Your goal is to extract structured information from the user's input that matches the form described below. When extracting information please make sure it matches the type information exactly. Do not add any attributes that do not appear in the schema shown below.

```TypeScript

 { // Information on the clinical trial characteristics from the abstract
 conditions: string // The condition or disease being treated in the clinical trial
 drug_or_intervention: string // The drug or intervention used in the clinical trial
}
```


Please output the extracted information in JSON format. Do not output anything except for the extracted information. Do not add any clarifying information. Do not add any fields that are not in the schema. If the text contains attributes that do not appear in the schema, please ignore them. All output must be in JSON format and follow the schema specified above. Wrap the JSON in <json> tags.



Input:Efficacy and safety of pegylated interferon combined with ribavirin for the treatment of older patients with chronic hepatitis C.  The present study evaluated the efficacy and safety of pegylated interferon (PegIFN)/ribavirin treatment in elderly patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Seventy elderly patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection (group A; age, > or = 65 years) and 140 sex- and HCV genotype-matched controls (group B; age, 50-64 years) were allocated to receive a PegIFN-alpha-2a/ribavirin standard-of-care regimen. Group A had a significantly higher rate of treatment discontinuation (21.4% vs 6.4%; P = .001) and grade 3 or 4 adverse events (34.3% vs 20%; P = .002) than group B. In intention-to-treat analysis, the sustained virologic response (SVR) rate was substantially lower in group A than in group B (67.1% vs 78.6%; P = .07). The inferiority of the SVR rate in group A was observed among patients with HCV genotype 1 (HCV-1) (51.9% vs 75.9%; P = .03) but not among patients with HCV genotype 2 or 3 (HCV-2/3) (76.7% vs 80.2%; P = .65). Among patients in group A who had a rapid virologic response, those infected with HCV-1 and those infected with HCV-2/3 had similar SVR rates (80% and 87.9%, respectively). For patients receiving treatment for >80% of its expected duration, SVR rates were similar between the 2 groups (80.4% vs 82.6%, respectively), regardless of viral genotype. Older patients with HCV infection, especially those in the subgroup infected with HCV-1, had a greater frequency of adverse events and poorer adherence to the standard-of-care regimen, which may be the major reason for treatment inferiority. Clinicaltrials.gov identifier NCT00629824 . Output:
{'conditions': 'Chronic Hepatitis C', 'interventions': 'Drug: pegylated interferon alpha and plus ribavirin|Drug: pegylated interferon alpha and plus ribavirin|Drug: pegylated interferon alpha and plus ribavirin'}