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In Vitro Assessment of Re-treatment Options for Patients with Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 1b Infection Resistant to Daclatasvir Plus Asunaprevir

Authors: Jacques Friborg, Nannan Zhou, Zhou Han, Xiaoyan Yang, Paul Falk, Patricia Mendez, Fiona McPhee

Published in: Infectious Diseases and Therapy | Issue 1/2015

Abstract

Introduction

Daclatasvir is a non-structural protein 5A (NS5A) inhibitor with activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes 1–6 in vitro, and asunaprevir is a non-structural protein 3 (NS3) protease inhibitor with activity against genotypes 1, 4, 5, and 6. This study evaluates potential options for the re-treatment of HCV genotype 1b-infected patients who have failed combination therapy with daclatasvir plus asunaprevir.

Methods

The antiviral activity of drug combination regimens in HCV subgenomic replicon cell lines representing genotype 1b (Con1 strain) wild-type or a variant with specific NS5A and NS3 amino acid substitutions conferring resistance to daclatasvir and asunaprevir were compared using replicon elimination assays. Drug concentrations representing multiple 50% effective concentrations (EC₅₀) derived in vitro and trough plasma concentrations observed in a clinical setting were utilized.

Results

At multiple EC₅₀ values of each drug (3×, 10×, and 30× EC₅₀), combinations of daclatasvir plus sofosbuvir, sofosbuvir plus ledipasvir, sofosbuvir plus simeprevir, and sofosbuvir plus either a next-generation NS3 or NS5A inhibitor demonstrated comparable activity in wild-type and daclatasvir/asunaprevir-resistant cell lines. At clinically relevant drug trough concentrations, combination regimens of daclatasvir plus asunaprevir plus beclabuvir (±ribavirin), and daclatasvir plus asunaprevir plus beclabuvir plus sofosbuvir efficiently cleared daclatasvir + asunaprevir-resistant replicons from cells within 5 days of treatment.

Conclusion

Our in vitro results highlight a number of potential all-oral treatment options for patients who do not achieve a sustained virologic response following therapy with daclatasvir plus asunaprevir. These results require further evaluation in clinical studies.

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Title: In Vitro Assessment of Re-treatment Options for Patients with Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 1b Infection Resistant to Daclatasvir Plus Asunaprevir
Authors: Jacques Friborg
Nannan Zhou
Zhou Han
Xiaoyan Yang
Paul Falk
Patricia Mendez
Fiona McPhee
Publication date: 01-03-2015
Publisher: Springer Healthcare
Published in: Infectious Diseases and Therapy / Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 2193-8229
Electronic ISSN: 2193-6382
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40121-014-0052-8

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