Drugs / Boceprevir
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Boceprevir

Small molecule targets CYP3A4 via inhibition

Developed for
chronic hepatitis C virus infection · hepatitis C virus infection · HIV infectious disease · acute hepatitis C virus infection · cirrhosis of liver · hepatitis
Investigated by
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC · Radboud University Medical Center · ANRS, Emerging Infectious Diseases · Academic Medical Center - University of Amsterdam · Anna Cruceta · Chronic Liver Disease Foundation
+34 more · Columbia University · Erasmus Medical Center · French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis · GlaxoSmithKline · Hoffmann-La Roche · Hu Tsung-Hui · Imperial College London · Indiana University · Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital · Liver Institute of Virginia · Maastricht University Medical Center · Markus Peck-Radosavljevic · McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre · Medical University of Vienna · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) · National Taiwan University Hospital · Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis · Pfizer · Rennes University Hospital · Rijnstate Hospital · Slotervaart Hospital · St Stephens Aids Trust · Theodor Bilharz Research Institute · Toronto General Hospital · UMC Utrecht · University Medical Center Groningen · University of Calgary · University of Colorado, Denver · University of Liverpool · University of Modena and Reggio Emilia · University of Montreal · University of Montreal Hospital Centre (CHUM) · University of Turin, Italy · ViiV Healthcare

Regulatory milestones approvals, filings & regulatory actions · 5 recorded

MilestoneJurisdictionBrandIndicationDateSentence it was read from
Withdrawn EU (EMA) Victrelis — 2018-06-29 europa.eu ↗
Label expansions (2) US (FDA) VICTRELIS — 2013-02-13 – 2014-04-09 fda.gov ↗
Approved EU (EMA) Victrelis — 2011-07-18 europa.eu ↗
Approved US (FDA) VICTRELIS — 2011-05-13 fda.gov ↗

Trials 40

PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 01 trial
Phase 0 NCT01909401 Jun 2013 → Jul 2014 — Indiana University Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 110 trials
Phase 1 NCT01499498 Dec 2012 → Apr 2013 hepatitis C virus infection Imperial College London Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01657552 Aug → Oct 2012 thrombocytopenia GlaxoSmithKline Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01663922 Aug → Dec 2012 hepatitis C virus infection St Stephens Aids Trust Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01597895 Jul → Aug 2012 — ViiV Healthcare Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01627717 Jun 2012 → Apr 2013 — University of Montreal Hospital Centre (CHUM) Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01425190 Jan 2012 → Mar 2013 chronic hepatitis C virus infection Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01470690 Oct → Dec 2011 chronic hepatitis C virus infection, stomach disorder Radboud University Medical Center Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01396005 Sep → Dec 2011 hepatitis C virus infection Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01288417 Aug → Nov 2011 HIV infectious disease, hepatitis C virus infection Radboud University Medical Center Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01181804 Jun → Dec 2010 chronic hepatitis C virus infection Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 25 trials · 1 met primary
Phase 2 NCT01912495 Aug 2013 → Aug 2015 HIV infectious disease, acute hepatitis C virus infection Erasmus Medical Center Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT01463956 Jan 2012 → Jun 2014 chronic hepatitis C virus infection, cirrhosis of liver French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT01335529 May 2011 → May 2014 HIV infectious disease, hepatitis C virus infection ANRS, Emerging Infectious Diseases Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT00423670 Jan 2007 → Aug 2008 chronic hepatitis C virus infection Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Completed Met primary
Phase 2 NCT00160251 Sep 2005 → Jul 2007 chronic hepatitis C virus infection Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 317 trials · 5 met primary · 1 missed
Phase 3 NCT01641666 May 2014 → Sep 2016 chronic hepatitis C virus infection Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Withdrawn No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT02160080 Jan 2014 → Feb 2017 disease related to solid organ transplantation Hu Tsung-Hui Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT01653236 Dec 2013 → Dec 2015 chronic hepatitis C virus infection Theodor Bilharz Research Institute Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT02060058 Nov 2013 → Sep 2016 chronic hepatitis C virus infection Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT01945294 Oct 2013 → Aug 2015 chronic hepatitis C virus infection Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Completed Missed primary
Phase 3 NCT01718301 Mar 2013 → Mar 2015 HIV infectious disease, chronic hepatitis C virus infection, coinfection Anna Cruceta Terminated No outcome recorded Stop: Enrollment
Phase 3 NCT01590225 Jan 2013 → Aug 2021 chronic hepatitis C virus infection Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Withdrawn No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT01544920 May 2012 → May 2015 chronic hepatitis C virus infection Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT01585584 May 2012 → Dec 2014 hepatitis C virus infection University of Calgary Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT01482767 Apr 2012 → Apr 2015 HIV infectious disease, hepatitis C virus infection National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 45 trials
Phase 4 NCT01770223 Jan 2014 → Dec 2015 hepatitis C virus infection Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Withdrawn No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT01925183 Aug 2013 → Jun 2015 HIV infectious disease, chronic hepatitis C virus infection Markus Peck-Radosavljevic Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT01756079 Feb 2013 → Nov 2015 chronic hepatitis C virus infection Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT01731301 Jan 2013 → Jan 2014 chronic hepatitis C virus infection, end stage renal failure Liver Institute of Virginia Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT01591460 Aug 2012 → Jun 2014 chronic hepatitis C virus infection Hoffmann-La Roche Completed No outcome recorded
Phase not applicable2 trials
— NCT02112630 May 2013 → Feb 2015 chronic hepatitis C virus infection, end stage renal failure Columbia University Withdrawn No outcome recorded Stop: Enrollment
— NCT01427504 Aug → Dec 2011 HIV infectious disease, hepatitis C virus infection University of Colorado, Denver Completed No outcome recorded
Comparator or background therapy11 trials
Phase 1/2 NCT01471717 Comparator Oct → Nov 2011 — Bristol-Myers Squibb Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT01949168 Comparator Sep 2013 → Sep 2015 chronic hepatitis C virus infection St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT01482403 Comparator Nov 2011 → Jan 2014 chronic hepatitis C virus infection Hoffmann-La Roche Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT01353911 Comparator Jun 2011 → Jan 2013 chronic hepatitis C virus infection Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT00959699 Comparator Nov 2009 → May 2012 HIV infectious disease, hepatitis C virus infection Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Completed No outcome recorded

