PEARL-I

PEARL-I Study – Part 2 : ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir ± ribavirin for HCV genotype 1b
Efficacy and Safety of Ombitasvir, Paritaprevir, and Ritonavir in an Open-label Study of Patients With Genotype 1b Chronic Hepatitis C Virus, With and Without Cirrhosis
Lawitz E. Gastroenterology 2015; 149: 971-80

Anti-HCV
Ombitasvir
Paritaprevir/ritonavir
Genotype
1b
Treatment history
Naive
IFN-Experienced
Cirrhosis
Yes
No

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Design


* Metavir F4 or Ishak > 4 or F ibroscan > 14 .6 kPa or FibroTest, Child score = 6

Treatment regimen

  • Co-formulated ombitasvir (OBV)/ paritaprevir (PTV)/ rironavir (r) : 25/150/100 mg QD = 2 tablets

Objective

  • SVR12 (HCV RNA < 25 IU/ml) with 95% CI : hypothesis of a 25% difference between treatment-naïve (95%) and prior null-responders without cirrhosis (70%), 80% power with two-sided significance level of 0.05, analysis by intention-to-treat

Baseline characteristics and patient disposition

SVR12 (HCV RNA < 25 IU/mL), % (95% CI)

  • No differences between groups

Virologic failure, N = 5

  • Prior null-responders without cirrhosis, N = 4 (1 virologic breakthrough, 3 relapses)
  • Prior null-responder with cirrhosis, N = 1 (relapse)
  • IL28B CT : 5/5

Resistance-associated variants at baseline

Resistance-associated variants at virologic failure

Adverse events, N or %

Summary

  • An interferon - and ribavirin-free regimen of ombitasvir , paritaprevir , and ritonavir , achieved rates of SVR12 > 90% in patients with HCV genotype 1b infection with and without cirrhosis, with a 24-weeks or 12-weeks duration of treatment, respectively
    • SVR12 was 95-98% in naïve patients
    • SVR12 was 90-96% in treatment-experienced patients
  • There were few virologic failures, all occurring in prior null responders (failure rate 5/65 = 7.6%), who also harbored CT IL28B genotype
    • All 5 patients had NS3 and NS5A RAVs at failure
  • The regimen was well tolerated and was associated with low rate (1.7%) of treatment discontinuation
    • The majority of adverse events were mild in severity