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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
37
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-7-27
pubmed:abstractText
We examined the effect of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) peptide vaccine IC41 on HCV-specific T-cell responses and virological relapse rates in patients with chronic HCV genotype 1 infection when added to pegylated interferon plus ribavirin standard therapy. 35 patients received 6 vaccinations with IC41 from weeks 28 to 48 of standard antiviral treatment and were followed-up for another 6 months. IC41 vaccination did not prevent HCV-RNA relapse in patients with ongoing interferon standard treatment but HCV-specific T-cell responses were inducible and were associated with lower relapse rates. An increase of HCV-specific T-cell responses occurred in 73% of patients, responses were more frequent and stronger in patients with sustained virologic response than in patients who relapsed. Optimized vaccine responses may enhance sustained virologic response rates obtained with standard treatment of chronic hepatitis C.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1873-2518
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
13
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5142-51
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Therapeutic vaccine IC41 as late add-on to standard treatment in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endocrinology, Medical University of Hannover, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Multicenter Study, Clinical Trial, Phase II