News releases announcing trial results or a regulatory action · 8

DateIssuerRelease
2013-04-23 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Results Merck to Present Updated Interim Data from Phase II Trial Evaluating Investigational NS3/4A Protease Inhibitor MK-5172 for Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 1 Infection at the International Liver Congress™ merck.com ↗
versus 54 percent (31/57) in the boceprevir plus PR active control arm.
2013-04-08 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Results Merck to Present New Data on VICTRELIS® (boceprevir) and Investigational Compounds MK-5172 and Vaniprevir for Chronic Hepatitis C Virus at The International Liver CongressTM / 2013 EASL Annual Meeting merck.com ↗
Virologic Response Rates Are Similar In Previously Untreated And Previously Treated And Relapsed Patients Receiving Boceprevir Triple Therapy: A Retrospective Analysis.
2012-11-10 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Results Merck Reports New Phase III Analyses on Anemia Management Strategies Used With VICTRELIS® (boceprevir) Combination Therapy, Including Cirrhotic Patients merck.com ↗
SVR rates were generally similar regardless of when patients began ribavirin dose reduction, the number of steps of ribavirin dose reduction, or the lowest ribavirin dose of 400 to 1,000 mg/day received for at least 14 days for anemia management.
2012-11-10 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Results Interim Phase II Data of Merck’s Investigational MK-5172 in Combination Therapy in Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 1 Infection to be Presented at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Annual Meeting merck.com ↗
The MK-5172 regimens had rates of cEVR ranging from 82.8 to 93 percent, versus the control of 74.2 percent.
2012-04-19 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Results Merck Reports Phase III Study Results Evaluating Anemia Management Strategies Used With VICTRELIS® (boceprevir) Combination Therapy merck.com ↗
The rates of SVR were 71 percent for both groups: those patients whose anemia was managed by ribavirin dose reduction (178/249) and those patients whose anemia was managed by the addition of erythropoietin (EPO) (178/251).
2012-03-06 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Results Results from Investigational Studies with VICTRELIS™ (boceprevir) Presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections to Understand Potential Use in Patients Coinfected with Chronic Hepatitis C and HIV-1 merck.com ↗
In this study, concomitant administration of VICTRELIS with ritonavir (Norvir ® ) in combination with atazanavir (Reyataz ® ) or darunavir (Prezista ® ), or with lopinavir/ritonavir (Kaletra ® ) resulted in reduced exposures of the HIV medicines and VICTRELIS.
2011-11-05 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Results Interim Data for Merck’s VICTRELISTM (boceprevir) in Prior Null Responder Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype 1 to be Presented at The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases 2011 Annual Meeting merck.com ↗
In this interim analysis, 38 percent (16/42) of prior null responders achieved a sustained virologic response (SVR)1 when treated with VICTRELIS in combination with P/R.
2011-10-20 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Results Interim Phase IIb Data for Merck’s VICTRELIS™ (boceprevir) in Patients Coinfected with Chronic Hepatitis C and HIV-1 Presented at the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) 2011 Annual Meeting merck.com ↗
These interim results are being presented for the first time in a late-breaker oral presentation at the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) 2011 annual meeting in Boston.

