Combination of Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate and Peginterferon alfa-2a Increases Loss of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B

Patients chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus rarely achieve loss of serum hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) with the standard of care. We evaluated HBsAg loss in patients receiving the combination of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) and peginterferon alfa-2a (peginterferon), for a finite duration, in a randomized trial

Source: Gastroenterology - October 7, 2015 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Patrick Marcellin, Sang Hoon Ahn, Xiaoli Ma, Florin A. Caruntu, Won Young Tak, Magdy Elkashab, Wan-Long Chuang, Seng-Gee Lim, Fehmi Tabak, Rajiv Mehta, Joerg Petersen, Graham R. Foster, Lillian Lou, Eduardo B. Martins, Phillip Dinh, Lanjia Lin, Amoreena C Source Type: research