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HCV reinfection highest among people with ongoing injecting drug use
Reinfection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is low among people receiving opioid agonist therapy (OAT) but appears to be at its peak during the first 24 weeks following treatment completion and among those with ongoing injecting drug use and needle‒syringe sharing, a study has found.
HCV reinfection highest among people with ongoing injecting drug use
14 Aug 2022
RATIONALE-208 subanalyses boost tislelizumab potential for HCC
The monoclonal antibody tislelizumab continued to show promise as a treatment alternative in certain subgroups of patients with previously treated advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), according to subgroup analyses of the phase II, single-arm RATIONALE-208 study.
RATIONALE-208 subanalyses boost tislelizumab potential for HCC
05 Aug 2022
Treatment regimen based on small RNAi safe, effective in chronic hepatitis B
In patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), treatment with the small interfering RNA JNJ-3989, in combination with a nucleos(t)ide analogue (NA), safely reduces levels of the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) for up to almost a year after the last dose, a new study has found.
Treatment regimen based on small RNAi safe, effective in chronic hepatitis B
03 Aug 2022
Thyroid hormone sensitivity tied to advanced liver fibrosis in NAFLD
In euthyroid patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), higher values of thyroid hormone sensitivity markers, such as the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) index (TSHI) and thyroid feedback quantile-based index (TFQI), appear to aggravate the risk of advanced fibrosis, a recent study has found.