1. Open-label study of faldaprevir plus peginterferon and ribavirin in hepatitis C virus genotype 1-infected patients who failed placebo plus peginterferon and ribavirin.
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Foster GR, Ferenci P, Asselah T, Mantry P, Dufour JF, Bourlière M, Forton D, Maevskaya M, Wright D, Yoshida EM, García-Samaniego J, Oliveira C, Wright M, Warner N, Sha N, Quinson AM, and Stern JO
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- Adult, Aged, Aminoisobutyric Acids, Female, Genotype, Hepacivirus genetics, Hepacivirus isolation & purification, Hepatitis C, Chronic virology, Humans, Leucine analogs & derivatives, Male, Middle Aged, Placebos administration & dosage, Proline analogs & derivatives, Quinolines, Treatment Outcome, Antiviral Agents administration & dosage, Hepacivirus classification, Hepatitis C, Chronic drug therapy, Interferon-alpha administration & dosage, Oligopeptides administration & dosage, Ribavirin administration & dosage, Salvage Therapy methods, Thiazoles administration & dosage
- Abstract
Faldaprevir, a hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3/4A protease inhibitor, was evaluated in HCV genotype 1-infected patients who failed peginterferon and ribavirin (PegIFN/RBV) treatment during one of three prior faldaprevir trials. Patients who received placebo plus PegIFN/RBV and had virological failure during a prior trial were enrolled and treated in two cohorts: prior relapsers (n = 43) and prior nonresponders (null responders, partial responders and patients with breakthrough; n = 75). Both cohorts received faldaprevir 240 mg once daily plus PegIFN/RBV for 24 weeks. Prior relapsers with early treatment success (ETS; HCV RNA <25 IU/mL detectable or undetectable at week 4 and <25 IU/mL undetectable at week 8) stopped treatment at week 24. Others received PegIFN/RBV through week 48. The primary efficacy endpoint was sustained virological response (HCV RNA <25 IU/mL undetectable) 12 weeks post treatment (SVR12). More prior nonresponders than prior relapsers had baseline HCV RNA ≥ 800,000 IU/mL (80% vs 58%) and a non-CC IL28B genotype (91% vs 70%). Rates of SVR12 (95% CI) were 95.3% (89.1, 100.0) among prior relapsers and 54.7% (43.4, 65.9) among prior nonresponders; corresponding ETS rates were 97.7% and 65.3%. Adverse events led to faldaprevir discontinuations in 3% of patients. The most common Division of AIDS Grade ≥ 2 adverse events were anaemia (13%), nausea (10%) and hyperbilirubinaemia (9%). In conclusion, faldaprevir plus PegIFN/RBV achieved clinically meaningful SVR12 rates in patients who failed PegIFN/RBV in a prior trial, with response rates higher among prior relapsers than among prior nonresponders. The adverse event profile was consistent with the known safety profile of faldaprevir., (© 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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- 2016
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