Baloxavir Marboxil for Uncomplicated Influenza in Adults and Adolescents

BACKGROUND: Baloxavir marboxil is a selective inhibitor of influenza cap-dependent endonuclease. It has shown therapeutic activity in preclinical models of influenza A and B virus infections, including strains resistant to current antiviral agents.

METHODS: We conducted two randomized, double-blind, controlled trials involving otherwise healthy outpatients with acute uncomplicated influenza. After a dose-ranging (10 to 40 mg) placebo-controlled trial, we undertook a placebo- and oseltamivir-controlled trial of single, weight-based doses of baloxavir (40 or 80 mg) in patients 12 to 64 years of age during the 2016-2017 season. The dose of oseltamivir was 75 mg twice daily for 5 days. The primary efficacy end point was the time to alleviation of influenza symptoms in the intention-to-treat infected population.

RESULTS: In the phase 2 trial, the median time to alleviation of influenza symptoms was 23.4 to 28.2 hours shorter in the baloxavir groups than in the placebo group (P<0.05). In the phase 3 trial, the intention-to-treat infected population included 1064 patients; 84.8 to 88.1% of patients in each group had influenza A(H3N2) infection. The median time to alleviation of symptoms was 53.7 hours (95% confidence interval [CI], 49.5 to 58.5) with baloxavir, as compared with 80.2 hours (95% CI, 72.6 to 87.1) with placebo (P<0.001). The time to alleviation of symptoms was similar with baloxavir and oseltamivir. Baloxavir was associated with greater reductions in viral load 1 day after initiation of the regimen than placebo or oseltamivir. Adverse events were reported in 20.7% of baloxavir recipients, 24.6% of placebo recipients, and 24.8% of oseltamivir recipients. The emergence of polymerase acidic protein variants with I38T/M/F substitutions conferring reduced susceptibility to baloxavir occurred in 2.2% and 9.7% of baloxavir recipients in the phase 2 trial and phase 3 trial, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS: Single-dose baloxavir was without evident safety concerns, was superior to placebo in alleviating influenza symptoms, and was superior to both oseltamivir and placebo in reducing the viral load 1 day after initiation of the trial regimen in patients with uncomplicated influenza. Evidence for the development of decreased susceptibility to baloxavir after treatment was also observed. (Funded by Shionogi; JapicCTI number, 153090, and CAPSTONE-1 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02954354 .).

Errataetall:

CommentIn: N Engl J Med. 2018 Sep 6;379(10):975-977. - PMID 30184452

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:379

Enthalten in:

The New England journal of medicine - 379(2018), 10 vom: 06. Sept., Seite 913-923

