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A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effect of Treatment With Experimental Antiviral Drugs in Combination With Peginterferon Alpha-2a and Ribavirin in People With Hepatitis C Virus Who Did Not Respond to Treatment in a Previous AbbVie/Abbott Combination Study

An Open-Label Study to Evaluate the Safety, Antiviral Activity and Pharmacokinetics of Direct-Acting Antiviral Agent (DAA) Treatment in Combination With Peginterferon Alpha-2a and Ribavirin (pegIFN/RBV) in Chronic Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infected Subjects Who Have Experienced Virologic Failure in a Previous AbbVie or Abbott DAA Combination Study

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01609933
Enrollment
32
Registered
2012-06-01
Start date
2012-12-18
Completion date
2017-05-03
Last updated
2018-06-19

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Chronic Hepatitis C

Keywords

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), Hepatitis C Genotype 1, Chronic Hepatitis C, HCV

Brief summary

A study to evaluate the safety and effect of treatment with experimental antiviral drugs in combination with peginterferon alpha-2a and ribavirin in people with hepatitis C virus who did not respond to treatment in a previous AbbVie/Abbott combination study.

Interventions

ABT-450 (tablets) dosed with ritonavir (capsules or tablets)

ABT-267 (tablets)

pegIFN alpha-2a (syringe)

DRUGRibavirin (RBV)

Ribavirin (tablets)

Sponsors

AbbVie (prior sponsor, Abbott)
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 71 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Main Inclusion: To be enrolled in this protocol, subjects must meet all of the following inclusion criteria: * Subject must have experienced virologic failure as defined in a previous AbbVie/Abbott direct-acting antiviral (DAA) combination trial. * Female subjects of childbearing potential must be willing to use two effective forms of birth control (not including oral contraceptives or contraceptives containing ethinyl estradiol) while receiving study drug and for 7 months (or per local ribavirin label) after stopping study drug. * Males must be surgically sterile or have male partners only or agree to practice two effective forms of birth control throughout the course of the study, starting with Study Day 1 and for 7 months (or per local ribavirin label) after the last dose of study drug, unless abstinent from sexual intercourse. * Subject must be considered an appropriate candidate for peginterferon (pegIFN) alpha-2a, ribavirin (RBV), ABT-450/ritonavir (r) and ABT-267 therapy in the opinion of the investigator. * Subject is infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 at screening. Subjects diagnosed with cirrhosis must also meet the following criteria: * Compensated cirrhosis defined as Child-Pugh score of ≤ 6 at Screening. * Absence of hepatocellular carcinoma based on a negative ultrasound, computed tomography (CT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) performed within 3 months prior to Screening or during the Screening period.

Exclusion criteria

* In subjects with a prior null or partial response to pegIFN/RBV treatment at any time prior to pre-screening for this study or any prior failure with pegIFN/RBV plus telaprevir, the presence of variants relative to the appropriate prototypic reference sequence (H77 for 1a or Con1 for 1b) at any of the following positions: NS3 155, 156, or 168; or NS5A 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 58, or 93. * Females who are pregnant or plan to become pregnant, or breast-feeding, or males whose partners are pregnant or planning to become pregnant within 7 months (or per local RBV label) after their last dose of RBV. * Use of known strong inducers (e.g., phenobarbital, rifampin, carbamazepine, St. John's Wort) of Cytochrome P450 3A (CYP3A) within 2 weeks prior to study drug administration. * Use of any medications contraindicated for use with pegIFN alpha-2a, RBV or ritonavir within 2 weeks prior to study drug administration. Prior to entering the study, subjects must be able to safely discontinue the contraindicated medication or switch to an acceptable alternative under supervision of the investigator. * Discontinuation of antiviral therapy due to intolerance or a DAA- or RBV-associated adverse event in a previous AbbVie/Abbott DAA combination study. Subjects with compensated cirrhosis must also not meet the following criteria: * Any current or past clinical evidence of Child-Pugh B or C Classification or clinical history of liver decompensation such as ascites (noted on physical exam), variceal bleeding or hepatic encephalopathy. * Serum Alpha-Fetoprotein (sAFP) \> 100 ng/mL at Screening. * A screening ultrasound suspicious for hepatocellular carcinoma and confirmed with a subsequent CT scan or MRI during the screening period.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percentage of Participants Achieving Sustained Virologic Response 12 Weeks Post Treatment (SVR12)12 weeks after last dose of study drugs (DAAs plus pegIFN alpha-2a and RBV); approximately 36 weeks after subject's initial dose of study drug in Substudy 1SVR12 was defined as hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid (HCV RNA) level less than lower limit of quantitation \[LLOQ\] 12 weeks after the last dose of study drugs (DAAs plus pegIFN alpha-2a and RBV).

