- The patient has a medical condition, including significant intercurrent illness; significant cardiac disease (eg, clinically significant arrhythmia, moderate or severe pulmonary hypertension or valvular dysfunction, or <40% left ventricular ejection fraction by echocardiogram); active hepatitis B or hepatitis C, or infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); cirrhosis (as determined by clinical evaluation or liver biopsy); malignancy diagnosed within the past 5 years (other than non-melanoma skin cancer), or any other serious medical condition that may preclude participation in the study.