Motzer and colleagues present updated results from a multicenter, phase III trial of sunitinib versus interferon-α as first-line treatment for patients with metastatic renal-cell carcinoma.

treatment-experienced (17) Arm 1: ABT-450/r (250/100 mg) + ABT-333 + RBV × 12 weeks Arm 2: ABT-450/r(150/100 mg) + ABT-333 + RBV × 12 weeks Arm 3: ABT-450/r(150/100 mg) + ABT-333 + RBV × 12 ...

Present interferon-based therapy for chronic hepatitis C is limited by both efficacy and tolerability. Telaprevir and boceprevir are the first two direct-acting antiviral drugs (DAAs) that inhibit ...

The first patient received the treatment at Hull Royal Infirmary on Tuesday afternoon. It involves inhaling a protein called interferon beta which the body produces when it gets a viral infection.

This type of treatment may involve shots of a natural virus-fighting protein called interferon. How to Prevent Common Skin ...

Medications can sometimes have unexpected side effects, and certain ones may impact your thyroid health. When a medication leads to reduced thyroid activity, it's known as drug-induced hypothyroidism.

50% of patients (3/6) with baseline HBsAg <1000 IU/mL achieved a functional cure (defined as sustained HBsAg loss and HBV DNA less than the lower limit of quantification (LLOQ) 24 weeks off all ...

Among patients with who were newly diagnosed polycythemia vera (PV), treatment with Jakafi (ruxolitinib) and low-dose Pegasys (pegylated interferon alfa-2a) was found to be beneficial, resulting in ...

People may need to stay on treatment for hepatitis B for life, although many factors affect this. These drugs help strengthen your immune system to fight the virus. Interferon is mainly prescribed ...

On Friday, Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIR) announced end-of-treatment data from Part B of the MARCH Phase 2 study ...