MIRIAM MICHELLE BERREY,Peter Schaefer Price, JR.,William T. Symonds
申请号:
US13285444
公开号:
US20120107278A1
申请日:
2011.10.31
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要:
Disclosed herein is a method for administering an abbreviated hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment regimen for an HCV-infected, rs12979860 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) (C/C) patient, which comprises: administering to said patient an effective amount of each of a direct-acting antiviral, pegylated interferon alfa-2a, and ribavirin wherein the abbreviated HCV treatment regimen is less than 48 weeks. Also disclosed herein is a method of detecting an rs12979860 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in a hepatitis C virus (HCV) infected patient comprising: detecting the rs12979860 SNP of chromosome 19 in a biological sample from a patient, wherein an rs12979860 SNP C/C patient is administered an abbreviated treatment regimen with a direct-acting antiviral agent in combination with peginterferon alfa-2a and ribavirin and wherein the abbreviated HCV treatment regimen is less than 48 weeks.