Virology analysis of chronic hepatitis B virus-infected patients treated for 28 days with JNJ-56136379 monotherapy

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Four weeks of once-daily oral JNJ-56136379 (JNJ-6379; 25, 75, 150 or 250 mg), a class-N capsid assembly modulator (CAM-N), was well tolerated with potent antiviral activity in treatment-naïve, chronic hepatitis B e antigen-positive and hepatitis B e antigen-negative patients (NCT02662712). Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome sequence analysis, using HBV DNA next-generation sequence technology, was performed, and impact of substitutions on efficacy was assessed. Analyses focused on HBV core protein amino acid positions associated with JNJ-6379 and/or other CAMs in vitro resistance, and those within the CAM-binding pocket. 31/57 patients had ≥ 1 polymorphism at any of the core amino acid positions of interest, most frequently at positions 38 (32%), 105 (23%) and 109 (14%). None of these polymorphisms are known to reduce JNJ-6379 in vitro activity (fold change [FC] in 50% effective concentration <3.0). Two JNJ-6379-treated patients carried a Y118F baseline core polymorphism known to reduce JNJ-6379 activity in vitro (FC = 6.6) and had HBV DNA declines of 2.77 (75 mg) and 2.19 log10 IU/mL (150 mg) at the end of treatment. One 75 mg JNJ-6379-treated patient had an emerging T109S substitution (FC = 1.8; HBV DNA decline 3.18 log10 IU/mL). A 25 mg JNJ-6379-treated patient had on-treatment enrichment of Y118F variant (HBV DNA decline 2.13 log10 IU/mL). In conclusion, baseline polymorphisms and enrichment of substitutions reducing JNJ-6379 in vitro activity were rare, with no consistent impact on virological response during a 4-week phase 1b study. Emergence of resistance to longer treatments of JNJ-6379 will be evaluated in phase 2 studies.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

Enthalten in:

Journal of viral hepatitis - 27(2020), 11 vom: 28. Nov., Seite 1127-1137

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Verbinnen, Thierry [VerfasserIn]
Hodari, Moana [VerfasserIn]
Talloen, Willem [VerfasserIn]
Berke, Jan Martin [VerfasserIn]
Blue, David [VerfasserIn]
Yogaratnam, Jeysen [VerfasserIn]
Vandenbossche, Joris [VerfasserIn]
Shukla, Umesh [VerfasserIn]
De Meyer, Sandra [VerfasserIn]
Lenz, Oliver [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antiviral Agents
Antiviral activity
Capsid assembly modulator
Clinical Trial, Phase I
DNA, Viral
Hepatitis B e Antigens
Hepatitis B virus
Journal Article
Phase 1b
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 25.08.2021

Date Revised 25.08.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/jvh.13351

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM311581676