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A Study to Evaluate Chronic Hepatitis C Infection

A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of ABT-450/Ritonavir/ABT-267 (ABT-450/r/ABT-267) and ABT-333 Co-administered With Ribavirin (RBV) in Treatment-Naïve Adults With Genotype 1 Chronic Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection (SAPPHIRE-I)

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01716585
Enrollment
636
Registered
2012-10-30
Start date
2012-11-30
Completion date
2014-10-31
Last updated
2021-07-12

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

Conditions

Chronic Hepatitis C Infection

Keywords

Hepatitis C Virus, Hepatitis C Genotype 1, Hepatitis C, Treatment-Naïve, Interferon-Free, Chronic Hepatitis C, Viekira Pak, ombitasvir, paritaprevir, dasabuvir

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of ABT-450, ritonavir and ABT-267 (ABT-450/r/ABT-267; ABT-267 also known as ombitasvir) and ABT-333 (also known as dasabuvir) co-administered with ribavirin (RBV) in hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infected treatment-naïve adults.

Interventions

ABT-450 coformulated with ritonavir and ABT-267, ABT-333 tablet

DRUGRibavirin

Capsule (double-blind treatment period), tablet (open-label treatment period)

Sponsors

AbbVie (prior sponsor, Abbott)
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Females must be post-menopausal for at least 2 years or surgically sterile or practicing specific forms of birth control * Chronic hepatitis C, genotype 1-infection and HCV RNA level greater than 10,000 IU/mL at screening * Subject has never received antiviral treatment for hepatitis C infection * No evidence of liver cirrhosis

Exclusion criteria

* Positive screen for drugs or alcohol * Significant sensitivity to any drug * Use of contraindicated medications within 2 weeks of dosing * Certain predefined abnormal laboratory tests * Positive hepatitis B surface antigen or anti-human immunodeficiency virus antibody

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percentage of Participants With Sustained Virologic Response 12 Weeks After Treatment12 weeks after the last actual dose of active study drugThe percentage of participants with sustained virologic response (plasma Hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid \[HCV RNA\] level less than the lower limit of quantitation \[\< LLOQ\]) 12 weeks after the last dose of study drug.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percentage of Participants With Normalization of Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) at Final Treatment Visit During the Double-Blind Treatment PeriodAt 12 weeksNormalization is defined as alanine aminotransferase less than or equal to the upper limit of normal (ULN) at final treatment visit for participants with alanine aminotransferase greater than ULN at baseline.
Percentage of HCV Genotype 1a-infected Participants With Sustained Virologic Response 12 Weeks After Treatment12 weeks after the last actual dose of active study drugThe percentage of participants with sustained virologic response (plasma Hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid \[HCV RNA\] level less than the lower limit of quantitation \[\< LLOQ\]) 12 weeks after the last dose of study drug.
Percentage of HCV Genotype 1b-infected Participants With Sustained Virologic Response 12 Weeks After Treatment12 weeks after the last actual dose of active study drugThe percentage of participants with sustained virologic response (plasma Hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid \[HCV RNA\] level less than the lower limit of quantitation \[\< LLOQ\]) 12 weeks after the last dose of study drug.
Percentage of Participants With On-treatment Virologic Failure During the Double-blind Treatment Period: ABT-450/r/ABT-267 and ABT-333, Plus RBV Arm12 weeks after the last actual dose of active study drugVirologic failure was defined as rebound (hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid \[HCV RNA\] ≥ lower limit of quantification \[LLOQ\] after HCV RNA \< LLOQ or increase in HCV RNA of at least 1 log10 IU/mL) or failure to suppress (all on-treatment values of plasma HCV RNA ≥ LLOQ with at least 36 days of treatment) during treatment.
Percentage of Participants With Virologic Relapse After Treatment: ABT-450/r/ABT-267 and ABT-333, Plus RBV ArmWithin 12 weeks post-treatmentParticipants were considered to have virologic relapse after treatment if they had confirmed quantifiable plasma hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid (HCV RNA) greater than or equal to the lower limit of quantification (≥ LLOQ) between the end of treatment and 12 weeks after the last dose of study drug among participants who completed treatment with HCV RNA \< LLOQ at the end of treatment.

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
ABT-450/r/ABT-267 and ABT-333, Plus RBV
Double-blind ABT-450/r/ABT-267 (150 mg/100 mg/25 mg once daily) and ABT-333 (250 mg twice daily), plus weight-based ribavirin (RBV; dosed 1,000 or 1,200 mg daily divided twice a day) for 12 weeks
473
Placebo
Double-blind placebo for 12 weeks
158
Total631

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001
Double-blind TreatmentAdverse Event21
Double-blind TreatmentDid Not Receive Study Drug41
Double-blind TreatmentLost to Follow-up20
Double-blind TreatmentOther10
Double-blind TreatmentSubject Noncompliant10
Double-blind TreatmentWithdrawal by Subject30
Open-label TreatmentAdverse Event02
Open-label TreatmentVirologic Failure02
Open-label TreatmentWithdrawal by Subject03

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicTotalABT-450/r/ABT-267 and ABT-333, Plus RBVPlacebo
Age, Continuous49.9 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.82
49.4 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.98
51.2 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.23
Sex: Female, Male
Female
287 Participants202 Participants85 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
344 Participants271 Participants73 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
EG002
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —— / —— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
391 / 473108 / 158117 / 157
serious
Total, serious adverse events
10 / 4730 / 1582 / 157

Outcome results

Primary

Percentage of Participants With Sustained Virologic Response 12 Weeks After Treatment

The percentage of participants with sustained virologic response (plasma Hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid \[HCV RNA\] level less than the lower limit of quantitation \[\< LLOQ\]) 12 weeks after the last dose of study drug.

