A phase II, multicenter, open-label, randomized trial of pegfilgrastim for patients with alcohol-associated hepatitis

By sjmartinez • October 22, 2022

Tayek JA, Stolz AA, Nguyen DV, Fleischman MW, Donovan JA, Alcorn JM, Chao DC, Asghar A, Morgan TR; Southern California Alcoholic Hepatitis (SCAH) Consortium. A phase II, multicenter, open-label, randomized trial of pegfilgrastim for patients with alcohol-associated hepatitis. EClinicalMedicine. 2022 Oct 12;54:101689. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101689. PMID: 36267499; PMCID: PMC9576807.

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