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A -- HEPATITIS C CLINICAL TRIAL -- CLINICAL CENTERS SOL NIN-NIDDK-98-4 DUE 032398 POC Robert T. Coonley, Contracting Officer, phone: 301-594-8837, fax: 301-480-8261, e-mail: CoonleyR@extra.niddk.nih.gov This announcement provides a correction to the notice published in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD) on Tuesday, December 9, 1998, for the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases's (NIDDK's) requirement for the Clinical Centers for the Hepatitis C Clinical Trial solicitation, RFP No. NIH-NIDDK-98-4. The December 9th CBD notice mistakenly stated in part "Proposals will be solicited that include a clinical trial protocol using long-term alpha interferon therapy in chronic hepatitis C patients with cirrhosis of the liver and hepatocellular carcinoma." However, that sentence in the notice should read "Proposals will be solicited that include a clinical trial protocol using long-term alpha interferon therapy in chronic hepatitis C patients to prevent cirrhosis of the liver and hepatocellular carcinoma." (0343)

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