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AIMS<br />

Introduction 21<br />

In this thesis we aim to develop a prediction model of sustained response to PEG-<br />

IFN treatment in patients with HBeAg positive chronic hepatitis B. We will introduce<br />

new dynamic model methods and improve existing ones to update the prediction of<br />

response to treatment when longitudinal markers are available. These methods are<br />

applied to chronic hepatitis B patients receiving PEG-IFN therapy. The methods are<br />

used as a guide to identify patients, who do not benefi t from PEG-IFN, and whom may<br />

be advised to discontinue therapy as early as possible in the treatment schedule.<br />

Furthermore, we aim to investigate the long-term effect of glycerrhicin treatment on the<br />

development of HCC in chronic hepatitis C patients, who were all non-responders to<br />

interferon treatment. A statistical model that corrects for bias when treatment is given<br />

depending on the state of the disease is applied.<br />

Finally we aim to describe the early treatment effects of nucleoside/nucleuotide analogous<br />

and PEG-IFN in HBeAg positive chronic hepatitis B patients with pharmcokinetic<br />

and pharmcodynamic models.

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