 56 13.2 18.2 SVR
Mean ± SD 60.1 ± 6.9 62.9 ± 11.2 21.8 ± 3.0 6.59 ± 0.60 89.6 ± 76.5 14.4 ± 2.0 17.8 ± 6.1

NCT: novel combination treatment; cyclic and periodic IFN treatment (CPIT) consisting of induction treatment with natural interferon-β followed by maintenance treatment with natural interferon-α for 24 wks as induction approach followed by SOC for 48 wks, SOC: Standard of care; Standard of care; ribavirin plus pegylated interferon α 2b for 48 wks, SVR: sustained virologic response, NVR: No Virological Response, TVR: Transient Virological Response.