Treatment of Chronic Delta Hepatitis

treatment of chronic delta hepatitis

Treatment of Chronic Delta Hepatitis

Please cite this paper as: Rizzetto, M. Treatment of Chronic Delta Hepatitis. Hepat Mon. 2011;11(9):701-2. DOI: 10.5812/kowsar.1735143X.759 Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Delta Hepatitis treatment is a controversial issue. There are a few randomized, double blind, controlled studies on HDV treatment. Up to now, α-INF is the only confirmed medicine by FDA to h...

Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B with Tenofovir

Background:Tenofovir is among the first-line treatments for chronic hepatitis B (CHB) virus infection. We evaluated the efficacy of Tenofovir in the treatment of Iranian adult patients with CHB. Methods: In a retrospective study, we evaluated 154 HBsAg positive patients referred to Sadoughi hospital in Yazd-Iran for treatment ...

treatment of chronic delta hepatitis: a nine-year retrospective analysis

Treatment of chronic hepatitis delta with pegylated interferon-α2b

Background/Aims: Chronic hepatitis D is difficult to treat. The present pilot study investigated the efficacy and tolerability of pegylated (PEG)-interferon (IFN)-a2b in chronic hepatitis D. Patients and Methods: Twelve patients with chronic hepatitis D were prospectively treated with 1.5 mg/kg PEG-IFN-a2b for 48 weeks and followed for 24 weeks. Sustained response (SR) was defined as undetectab...