<qa>  What is the primary outcome of the primary outcome?The primary outcome will be sustained loss of HCV RNA at 24 weeks after low- or standard-dose combination therapy. Secondary outcomes include viral kinetics and side effects. Because of preliminary results in the initial 31 patients enrolled in this study, the dose of peginterferon was changed from 90 to 180 micrograms weekly for the remaining 29 patients to be enrolled, allowing for a direct comparison of efficacy, viral kinetics and side effects of standard- vs low-dose peginterferon therapy. 