Review Article
Hepatitis C Virus: A Critical Appraisal of New Approaches to Therapy
Table 5
Responses in treatment-experienced patients.
| | Boceprevir (BOC) | Telaprevir (T) | | Experienced | Experienced |
| | RESPOND-2 [7] LI + BOC RGT + BOC/PR48 (ITT) | REALIZE [8] T12/PR48 + LI + T12/PR48 (ITT) |
| Overall rates, % | Partial responder | Relapser | Null responder | Partial responder | Relapser |
| SVR | 46 | 72 | 31 | 57 | 86 | Relapse | 13 | 26 | 23 | 7 | Any adverse events, % | 100 | 98 | Rash | 15 | 37 | Anemia | 44 | 33 | Discontinuation due to adverse events | 10 | 13 |
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LI: lead-in; RGT: response-guided therapy; ITT: intention to treat.
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