The effectiveness and safety of glecaprevir/pibrentasvir in chronic hepatitis C patients with refractory factors in the real world : a comprehensive analysis of a prospective multicenter study

BACKGROUND: Direct-acting anti-virals (DAAs) have markedly improved the effectiveness of anti-viral therapy for chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients. In a phase III trial in Japan, treatment with the NS3/4A protease inhibitor glecaprevir and the NS5A inhibitor pibrentasvir (G/P) resulted in a small number of patients with refractory factors. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of G/P, especially among patients with these refractory factors, and the influence of these factors on treatment.

METHODS: In a prospective, multicenter study involving 33 medical institutions, 1439 patients were treated with G/P, and their efficacy, safety, and most frequent adverse effects (AEs) were analyzed.

RESULTS: Overall SVR12 rates were 99.1% (1397/1410) in the per-protocol-analysis, and genotype sustained virologic response SVR12 rates were: genotype 1, 99.4% (707/711); genotype 2, 99.4% (670/674); genotype 3, 80.0% (16/20). DAA-naïve patients (p = 0.008) with HCV genotype except 3 (genotype 1 vs. 3, p = 2.68 × 10-5; genotype 2 vs. 3, p = 3.28 × 10-5) had significantly higher SVR12 rates. No significant difference was observed between CKD stage 1-3 (99.1% [1209/1220]) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 4-5 (98.9% [188/190]) patients, or between cirrhotic (99.0% [398/402]) and non-cirrhotic (99.1% [999/1008]) patients. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that genotype 3 [OR 33.404, 95% CI (7.512-148.550), p value (p = 4.06 × 10-5)] and past experience of IFN-free DAAs [OR 3.977, 95% CI (1.153-13.725), p value (p = 0.029)] were both significantly independent predictors of non-SVR12. AEs were reported in 28.2% of patients, and 1.6% discontinued treatment owing to drug-related AEs. AEs were significantly higher in CKD stage 4-5 (41.6% [79/190]) than CKD stage 1-3 (26.1% [319/1220]) patients (p = 2.00 × 10-5). AEs were also significantly higher in cirrhotic (38.6% [155/402]) than in non-cirrhotic (24.1% [243/1008]) (p = 2.91 × 10-18) patients.

CONCLUSIONS: G/P regimen is highly effective and safe to treat CHC patients even with refractory factors such as CKD and advanced liver fibrosis. However, patients with past experience of IFN-free DAA treatment and genotype 3, CKD stage 4 or 5, and advanced liver fibrosis should be more closely observed.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Hepatology international - 14(2020), 2 vom: 03. März, Seite 225-238

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nozaki, Akito [VerfasserIn]
Atsukawa, Masanori [VerfasserIn]
Kondo, Chisa [VerfasserIn]
Toyoda, Hidenori [VerfasserIn]
Chuma, Makoto [VerfasserIn]
Nakamuta, Makoto [VerfasserIn]
Uojima, Haruki [VerfasserIn]
Takaguchi, Koichi [VerfasserIn]
Ikeda, Hiroki [VerfasserIn]
Watanabe, Tsunamasa [VerfasserIn]
Ogawa, Shintaro [VerfasserIn]
Itokawa, Norio [VerfasserIn]
Arai, Taeang [VerfasserIn]
Hiraoka, Atsushi [VerfasserIn]
Asano, Toru [VerfasserIn]
Fujioka, Shinichi [VerfasserIn]
Ikegami, Tadashi [VerfasserIn]
Shima, Toshihide [VerfasserIn]
Ogawa, Chikara [VerfasserIn]
Akahane, Takehiro [VerfasserIn]
Shimada, Noritomo [VerfasserIn]
Fukunishi, Shinya [VerfasserIn]
Abe, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]
Tsubota, Akihito [VerfasserIn]
Genda, Takuya [VerfasserIn]
Okubo, Hironao [VerfasserIn]
Mikami, Shigeru [VerfasserIn]
Morishita, Asahiro [VerfasserIn]
Moriya, Akio [VerfasserIn]
Tani, Joji [VerfasserIn]
Tachi, Yoshihiko [VerfasserIn]
Hotta, Naoki [VerfasserIn]
Ishikawa, Toru [VerfasserIn]
Okanoue, Takeshi [VerfasserIn]
Tanaka, Yasuhito [VerfasserIn]
Kumada, Takashi [VerfasserIn]
Iwakiri, Katsuhiko [VerfasserIn]
Maeda, Shin [VerfasserIn]
KTK49 Liver Study Group [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antiviral Agents
Benzimidazoles
Chronic hepatitis C
Drug Combinations
Glecaprevir
Glecaprevir and pibrentasvir
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Multicenter study
Pibrentasvir
Pyrrolidines
Quinoxalines
Refractory factors
Sulfonamides

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 25.01.2021

Date Revised 25.01.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s12072-020-10019-z

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM30720037X