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percentage of Participants Achieving Virologic Response 24 Weeks Post Treatment (SVR24)24 weeks after last dose of study drugs (DAAs plus pegIFN alpha-2a and RBV); approximately 48 weeks after subject's initial dose of study drug in Substudy 1SVR24 was defined as HCV RNA level less than the LLOQ 24 weeks after the last dose of study drugs (DAAs plus pegIFN alpha-2a and RBV).
Percentage of Participants With Extended Rapid Virologic Response (eRVR)Treatment weeks 4 through 12 of Substudy 1 (DAAs plus pegIFN alpha-2a and RBV)eRVR was defined as HCV RNA level \< LLOQ at Substudy 1 treatment weeks 4 through 12 without a confirmed HCV RNA \>= LLOQ
Number of Participants With Adverse EventsFrom first dose of study drug through 30 days after last dose of study drug (DAAs plus pegIFN alpha-2a and RBV) (up to 28 weeks).An adverse event (AE) is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a patient or clinical investigation subject administered a pharmaceutical product and which does not necessarily have a causal relationship with this treatment. The investigator assessed the relationship of each event to the use of study drug as either probably related, possibly related, probably not related or not related. A serious adverse event (SAE) is an event that results in death, is life-threatening, requires or prolongs hospitalization, results in a congenital anomaly, persistent or significant disability/incapacity or is an important medical event that, based on medical judgment, may jeopardize the subject and may require medical or surgical intervention to prevent any of the outcomes listed above. Treatment-emergent events (TEAEs/TESAEs) are defined as any event that began or worsened in severity after initiation of study drug through 30 days post-DAA dosing. For more details on AEs, see the AE section.

Participant flow

Pre-assignment details

The study included a 42-day screening period.

Participants by arm

ArmCount
2-DAA + PegIFN/RBV
2-direct-acting antiviral (2-DAA: ABT-450 \[paritaprevir\] 200 mg once daily \[QD\], ritonavir 100 mg QD, ABT-267 \[ombitasvir\] 25 mg QD) plus pegylated interferon alpha-2a (pegIFN) 180 mcg once weekly and Ribavirin (RBV) weight-based dosing, 1000 to 1200 mg divided twice daily (BID) for 24 weeks and followed by pegIFN and RBV alone for an additional 24 weeks.
32
Total32

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000
Overall StudyAdverse Event1
Overall StudyWithdrawal by Subject3

Baseline characteristics

Characteristic2-DAA + PegIFN/RBV
Age, Continuous51.4 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 9.77
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
2 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
30 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
7 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
25 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
1 / 32
other
Total, other adverse events
28 / 32
serious
Total, serious adverse events
1 / 32

Outcome results

Primary

Percentage of Participants Achieving Sustained Virologic Response 12 Weeks Post Treatment (SVR12)

SVR12 was defined as hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid (HCV RNA) level less than lower limit of quantitation \[LLOQ\] 12 weeks after the last dose of study drugs (DAAs plus pegIFN alpha-2a and RBV).

Time frame: 12 weeks after last dose of study drugs (DAAs plus pegIFN alpha-2a and RBV); approximately 36 weeks after subject's initial dose of study drug in Substudy 1

Population: ITT population

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
2-DAA + PegIFN/RBVPercentage of Participants Achieving Sustained Virologic Response 12 Weeks Post Treatment (SVR12)81.3 percentage of participants
Secondary

Number of Participants With Adverse Events

An adverse event (AE) is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a patient or clinical investigation subject administered a pharmaceutical product and which does not necessarily have a causal relationship with this treatment. The investigator assessed the relationship of each event to the use of study drug as either probably related, possibly related, probably not related or not related. A serious adverse event (SAE) is an event that results in death, is life-threatening, requires or prolongs hospitalization, results in a congenital anomaly, persistent or significant disability/incapacity or is an important medical event that, based on medical judgment, may jeopardize the subject and may require medical or surgical intervention to prevent any of the outcomes listed above. Treatment-emergent events (TEAEs/TESAEs) are defined as any event that began or worsened in severity after initiation of study drug through 30 days post-DAA dosing. For more details on AEs, see the AE section.

Time frame: From first dose of study drug through 30 days after last dose of study drug (DAAs plus pegIFN alpha-2a and RBV) (up to 28 weeks).

Population: Safety population (all subjects who received at least 1 dose of study drug)

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
2-DAA + PegIFN/RBVNumber of Participants With Adverse Events2-DAA TEAE29 participants
2-DAA + PegIFN/RBVNumber of Participants With Adverse Events2-DAA TESAE1 participants
Secondary

Percentage of Participants Achieving Virologic Response 24 Weeks Post Treatment (SVR24)

SVR24 was defined as HCV RNA level less than the LLOQ 24 weeks after the last dose of study drugs (DAAs plus pegIFN alpha-2a and RBV).

Time frame: 24 weeks after last dose of study drugs (DAAs plus pegIFN alpha-2a and RBV); approximately 48 weeks after subject's initial dose of study drug in Substudy 1

Population: ITT population

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
2-DAA + PegIFN/RBVPercentage of Participants Achieving Virologic Response 24 Weeks Post Treatment (SVR24)78.1 percentage of participants
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With Extended Rapid Virologic Response (eRVR)

eRVR was defined as HCV RNA level \< LLOQ at Substudy 1 treatment weeks 4 through 12 without a confirmed HCV RNA \>= LLOQ

Time frame: Treatment weeks 4 through 12 of Substudy 1 (DAAs plus pegIFN alpha-2a and RBV)

Population: ITT Population

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
2-DAA + PegIFN/RBVPercentage of Participants With Extended Rapid Virologic Response (eRVR)87.5 percentage of participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 4, 2026