Drugs / sofosbuvir/velpatasvir
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sofosbuvir/velpatasvir

also known as Epclusa
Developed for
chronic hepatitis C virus infection
Investigated by
Eastern Idaho Public Health

Trials 1

PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
— NCT06533319 Aug 2024 → Feb 2025 overdue chronic hepatitis C virus infection Eastern Idaho Public Health Not yet recruiting No outcome recorded

News releases announcing trial results or a regulatory action · 11

DateIssuerRelease
2026-07-28 Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Results Atea Pharmaceuticals Meets Both Its Primary and Secondary Endpoints in the Phase 3 C-BEYOND North America Trial Evaluating Bemnifosbuvir/Ruzasvir for Hepatitis C Virus ateapharma.com ↗
In the mITT analysis (n=905, cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic), BEM/RZR achieved a 93.9% sustained virologic response (SVR) rate vs. 94.8% for SOF/VEL (Epclusa) at Week 24, encompassing SVR at 12 weeks post-treatment (accepted definition of cure for HCV) in both arms.
2022-11-01 Gilead Sciences Results Gilead to Present Data Across Viral Hepatitis and Liver Fibrosis at The Liver Meeting® 2022, Reinforcing Gilead as a Leader in Addressing Treatment Needs for People Living With Liver Disease gilead.com ↗
2022-06-21 Gilead Sciences Results Gilead to Present Latest Data From Across Liver Disease Development Programs at the International Liver Congress™ 2022 gilead.com ↗
Real-world evidence from the Kaiser Permanente Southern California healthcare system will also be presented (Poster 2954), showing a reduction in HCV-related morbidity and mortality, and a significant improvement in quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) in patients treated with DAAs like sofosbuvir/velpatasvir.
2021-06-10 Gilead Sciences Regulatory U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves New Formulation of Epclusa®, Expanding Pediatric Indication to Treat Children Ages 3 and Older With Chronic Hepatitis C gilead.com ↗
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an expansion of the pediatric indication of Epclusa ® (sofosbuvir/velpatasvir) for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) to now include children as young as 3 years of age, regardless of HCV genotype or liver disease severity.
2020-08-25 Gilead Sciences Results Gilead Announces Presentation of More Than 40 Abstracts From Extensive Liver Disease Programs at the Digital International Liver Congress™ 2020 gilead.com ↗
Additionally, an analysis of data from eight primary care clinics in Australia found that treatment with Epclusa for 12 weeks resulted in a 98% cure rate in a marginalized, diverse patient population, including those with compensated cirrhosis.
2019-11-11 Cocrystal Pharma, Inc. Results Cocrystal Pharma Presents Positive Data from U.S. Phase 2a Study of CC-31244 Demonstrating Ability to Identify Patients More Likely to Respond to Ultrashort Treatment of HCV cocrystalpharma.com ↗
Patients that achieved SVR had significantly higher frequencies of terminally differentiated effector memory CD8+ T cells compared with those who relapsed
2019-11-08 Gilead Sciences Results Gilead Announces New Data from Viral Hepatitis Research Programs at The Liver Meeting® 2019 gilead.com ↗
® (sofosbuvir/velpatasvir) resulted in a cure rate (SVR12) of 95 percent (97/102) in patients 12 to < 12 years="" old.
2019-03-27 Gilead Sciences Results Gilead to Present New Data From Multiple Liver Disease Research and Development Programs at The International Liver Congress™ 2019 gilead.com ↗
High efficacy and improvement in CPT class with sofosbuvir/velpatasvir plus ribavirin for 12 weeks in patients with CPT C decompensated cirrhosis (poster #0138)
2019-01-22 Cocrystal Pharma, Inc. Results Cocrystal Pharma Provides Update on Clinical Development Program Evaluating CC-31244 for Ultra-Short Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus cocrystalpharma.com ↗
2017-07-28 Gilead Sciences Regulatory European Commission Grants Marketing Authorization for Gilead’s Vosevi® (Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir/Voxilaprevir) for the Treatment of All Genotypes of Chronic Hepatitis C gilead.com ↗
European Commission Also Extends Marketing Authorization for Harvoni ® (sofosbuvir/ledipasvir), Enabling First Direct-Acting Antiviral Regimen for Adolescent Hepatitis C Patients
2016-07-08 Gilead Sciences Regulatory European Commission Grants Marketing Authorization for Gilead’s Epclusa® (Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir) for the Treatment of All Genotypes of Chronic Hepatitis C gilead.com ↗
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) today announced that the European Commission has granted marketing authorization for Epclusa ® (sofosbuvir 400 mg/velpatasvir 100 mg), the first pan-genotypic, single tablet regimen for the treatment of adults with genotype 1-6 chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.

All press releases naming this drug 19 releases

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Evidence & citations 2 cited values

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Known as sofosbuvir/velpatasvir ClinicalTrials.gov intervention name — accepted as the source's own label NCT06533319 ↗
Known as Epclusa “provided FDA approved Epclusa (sofosbuvir/velpatasvir) for treatment of chronic hepatitis C.” NCT06533319 ↗