You will be shown a paragraph from a biomedical research article. Your task is to extract all drug combinations appearing in a specific sentence within in the paragraph. Each drug combination should be assigned to one of the following three categories:

- POS: Indicates a positive interaction between the drugs in the combination; for instance, drugs that have an additive or synergistic effect.
- NEG: Indicates a negative interaction between the drugs in the combination; for instance, combining these drugs might result in adverse side effects, or might reduce their efficacy.
- COMB: Indicates that the drugs are given in combination, but the type of interaction between the drugs cannot be determined based on the provided context.

Please format your answer as a json array. Each entry in the array should itself be an array formatted as [<drug_1>, <drug_2>, ..., <drug_n>, <category>] where <category> is one of the three categories listed above and <drug_1>, ..., <drug_n> are drug names copied verbatim from the input sentence. Different combinations may involve different numbers of drugs; in other words, the `n` in <drug_n> may vary.

As an example, the following output describes two extracted drug combinations; one between two drugs, and one between three drugs:

[["artesunate", "artemether", "COMB"], ["Nifedipine", "Labetalol", "Prazosin", "POS"]]

The paragraph and specific sentence are below. You should only extract relationships expressed in the specific sentence; the paragraph is provided for context.

In your output, return only the json array and no other text. If no drug combinations appear, return an empty array `[]`.

paragraph: Merimepodib, pegylated interferon, and ribavirin in genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C pegylated interferon and ribavirin nonresponders.  Merimepodib ( MMPD ) is an orally administered , inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase inhibitor that has shown antiviral activity in nonresponders with chronic hepatitis C ( CHC ) when combined with pegylated interferon alfa 2a ( Peg-IFN-alfa-2a ) and ribavirin ( RBV ) . We conducted a randomized, double-blind, multicenter, phase 2b study to evaluate the antiviral activity, safety, and tolerability of MMPD in combination with Peg-IFN-alfa-2a and RBV in patients with genotype 1 CHC who were nonresponders to prior therapy with Peg-IFN and RBV. Patients received 50 mg MMPD, 100 mg MMPD, or placebo every 12 hours, in addition to Peg-IFN-alfa-2a and RBV, for 24 weeks. Patients with a 2-log or more decrease from baseline or undetectable hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA levels at week 24 were then eligible to continue Peg-IFN-alfa-2a and RBV for a further 24 weeks, followed by 24 weeks of follow-up. The primary efficacy endpoint was sustained virological response (SVR) rate at week 72 in all randomized patients who received at least one dose of study drug and had a history of nonresponse to standard therapy. A total of 354 patients were randomized to treatment (117 to placebo; 119 to 50 mg MMPD; 118 to 100 mg MMPD), and 286 completed the core study. The proportion of patients who achieved SVR was similar among the treatment groups: 6% (6/107) for 50 mg MMPD, 4% (5/112) for 100 mg MMPD, and 5% (5/104) for placebo (P = 0.8431). Adverse-event profiles for the MMPD combination groups were similar to that for Peg-IFN-alfa and RBV alone. Nausea, arthralgia, cough, dyspnea, neutropenia, and anemia were more common in patients taking MMPD. ### conclusion The addition of MMPD to Peg-IFN-alfa-2a and RBV combination therapy did not increase the proportion of nonresponder patients with genotype 1 CHC achieving an SVR.

sentence: Merimepodib ( MMPD ) is an orally administered , inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase inhibitor that has shown antiviral activity in nonresponders with chronic hepatitis C ( CHC ) when combined with pegylated interferon alfa 2a ( Peg-IFN-alfa-2a ) and ribavirin ( RBV ) .
[["interferon alfa", "ribavirin", "Merimepodib", "POS"]]