Ribavirin label
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Has anyone been approved for Olysio and Sovaldi off label and on Medicare? I failed traditional interferon/ribavirin, have fibrosis stage 2, and waiting for approval.
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3 Recruiting Open-Label Study of Sofusbuvir+Ribavirin With or Without Peginterferon Alfa-2a in Subjects With Chronic HCV Infection Who Participated in Prior Gilead HCV Studies
Condition: Chronic Hepatitis C
Interventions: Drug: Sofosbuvir; Drug: RBV; Drug: PEG
4 Recruiting Sofosbuvir/Ledipasvir Fixed-Dose Combination With Ribavirin or GS-9669 in Subjects With Chronic Genotype 1 HCV Infection
Condition: Chronic HCV Infection
Interventions: Drug: SOF/LDV; Drug: RBV; Drug: GS-9669
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said he is not a good candidate to try again so they prescribed Sovaldi, Olysio and Ribavarin for 12 weeks. He has a wonderful dr who was able to get our insurance to approve the off label treatment. He is only 1 full week into treatment and has had only minor side affects- slight headache, and some brain fog in the evening. I've been reading that people who failed with interferon and ribavirin before don't achieve the results of someone who has never gone through treatment.
Trials are recruiting in the research hospital where I live for Pharmasset with regular Interferon/Riba and PSI 7977 as well as PSI 7977, BMS 790052 and Ribavirin and the Interferon Lambda BmS 790052, Riba, BMS 650032 study. There may be more studies too but these were attractive because of the two which don't use interferon or the more benign form. These are for naive subjects. The lambda study is double blinded but the others are open label. All comments would be appreciated.
It looks like most people in trials with cirrhosis doing the 24 weeks of Sovaldi and Ribavirin relapsed. Sounds like a waste of 168K on a treatment that is doomed to faliure. The Doctors are hesitant to do off label. I guess until the new Giliad combo is approved we are all stuck with these treatments that vary widely.
However, the new triple med treatment (Interferon, Ribavirin, and a protease inhibitor) is having good results. If you are Genotype 1 and if you have not already done the triple med treatment, that would be something to definitely consider. If you treat, you would definitely need to be under the supervision of a Hepatologist who is affiliated with a transplant center. Talk with your Hepatologist and see if you are stable enough to begin treatment.
Grammy, I remember you saying your doc was prescribing off label for all his patients. Do you have any idea what reasons he is giving to insurance....as in key words or arguments he has to support the off label. Hope that makes sense. So tired and it's been a frustrating day.
Again, so very happy for your success! Can you spell CURED?
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