Time frame: 12 weeks after the last actual dose of active study drug

Population: Intent-to-treat (ITT) Population: All randomized participants who received at least 1 dose of blinded study drug.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
ABT-450/r/ABT-267 and ABT-333, Plus RBVPercentage of Participants With Sustained Virologic Response 12 Weeks After Treatment96.4 percentage of participants
Comparison: With a sample size of 450 subjects and assuming that 92% of the subjects in Arm A will achieve SVR12, this study has greater than 90% power to demonstrate non-inferiority with a 2-sided 95% lower confidence bound greater than 70% and greater than 90% power to demonstrate superiority with a 2-sided 95% lower confidence bound greater than 80% (based on the normal approximation of a single binomial proportion). 95% CI calculated using the normal approximation to the binomial distribution.95% CI: [94.7, 98.1]
Secondary

Percentage of HCV Genotype 1a-infected Participants With Sustained Virologic Response 12 Weeks After Treatment

The percentage of participants with sustained virologic response (plasma Hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid \[HCV RNA\] level less than the lower limit of quantitation \[\< LLOQ\]) 12 weeks after the last dose of study drug.

Time frame: 12 weeks after the last actual dose of active study drug

Population: Intent-to-treat (ITT) Population: All randomized participants in the Double-blind ABT-450/r/ABT-267 and ABT-333, plus RBV treatment arm with HCV genotype 1a who received at least 1 dose of blinded study drug.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
ABT-450/r/ABT-267 and ABT-333, Plus RBVPercentage of HCV Genotype 1a-infected Participants With Sustained Virologic Response 12 Weeks After Treatment95.7 percentage of participants
95% CI: [93.4, 97.9]
Secondary

Percentage of HCV Genotype 1b-infected Participants With Sustained Virologic Response 12 Weeks After Treatment

The percentage of participants with sustained virologic response (plasma Hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid \[HCV RNA\] level less than the lower limit of quantitation \[\< LLOQ\]) 12 weeks after the last dose of study drug.

Time frame: 12 weeks after the last actual dose of active study drug

Population: Intent-to-treat (ITT) Population: All randomized participants in the Double-blind ABT-450/r/ABT-267 and ABT-333, plus RBV treatment arm with HCV genotype 1b who received at least 1 dose of blinded study drug.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
ABT-450/r/ABT-267 and ABT-333, Plus RBVPercentage of HCV Genotype 1b-infected Participants With Sustained Virologic Response 12 Weeks After Treatment98.0 percentage of participants
95% CI: [95.8, 100]
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With Normalization of Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) at Final Treatment Visit During the Double-Blind Treatment Period

Normalization is defined as alanine aminotransferase less than or equal to the upper limit of normal (ULN) at final treatment visit for participants with alanine aminotransferase greater than ULN at baseline.

Time frame: At 12 weeks

Population: Intent-to-treat (ITT) Population: All randomized participants who received at least 1 dose of blinded study drug and had ALT ≥ ULN of the reference range at baseline were included in the analysis.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
ABT-450/r/ABT-267 and ABT-333, Plus RBVPercentage of Participants With Normalization of Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) at Final Treatment Visit During the Double-Blind Treatment Period97.0 percentage of participants
PlaceboPercentage of Participants With Normalization of Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) at Final Treatment Visit During the Double-Blind Treatment Period15.8 percentage of participants
p-value: <0.001Fisher Exact
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With On-treatment Virologic Failure During the Double-blind Treatment Period: ABT-450/r/ABT-267 and ABT-333, Plus RBV Arm

Virologic failure was defined as rebound (hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid \[HCV RNA\] ≥ lower limit of quantification \[LLOQ\] after HCV RNA \< LLOQ or increase in HCV RNA of at least 1 log10 IU/mL) or failure to suppress (all on-treatment values of plasma HCV RNA ≥ LLOQ with at least 36 days of treatment) during treatment.

Time frame: 12 weeks after the last actual dose of active study drug

Population: Intent-to-treat (ITT) Population: All randomized participants who received at least 1 dose of blinded study drug in the Double-blind ABT-450/r/ABT-267 and ABT-333, plus RBV treatment arm.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
ABT-450/r/ABT-267 and ABT-333, Plus RBVPercentage of Participants With On-treatment Virologic Failure During the Double-blind Treatment Period: ABT-450/r/ABT-267 and ABT-333, Plus RBV Arm0.2 percentage of participants
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With Virologic Relapse After Treatment: ABT-450/r/ABT-267 and ABT-333, Plus RBV Arm

Participants were considered to have virologic relapse after treatment if they had confirmed quantifiable plasma hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid (HCV RNA) greater than or equal to the lower limit of quantification (≥ LLOQ) between the end of treatment and 12 weeks after the last dose of study drug among participants who completed treatment with HCV RNA \< LLOQ at the end of treatment.

Time frame: Within 12 weeks post-treatment

Population: Intent-to-treat (ITT) Population: All randomized participants who received at least 1 dose of blinded study drug with HCV RNA \< LLOQ at the final treatment visit who completed treatment in the Double-blind ABT-450/r/ABT-267 and ABT-333, plus RBV treatment arm.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
ABT-450/r/ABT-267 and ABT-333, Plus RBVPercentage of Participants With Virologic Relapse After Treatment: ABT-450/r/ABT-267 and ABT-333, Plus RBV Arm1.5 percentage of participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 8, 2026