All press releases naming this drug 13 releases

DateIssuerRelease

Evidence & citations 13 cited values

Every value below carries the sentence it was read from. 54 sources stand behind the page.

FieldValueCited text
Known as boceprevir ClinicalTrials.gov intervention name — accepted as the source's own label NCT01396005 ↗
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NCT02060058 ↗

NCT00845065 ↗

NCT01945294 ↗

NCT00705432 ↗

NCT01909401 ↗

NCT01390844 ↗

NCT00708500 ↗

NCT01353911 ↗

NCT01756079 ↗

NCT02204475 ↗

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Known as BOC “On day 15 the participants will attend for their 2nd long visit (10 hours) when they will be administered boceprevir (BOC) 800mg (4 capsules) with a standardised meal then have...” NCT01499498 ↗
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“This study will assess the safety and efficacy of alisporivir (ALV) and boceprevir (BOC), each in combination with Peginterferon alfa-2a (PEG) and Ribavirin (RBV), in African...” NCT01446250 ↗

“Recent data show that adding an HCV serine protease inhibitor (such as boceprevir \[BOC\]) to peg-IFN and RBV results in HCV eradication rates of 70% to 80% among...” NCT01443923 ↗

“Boceprevir (BOC) is an Hepatitis C (HCV) NS3 serine protease inhibitor that has recently received FDA approval for the treatment of chronic HCV infection.” NCT01470690 ↗

“The addition of boceprevir(BOC) on atazanavir (ATV) or raltegravir (RAL) pharmacokinetic parameters in a subgroup of patients.” PMID 27077673 ↗ Feb 2016

“triple therapy with Pegylated interferon alfa(PEG)/Ribavirin(RBV)/Boceprevir(BOC) treatment before liver transplantation(LT)” NCT02160080 ↗

“Participants take Boceprevir (BOC) 800 mg three times daily (TID) PO.” NCT02204475 ↗

“Arm 1B: PegIntron (PEG)+Ribavirin (RBV)+Boceprevir (BOC) 400” NCT00160251 ↗

“Boceprevir (BOC)” NCT01482767 ↗

“Boceprevir (BOC)” NCT01390844 ↗

Known as Boceprevir: Victrelis “Boceprevir: Victrelis” NCT01457937 ↗
Known as EBP 520 ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL218394 ↗
Known as SCH 503034 “Boceprevir (SCH 503034)” NCT00708500 ↗
Known as Sch 50304 ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL218394 ↗
Known as Victrelis “Victrelis® (boceprevir) 800mg by mouth, TID (200 mg tablets)” NCT01949168 ↗
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NCT01471717 ↗

Known as Victrelis (Boceprevir) “Victrelis (Boceprevir)” NCT02160080 ↗
Known as Victrelis(r) “Boceprevir as Victrelis(r) 200mg capsules” NCT01663922 ↗
Action Inhibit “boceprevir, an NS3 protease inhibitor” PMID 20692693 ↗ Aug 2010
Modality Small molecule — CHEMBL218394 ↗
Route Oral “100 or 200 mg capusles taken orally as 100 mg, 200 mg, 400 mg, or 800 mg TID” NCT00160251 ↗
Target CYP3A4 “Boceprevir is a strong inhibitor of CYP3A4/5.” NCT01663922 ↗