Hepatitis C viral evolution in genotype 1 treatment-naïve and treatment-experienced patients receiving telaprevir-based therapy in clinical trials

  • Background: In patients with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C infection, telaprevir (TVR) in combination with peginterferon and ribavirin (PR) significantly increased sustained virologic response (SVR) rates compared with PR alone. However, genotypic changes could be observed in TVR-treated patients who did not achieve an SVR. Methods: Population sequence analysis of the NS3•4A region was performed in patients who did not achieve SVR with TVR-based treatment. Results: Resistant variants were observed after treatment with a telaprevir-based regimen in 12% of treatment-naïve patients (ADVANCE; T12PR arm), 6% of prior relapsers, 24% of prior partial responders, and 51% of prior null responder patients (REALIZE, T12PR48 arms). NS3 protease variants V36M, R155K, and V36M+R155K emerged frequently in patients with genotype 1a and V36A, T54A, and A156S/T in patients with genotype 1b. Lower-level resistance to telaprevir was conferred by V36A/M, T54A/S, R155K/T, and A156S variants; and higher-level resistance to telaprevir was conferred by A156T and V36M+R155K variants. Virologic failure during telaprevir treatment was more common in patients with genotype 1a and in prior PR nonresponder patients and was associated with higher-level telaprevir-resistant variants. Relapse was usually associated with wild-type or lower-level resistant variants. After treatment, viral populations were wild-type with a median time of 10 months for genotype 1a and 3 weeks for genotype 1b patients. Conclusions: A consistent, subtype-dependent resistance profile was observed in patients who did not achieve an SVR with telaprevir-based treatment. The primary role of TVR is to inhibit wild-type virus and variants with lower-levels of resistance to telaprevir. The complementary role of PR is to clear any remaining telaprevir-resistant variants, especially higher-level telaprevir-resistant variants. Resistant variants are detectable in most patients who fail to achieve SVR, but their levels decline over time after treatment.

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Author:Tara L. Kieffer, Sandra De MeyerORCiD, Doug J. Bartels, James C. Sullivan, Eileen Z. Zhang, Ann Tigges, Inge Dierynck, Joan Spanks, Jennifer Dorrian, Min Jiang, Bambang Adiwijaya, Anne Ghys, Maria Beumont, Robert S. Kauffman, Nathalie Adda, Ira M. Jacobson, Kenneth E. Sherman, Stefan ZeuzemORCiDGND, Ann D. Kwong, Gaston Picchio
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-242929
DOI:https://doi.org/doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034372
ISSN:1932-6203
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22511937
Parent Title (English):PLoS One
Publisher:PLoS
Place of publication:Lawrence, Kan.
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2012/04/12
Date of first Publication:2012/04/12
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2012/08/28
Volume:7
Issue:(4):e34372
Page Number:12
First Page:1
Last Page:12
HeBIS-PPN:357291379
Institutes:Medizin / Medizin
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0