[quote="Bloot" post=483
I'm pretty new here, but I would think (not know) that you could start at 12 and monitor your blood
If at some point the results indicate that an additional 12 weeks would be beneficial, you could make the call then
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More reading on this site and found this from Dr freeman- seems that the decision of duration is made before starting
fixhepc.com/forum/experts-corner/104-exp...-september-13th.html
The advice re prolongation of treatment based on HCV viral load monitoring is incorrect. There is no relationship between on-treatment monitoring and treatment outcome (assuming high level adherence, as in clinical trials). In fact, many patients in clinical trials have had "detectable" HCV RNA at end-of-treatment and still achieve sustained viral clearance. There is clearly no relationship between week 4 (or other timepoints) and sustained viral clearance, so extending treatment duration (as we did with interferon-based treatment) does not make sense in the interferon-free era, including in the case described below.