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Summary and conclusion 237<br />

Early stopping rules for treatment with PEG-IFN in HBeAg positive and negative chronic<br />

hepatitis B patients were designed to identify patients who do not benefi t from therapy.<br />

For the long-term effect of glycyrrhizin in chronic hepatitis C on the hepatocellular<br />

carcinoma-free period a Japanese cohort was studied. G-estimation was applied to<br />

offer a good solution to the problem of estimating the crude treatment effect when<br />

treatment is given on indication.<br />

For the early treatment response pharmacokinetic modelling of the viral load decline<br />

during the fi rst weeks of treatment with entecavir, tenofovir and PEG-IFN in chronic<br />

hepatitis B patients was studied. Available mathematical models were reformulated to<br />

fi t into the framework of non-linear mixed regression modelling of repeated measurement.<br />

The estimated parameters describe the pattern of viral decline the fi rst 4 weeks<br />

well. Both entecavir and tenofovir have a good effi cacy in blocking the viral replication.<br />

The viral kinetics for PEG-IFN was more complicated but despite the limited antiviral<br />

activity during the fi rst weeks PEG-IFN induces a sustained response in a considerable<br />

number of patients.

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