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hayden, Frederick G [VerfasserIn]
Sugaya, Norio [VerfasserIn]
Hirotsu, Nobuo [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Nelson [VerfasserIn]
de Jong, Menno D [VerfasserIn]
Hurt, Aeron C [VerfasserIn]
Ishida, Tadashi [VerfasserIn]
Sekino, Hisakuni [VerfasserIn]
Yamada, Kota [VerfasserIn]
Portsmouth, Simon [VerfasserIn]
Kawaguchi, Keiko [VerfasserIn]
Shishido, Takao [VerfasserIn]
Arai, Masatsugu [VerfasserIn]
Tsuchiya, Kenji [VerfasserIn]
Uehara, Takeki [VerfasserIn]
Watanabe, Akira [VerfasserIn]
Baloxavir Marboxil Investigators Group [VerfasserIn]
Arahata, Masahisa [Sonstige Person]
Doi, Takahito [Sonstige Person]
Fujishima, Hiromitsu [Sonstige Person]
Fukuyo, Kensuke [Sonstige Person]
Hachinohe, Hiroshi [Sonstige Person]
Harada, Hiroshi [Sonstige Person]
Harada, Yuji [Sonstige Person]
Hatakeyama, Sadamune [Sonstige Person]
Hisadome, Tetsuo [Sonstige Person]
Horikawa, Isao [Sonstige Person]
Ikeda, Mitsumi [Sonstige Person]
Ishikawa, Takayuki [Sonstige Person]
Ito, Junichi [Sonstige Person]
Iwaki, Norio [Sonstige Person]
Kanemitsu, Hiroyoshi [Sonstige Person]
Kinoshita, Masaharu [Sonstige Person]
Kitada, Hirokazu [Sonstige Person]
Kokubun, Takehiko [Sonstige Person]
Komo, Tomoyuki [Sonstige Person]
Kuroki, Haruo [Sonstige Person]
Matsunaga, Atsushi [Sonstige Person]
Mitani, Ikuo [Sonstige Person]
Miyazono, Hirotaka [Sonstige Person]
Morizono, Shigeaki [Sonstige Person]
Murakawa, Hisashi [Sonstige Person]
Nagumo, Akihiko [Sonstige Person]
Nakama, Seitaro [Sonstige Person]
Nakazato, Hidehisa [Sonstige Person]
Nemoto, Satohiko [Sonstige Person]
Noguchi, Yoshimasa [Sonstige Person]
Ogasawara, Tadahiko [Sonstige Person]
Ogawa, Jun [Sonstige Person]
Okawa, Hiroji [Sonstige Person]
Okumura, Haruhiko [Sonstige Person]
Owada, Yasuko [Sonstige Person]
Sadanaga, Yasuaki [Sonstige Person]
Sasaki, Ryotaro [Sonstige Person]
Sasho, Hideyuki [Sonstige Person]
Satake, Kazuo [Sonstige Person]
Seki, Masahiko [Sonstige Person]
Shudo, Hiroshi [Sonstige Person]
Sugimoto, Masayuki [Sonstige Person]
Taguchi, Fumihiro [Sonstige Person]
Takahashi, Kazunori [Sonstige Person]
Takei, Jiro [Sonstige Person]
Tamaki, Seishu [Sonstige Person]
Tanaka, Hiroaki [Sonstige Person]
Tanaka, Koukichi [Sonstige Person]
Tanaka, Shinichi [Sonstige Person]
Tomori, Hiroaki [Sonstige Person]
Uehara, Akira [Sonstige Person]
Ueyama, Sigehiro [Sonstige Person]
Umezawa, Yoshihiro [Sonstige Person]
Umezu, Toru [Sonstige Person]
Wakasa, Yutaka [Sonstige Person]
Yamada, Katsumi [Sonstige Person]
Yamagata, Toshiharu [Sonstige Person]
Yamamoto, Munemitsu [Sonstige Person]
Yasuda, Kenji [Sonstige Person]
Yokoyama, Takahiro [Sonstige Person]
Yoshida, Riko [Sonstige Person]
Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi [Sonstige Person]
Yamato, Tsuyoshi [Sonstige Person]
Ahiko, Tomoaki [Sonstige Person]
Aida, Katsumaro [Sonstige Person]
Akahata, Masaki [Sonstige Person]
Amada, Yasushi [Sonstige Person]
Ando, Michio [Sonstige Person]
Asai, Shunji [Sonstige Person]
Chinen, Tetsu [Sonstige Person]
Egashira, Keisuke [Sonstige Person]
Fujigaki, Toru [Sonstige Person]
Fujimaki, Yutaka [Sonstige Person]
Fukushima, Yasushi [Sonstige Person]
Funato, Akitoshi [Sonstige Person]
Gushiken, Masamichi [Sonstige Person]
Haji, Yoichiro [Sonstige Person]
Hashiguchi, Kazuhiro [Sonstige Person]
Hirose, Kazuhito [Sonstige Person]
Honda, Kazuyuki [Sonstige Person]
Igarashi, Tadayuki [Sonstige Person]
Iguchi, Keiichi [Sonstige Person]
Iida, Yoshiki [Sonstige Person]
Iizuka, Takashi [Sonstige Person]
Irahara, Minoru [Sonstige Person]
Irie, Takashi [Sonstige Person]
Ishida, Kiyotaka [Sonstige Person]
Ishii, Hajime [Sonstige Person]
Ishikawa, Kazuo [Sonstige Person]
Kaji, Nobuyuki [Sonstige Person]
Kamezawa, Takashi [Sonstige Person]
Karimata, Yoichi [Sonstige Person]
Kato, Masaki [Sonstige Person]
Katsura, Fumihiro [Sonstige Person]
Kawada, Toshio [Sonstige Person]
Kawamoto, Kenji [Sonstige Person]
Kikuchi, Koki [Sonstige Person]
Kikumori, Hiroshi [Sonstige Person]
Kimura, Shiro [Sonstige Person]
Kin, Heido [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

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Antiviral Agents
Baloxavir
Clinical Trial, Phase II
Clinical Trial, Phase III
Dibenzothiepins
EC 3.1.-
Endonucleases
Journal Article
Morpholines
Multicenter Study
Oseltamivir
Oxazines
Pyridines
Pyridones
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Thiepins
Triazines

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Date Completed 01.10.2018

Date Revised 08.04.2022

published: Print

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02954354

CommentIn: N Engl J Med. 2018 Sep 6;379(10):975-977. - PMID 30184452

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1056/NEJMoa1716197

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Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM288220250