Recent IV-drug users with chronic hepatitis C can be efficiently treated with daily high dose induction therapy using consensus interferon: An open-label pilot study

Figure 1 Response rates (in percent) after end of therapy (EOT) at wk 24 or 48 and sustained virological response (SVR) after 48 or 72 wk after beginning of antiviral therapy. Two patients with genotype 1 showed a relapse of the hepatitis C virus during 6 mo of follow at wk 72. In two patients genotype was not evaluated prior to therapy. Patients got antiviral treatment for 48 wk and both achieved SVR at wk 72.