title: Emerging therapies in hepatitis C: dawn of the era of the direct-acting antivirals.
abstract: The HCV viral life cycle provides targets for drug development at virtually every step, and many new drugs aimed at these targets are currently being developed. Clinical practice takes a major step forward this year with the arrival of telaprevir and boceprevir, which will be added to the current standard of care of pegIFNα/RBV. Patients will need to be monitored closely and counseled extensively, and clinicians will need to learn the new response-guided therapy algorithms with these therapies. Although there remains work to be done in the field of HCV, these therapies will allow many more patients the opportunity to eradicate HCV infection.
authors: Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center, 2400 Pratt Street, Terrace Level, Room 0311, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
authors: Alison B
authors: AB
authors: Jazwinski
authors: Andrew J
authors: AJ
authors: Muir
mesh_terms: D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D024882:Drug Resistance, Viral; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000254:growth & development; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D009705:Nucleosides / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011392:Proline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015842:Serine Proteinase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D012324:RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D009705:Nucleosides; D009842:Oligopeptides; D011392:Proline; D015842:Serine Proteinase Inhibitors; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins; C486464:telaprevir; C512204:N-(3-amino-1-(cyclobutylmethyl)-2,3-dioxopropyl)-3-(2-((((1,1-dimethylethyl)amino)carbonyl)amino)-3,3-dimethyl-1-oxobutyl)-6,6-dimethyl-3-azabicyclo(3.1.0)hexan-2-carboxamide; C087036:NS-5 protein, hepatitis C virus; D012324:RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase