[neverdem]

Chemical genetics strategy identifies an HCV NS5A inhibitor with a potent clinical effect

Found 4 studies with search of: BMS-790052 | Open Studies for HCV

[neverdem]

That second link is for clinical trials recruiting patients if anyone knows folks with HCV.

[tang-soo]

My father was cured of Hep C during the clinical trials nearly 20 years ago. He had a heart attack at age 51 and is believed to have contracted HEP C during the treatment for that attack. When he started the treatment, a daily injection of interferon, he was told that only a third responded with positive results and it was an all-or-nothing scenario - ie there was no partial benefit. the treatment was to last a year and after 6 months they would perform an evaluation to see if he would respond and hence continue for the second half. After 6 months he was told there was no improvement and that he was not a candidate for the second half of treatment. Disappointed, he returned for his last blood test as part of the study. The virus WAS GONE! Hallelujah!

A week later, I heard Peter Jennings announce on ABC news that the treatment had passed trials and the FDA had approved the treatment.

Now 74 he is still doing well though he has other health issues and his body never fully recovered from the devastating side effects from the treatment.

[Prospero]

My brother was infected through transfusion following a near fatal motorcycle accident in 1984. We lost him last year, after a long battle. The treatments and clinical trials were not useful and debilitating in his case, though none of us are complaining after getting an additional quarter century of his company. Glad to see progress for others, as he would have been.