Hepatitis C viral evolution in genotype 1 treatment-naïve and treatment-experienced patients receiving telaprevir-based therapy in clinical trials

BACKGROUND: In patients with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C infection, telaprevir (TVR) in combination with peginterferon and ribavirin (PR) significantly increased sustained virologic response (SVR) rates compared with PR alone. However, genotypic changes could be observed in TVR-treated patients who did not achieve an SVR.

METHODS: Population sequence analysis of the NS3•4A region was performed in patients who did not achieve SVR with TVR-based treatment.

RESULTS: Resistant variants were observed after treatment with a telaprevir-based regimen in 12% of treatment-naïve patients (ADVANCE; T12PR arm), 6% of prior relapsers, 24% of prior partial responders, and 51% of prior null responder patients (REALIZE, T12PR48 arms). NS3 protease variants V36M, R155K, and V36M+R155K emerged frequently in patients with genotype 1a and V36A, T54A, and A156S/T in patients with genotype 1b. Lower-level resistance to telaprevir was conferred by V36A/M, T54A/S, R155K/T, and A156S variants; and higher-level resistance to telaprevir was conferred by A156T and V36M+R155K variants. Virologic failure during telaprevir treatment was more common in patients with genotype 1a and in prior PR nonresponder patients and was associated with higher-level telaprevir-resistant variants. Relapse was usually associated with wild-type or lower-level resistant variants. After treatment, viral populations were wild-type with a median time of 10 months for genotype 1a and 3 weeks for genotype 1b patients.

CONCLUSIONS: A consistent, subtype-dependent resistance profile was observed in patients who did not achieve an SVR with telaprevir-based treatment. The primary role of TVR is to inhibit wild-type virus and variants with lower-levels of resistance to telaprevir. The complementary role of PR is to clear any remaining telaprevir-resistant variants, especially higher-level telaprevir-resistant variants. Resistant variants are detectable in most patients who fail to achieve SVR, but their levels decline over time after treatment.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2012

Erschienen:

2012

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

PloS one - 7(2012), 4 vom: 01., Seite e34372

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kieffer, Tara L [VerfasserIn]
De Meyer, Sandra [VerfasserIn]
Bartels, Doug J [VerfasserIn]
Sullivan, James C [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Eileen Z [VerfasserIn]
Tigges, Ann [VerfasserIn]
Dierynck, Inge [VerfasserIn]
Spanks, Joan [VerfasserIn]
Dorrian, Jennifer [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Min [VerfasserIn]
Adiwijaya, Bambang [VerfasserIn]
Ghys, Anne [VerfasserIn]
Beumont, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Kauffman, Robert S [VerfasserIn]
Adda, Nathalie [VerfasserIn]
Jacobson, Ira M [VerfasserIn]
Sherman, Kenneth E [VerfasserIn]
Zeuzem, Stefan [VerfasserIn]
Kwong, Ann D [VerfasserIn]
Picchio, Gaston [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3WJQ0SDW1A
49717AWG6K
655M5O3W0U
9008-11-1
Antiviral Agents
Interferons
Journal Article
Oligopeptides
Polyethylene Glycols
Recombinant Proteins
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Ribavirin
Telaprevir

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Date Completed 28.12.2012

Date Revised 18.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1371/journal.pone.0034372

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NLM217090907