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  • Title: Sustained virological response after 14-day treatment with danoprevir and 48-week treatment with pegylated interferon-α2a (40 KD) plus ribavirin.
    Author: Larrey D, Carenco C, Guyader D, Boyer N, Benhamou Y, Pageaux GP, Rouzier R, Marcellin P.
    Journal: Antivir Ther; 2012; 17(5):927-32. PubMed ID: 22611092.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Danoprevir (RG7227) is an inhibitor of the HCV NS3/4A protease. In two Phase Ib studies of treatment-naive patients with chronic HCV genotype 1 infection, danoprevir administration for 14 days was associated with HCV RNA median reduction reaching 3.8 log(10) in monotherapy and 5.7 log(10) in combination therapy with pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN)-α2a (40 KD) plus ribavirin (RBV). After the protocol-defined phase, patients were free to continue with PEG-IFN/RBV. Sustained virological response (SVR) was evaluated in patients who continued treatment with PEG-IFN/RBV. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of the patients who received a 14-day monotherapy regimen with danoprevir (100 or 200 mg every 8 or 12 h), or 14-day triple therapy with danoprevir (100, 200 or 300 mg every 8 h, or 400, 600 or 900 mg every 12 h) with PEG-IFN-α2a (40 KD; 180 μg/week subcutaneously) and RBV (1,000-1,200 mg/day) followed by PEG-IFN-α2a (40 KD; 180 μg/week subcutaneously) and RBV (1,000-1,200 mg/day) for 46 weeks (triple therapy group) for a total of 48 weeks (monotherapy group). RESULTS: Data were collected from 15 patients with danoprevir monotherapy and 24 patients with danoprevir-based triple therapy. Virological results are expressed using an intention-to-treat principle. Premature treatment discontinuation occurred in five patients. Rapid virological response (RVR; week 4) rate was 50% and 69.6% and SVR rate was 60% and 70.8% in the monotherapy and triple therapy groups, respectively. RVR was highly predictive of SVR (>90%; HCV RNA<15 IU/ml). CONCLUSIONS: The addition of danoprevir for 14 days to PEG-IFN/RBV treatment results in a high SVR rate in HCV genotype 1 treatment-naive patients.
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