Safety and efficacy of glecaprevir and pibrentasvir in Japanese hemodialysis patients with genotype 2 hepatitis C virus infection

Background Until recently, interferon-free anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapy for genotype 2 (GT2) HCV-infected hemodialysis patients was an unfulfilled medical need. Recent clinical trials of glecaprevir and pibrentasvir (G/P) for hemodialysis patients showed high efficacy and safety; however, the number of GT2 HCV-infected patients, especially Asian patients, was limited and most of them were treated with a 12-week regimen. In this prospective multicenter study, we aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of G/P in Japanese hemodialysis patients with GT2 HCV infection. Methods Twenty-seven Japanese hemodialysis patients with GT2 HCV infection who were started on with 8- or 12-week G/P regimen between November 2017 and June 2018 were included and followed up for around 12 weeks after treatment completion. Results Among the 27 included patients, 13 non-liver cirrhosis (LC) and direct-acting antivirals (DAAs)-naïve patients were treated with 8 weeks of G/P and 14 patients with LC (n = 13) or history of failure of DAAs (n = 1) were treated with a 12-week regimen. The overall sustained virological response at 12 weeks after treatment completion (SVR 12) was 96.3% (26/27). All patients with 8 weeks of treatment achieved SVR12. Two patients discontinued the therapy at 2 and 11 weeks after treatment initiation. The patient who discontinued at 2 weeks due to pruritus alone failed to respond to G/P. No patients experienced lethal adverse events during the therapy, and the most common adverse event was pruritus. Conclusions An 8- or 12-week G/P regimen is highly effective and safe in GT2 HCV-infected hemodialysis patients..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:54

Enthalten in:

Journal of gastroenterology - 54(2019), 7 vom: 18. Feb., Seite 641-649

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Suda, Goki [VerfasserIn]
Hasebe, Chitomi [VerfasserIn]
Abe, Masami [VerfasserIn]
Kurosaki, Masayuki [VerfasserIn]
Itakura, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Izumi, Namiki [VerfasserIn]
Uchida, Yoshihito [VerfasserIn]
Mochida, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Haga, Hiroaki [VerfasserIn]
Ueno, Yoshiyuki [VerfasserIn]
Abe, Kazumichi [VerfasserIn]
Takahashi, Atsushi [VerfasserIn]
Ohira, Hiromasa [VerfasserIn]
Tsukuda, Yoko [VerfasserIn]
Furuya, Ken [VerfasserIn]
Baba, Masaru [VerfasserIn]
Yamamoto, Yoshiya [VerfasserIn]
Kobayashi, Tomoe [VerfasserIn]
Inoue, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Terasita, Katsumi [VerfasserIn]
Ohara, Masatsugu [VerfasserIn]
Kawagishi, Naoki [VerfasserIn]
Izumi, Takaaki [VerfasserIn]
Nakai, Masato [VerfasserIn]
Sho, Takuya [VerfasserIn]
Natsuizaka, Mitsuteru [VerfasserIn]
Morikawa, Kenichi [VerfasserIn]
Ogawa, Koji [VerfasserIn]
Sakamoto, Naoya [VerfasserIn]

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BKL:

44.87

Themen:

Genotype 2
Glecaprevir
HCV
Hemodialysis
Pibrentasvir

doi:

10.1007/s00535-019-01556-y

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

SPR006777317