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RG7128 alone or in combination with pegylated interferon-alpha2a and ribavirin prevents hepatitis C virus (HCV) Replication and selection of resistant variants in HCV-infected patients.

Author(s): Le Pogam S, Seshaadri A, Ewing A, Kang H, Kosaka A, Yan JM, Berrey M, Symonds B, De La Rosa A, Cammack N, Najera I

Affiliation(s): Roche Palo Alto LLC, Palo Alto, California, USA.

Publication date & source: 2010-11-15, J Infect Dis., 202(10):1510-9. Epub 2010 Oct 13.

Publication type: Multicenter Study; Randomized Controlled Trial

INTRODUCTION: RG7128 (prodrug of PSI-6130) shows potent antiviral efficacy in patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes 1, 2, or 3, with mean viral load decreases of 2.7 and 5 log(10) IU/mL, respectively, associated with 1500-mg doses twice daily after monotherapy for 2 weeks and with 1000-mg and 1500-mg doses twice daily after treatment in combination with the standard of care (SOC) for 4 weeks. RESULTS: From 32 patients treated with RG7128 monotherapy for 2 weeks, marginal viral load rebound was observed in 3 HCV genotype 1-infected patients, whereas partial response was observed in 2 genotype 1-infected patients. From 85 patients receiving RG7128 in combination with SOC, 1 HCV genotype 1-infected patient experienced a viral rebound, and 2 genotype 3-infected patients experienced a transient rebound. Five genotype 1-infected patients had an HCV load of >1000 IU/mL at the end of 4-week treatment. No viral resistance was observed, per NS5B sequencing and phenotypic studies. PSI-6130 resistance substitution S282T needs to be present at levels of >/=90% within a patient's quasispecies to confer low-level resistance. No evidence of S282T was found by population or clonal sequence analyses. CONCLUSIONS: The requirement for a predominant S282T mutant quasispecies, its low replication capacity, and the low-level resistance it confers probably contribute to the lack of RG7128 resistance observed in HCV-infected patients.

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