International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease March 20th

Conference Reports for NATAP


13th International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease March 20th - 24th 2009 Washington, DC

	Screening for Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infection (AHCV) among At-Risk Patients in an HIV Clinic - (03/30/09) TMC435 HCV Protease Inhibitor Safety/antiviral activity OPERA Study doses 25 & 75 mg once daily - (03/30/09) Week 96 Resistance Surveillance for HBeAg Positive and Negative Subjects with Chronic HBV Infection Randomized to Receive Tenofovir DF 300 mg QD - (03/27/09) Long-term Entecavir Therapy Results in Reversal of Fibrosis/Cirrhosis and Continued Histologic Improvement in Patients with HBeAg(+) and (-) Chronic Hepatitis B: Results from Studies ETV-022, -027 and -901 - (03/26/09) Five-Years of Continuous Entecavir for Nucleoside-Naive HBeAg(+) Chronic Hepatitis B: Results from Studies ETV-022/-901 - (03/26/09) Two Year Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (TDF) Treatment and Adefovir Dipivoxil (ADV) Switch Data in HBeAg-Positive Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B (Study 103) - (03/26/09) Two Year Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (TDF) Treatment and Adefovir Dipivoxil (ADV) Switch Data in HBeAg-Negative Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B (Study 102) - (03/26/09) Telaprevir (TVR, T) q8h or q12h Combined With Either Peginterferon (PEG-IFN, P) Alfa-2a or Alfa-2b and Ribavirin (RBV, R) in Treatment-Naive Genotype 1 Hepatitis C: Week 12 Interim Results of the Randomized, Open-Label, Multicenter Phase 2 Study C208 - (03/26/09) Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (TDF) versus Adefovir Dipivoxil (ADV) in Asians with HBeAg-Positive and HBeAg-Negative Chronic Hepatitis B Participating in Studies 102 and 103 - (03/25/09) Developing HBV/HCV Associated Liver Cancer At A Young Age < 40 Yrs Old - (03/25/09) Study Reports Asain-Americans Not Getting Screened and Not Being Perceived As Being At Risk for HBV by Asian Primary Care Providers - (03/23/09) Use of Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (TDF) in Pregnancy: Findings from the Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry (APR) - (03/25/09) Estimated Prevalence of Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB) in Foreign-Born (FB) Persons Living in the United States (U.S.) by Country/Region of Origin - (03/23/09) Federal Government's Response to Viral Hepatitis - (03/23/09) Key Health Care Provisions in Stimulus Legislation - (03/23/09) HCV Burden of Disease and Associated Costs: An Overview - (03/23/09) Barriers to HCV Care - (03/23/09)