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Trial reportHepatology (Baltimore, Md.)2020

Pharmacokinetics, Safety, and Efficacy of Glecaprevir/Pibrentasvir in Adolescents With Chronic Hepatitis C Virus: Part 1 of the DORA Study.

Maureen M Jonas, Robert H Squires, Susan M Rhee, Chih-Wei Lin, Kazuhiko Bessho, Cornelia Feiterna-Sperling, Loreto Hierro, Deirdre Kelly, Simon C Ling, Tatiana Strokova and 8 more

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
40citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
8.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 106 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Efficacy and safety of sofosbuvir-based therapies for treating HCV in children: observations from a real-world setting.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  11. Hepatitis C virus in childhood and pregnancy.Infectious diseases & immunity · 2025
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  13. Effectiveness and Safety of Glecaprevir/Pibrentasvir in Italian Children and Adolescents With Chronic Hepatitis C: A Real-Word, Multicenter Study.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
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  14. Update on Pediatric Hepatitis C Infection.Current gastroenterology reports · 2025
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  17. Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Europe.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 8 institutions in 9 countries.

Maureen M JonasDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.
Robert H SquiresDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Susan M RheeAbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL.
Chih-Wei LinAmgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA.
Kazuhiko BesshoOsaka University Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Cornelia Feiterna-SperlingCharité - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Loreto HierroHospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain.
Deirdre KellyBirmingham Women's & Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Simon C LingDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Tatiana StrokovaFederal Research Centre of Nutrition and Biotechnology, Moscow, Russian Federation.
Antonio Del Valle-SegarraSan Jorge Children's Hospital, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Sandra LovellAbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL.
Wei LiuAbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL.
Teresa I NgAbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL.
Ariel PorcallaAbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL.
Yuri Sanchez GonzalezAbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL.
Margaret BurroughsAbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL.
Etienne SokalCliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-5597-4708
AbbVie (United States) · USBoston Children's Hospital · USAmgen (United States) · USCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEHospital Universitario La Paz · ESOsaka University Hospital · JPUniversity of Pittsburgh · USUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pangenotypic regimen of glecaprevir and pibrentasvir (G/P) is approved to treat adults with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and has yielded high cure rates in adults in clinical trials. Approved treatment options for pediatrics may include ribavirin. A pangenotypic regimen for pediatric patients remains an unmet need. DORA is an ongoing phase 2/3, nonrandomized, open-label study evaluating the pharmacokinetics (PK), safety, and efficacy of G/P in pediatric patients with chronic HCV. This analysis includes Part 1 of the study, conducted in adolescent patients 12-17 years of age given the adult regimen of G/P (300 mg/120 mg) once daily for 8-16 weeks according to the indication durations used in adults. Patients were either treatment naïve or experienced with interferon-based regimens. The primary PK endpoint was steady-state exposures for glecaprevir and pibrentasvir; the primary efficacy endpoint was sustained virologic response 12 weeks after treatment (SVR12). The secondary efficacy endpoints were on-treatment virologic failure, relapse, and reinfection. Safety and tolerability were monitored. Part 1 enrolled 48 adolescent patients infected with genotypes 1, 2, 3, or 4, of whom 47 were administered G/P. All 47 patients (100%) achieved SVR12. No on-treatment virologic failures or relapses occurred. PK exposures of glecaprevir and pibrentasvir were comparable to exposures in adults. No adverse events (AEs) led to treatment discontinuation, and no serious AEs occurred. Conclusion: Adolescent patients with chronic HCV infection treated with G/P achieved a comparable exposure to adults, 100% SVR12 rate, and safety profile consistent with that in adults. This pangenotypic regimen demonstrated 100% efficacy within the adolescent population in as little as 8 weeks of treatment.

Indexed as

AdolescentBenzimidazolesChildDrug CombinationsFemaleHepatitis C, ChronicHumansMalePyrrolidinesQuinoxalinesSulfonamidesTreatment OutcomeBenzimidazolesDrug Combinationsglecaprevir and pibrentasvirPyrrolidinesQuinoxalinesSulfonamides

Identifiers

PMID31254392
PMCPMC7028097
OpenAlexW2954434159

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