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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2014

Utility of detection of telaprevir-resistant variants for prediction of efficacy of treatment of hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection.

Norio Akuta, Fumitaka Suzuki, Taito Fukushima, Yusuke Kawamura, Hitomi Sezaki, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Tetsuya Hosaka, Masahiro Kobayashi, Tasuku Hara, Mariko Kobayashi and 4 more

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Norio AkutaDepartment of Hepatology, Toranomon Hospital, and Okinaka Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Tokyo, Japan.
Fumitaka Suzuki
Taito Fukushima
Yusuke Kawamura
Hitomi Sezaki
Yoshiyuki Suzuki
Tetsuya Hosaka
Masahiro Kobayashi
Tasuku Hara
Mariko Kobayashi
Satoshi Saitoh
Yasuji Arase
Kenji Ikeda
Hiromitsu Kumada

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Abstract

The clinical usefulness of detecting telaprevir-resistant variants is unclear. Two hundred fifty-two Japanese patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1b received triple therapy with telaprevir-peginterferon (PEG-IFN)-ribavirin and were evaluated for telaprevir-resistant variants by direct sequencing at baseline and at the time of reelevation of the viral load. An analysis of the entire group indicated that 76% achieved a sustained virological response. Multivariate analysis identified a PEG-IFN dose of <1.3 μg/kg of body weight, an IL28B rs8099917 genotype (genotype non-TT), detection of telaprevir-resistant variants of amino acid (aa) 54 at baseline, nonresponse to prior treatment, and a leukocyte count of <5,000/mm(3) as significant pretreatment factors for detection of telaprevir-resistant variants at the time of reelevation of the viral load. In 63 patients who showed nonresponse to prior treatment, a higher proportion of patients with no detected telaprevir-resistant variants at baseline (54%) achieved a sustained virological response than did patients with detected telaprevir-resistant variants at baseline (0%). Furthermore, 2 patients who did not have a sustained virological response from the first course of triple therapy with telaprevir received a second course of triple therapy with telaprevir. These patients achieved a sustained virological response by the second course despite the persistence of very-high-frequency variants (98.1% for V36C) or a history of the emergence of variants (0.2% for R155Q and 0.2% for A156T) by ultradeep sequencing. In conclusion, this study indicates that the presence of telaprevir-resistant variants at the time of reelevation of viral load can be predicted by a combination of host, viral, and treatment factors. The presence of resistant variants at baseline might partly affect treatment efficacy, especially in those with nonresponse to prior treatment.

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AdultAgedAntiviral AgentsFemaleGenotypeHepacivirusHepatitis CHumansInterferonsJapanMaleMiddle AgedMolecular Sequence DataOligopeptidesRibavirinRNA, ViralAntiviral AgentsInterferonsOligopeptidesRibavirinRNA, Viraltelaprevir

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PMID24197875
PMCPMC3911448

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