Drugs / LOMIBUVIR
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LOMIBUVIR

also known as VX-222 · VCH-222

Small molecule

Developed for
chronic hepatitis C virus infection
Investigated by
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated · ViroChem Pharma

Trials 5

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PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 11 trial
Phase 1 NCT00958152 Aug 2009 → Jan 2010 hepatitis C virus infection Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1/21 trial
Phase 1/2 NCT00911963 Apr 2009 → Sep 2012 chronic hepatitis C virus infection Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 23 trials
Phase 2 NCT01581138 Jul 2012 → Jun 2013 chronic hepatitis C virus infection Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT01516918 Feb 2012 → Sep 2013 chronic hepatitis C virus infection Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT01080222 Aug 2010 → Oct 2013 chronic hepatitis C virus infection Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Terminated No outcome recorded

News releases announcing trial results or a regulatory action · 8

DateIssuerRelease
2012-02-23 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Results Vertex Announces 12-Week On-Treatment Data and SVR4 From Phase 2 Study of Interferon-Free (All-Oral) Treatment Regimen of INCIVEK®, VX-222 and Ribavirin in People with Genotype 1 Hepatitis C vrtx.com ↗
Nine of these 11 patients achieved SVR4 (undetectable hepatitis C virus four weeks after the end of all treatment).
2011-11-05 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Results Interim Data from Phase 2 Study Showed 93% of People with Hepatitis C Who Received a Total of 12 Weeks of a Combination Regimen Including INCIVEK™ (telaprevir) and VX-222 (400mg) Achieved a Viral Cure (SVR) vrtx.com ↗
Fifty percent (15/30) of patients who received the combination regimen including VX-222 (400mg) were eligible for a total of 12 weeks of treatment and 93 percent (14/15) of them achieved a viral cure (sustained viral response, or SVR).
2011-07-26 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Results Interim Data from Phase 2 Study of Combination Regimen Including VX-222 and INCIVEK™ Suggest Potential to Treat Genotype 1 Hepatitis C in as few as 12 Weeks and No More Than 24 Weeks vrtx.com ↗
The hepatitis C virus was undetectable in 100 percent (13/13) of these patients at the end of 24 weeks.
2011-03-31 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Results Interim Phase 2 Data Showed Rapid Viral Response to VX-222 in Combination with Telaprevir, Pegylated-Interferon and Ribavirin Among People With Hepatitis C vrtx.com ↗
Among those who received VX-222 (400 mg) in combination with telaprevir, pegylated-interferon and ribavirin, interim data showed that 90 percent (27/30) of them had undetectable hepatitis C virus at week 12.
2010-12-21 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Results Vertex Provides Update to Ongoing Phase 2 Study Evaluating Combinations of Telaprevir and VX-222 for the Treatment of Hepatitis C vrtx.com ↗
The company has discontinued the second two-drug treatment arm of telaprevir and VX-222 alone as a result of meeting a pre-defined stopping rule related to viral breakthrough.
2010-10-25 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Results Vertex Pharmaceuticals Reports Third Quarter 2010 Financial Results and Highlights Progress in Hepatitis C and Cystic Fibrosis Development Programs vrtx.com ↗
The company will discontinue Arm A of this study as a result of patients meeting a pre-defined stopping rule related to viral breakthrough during the first four weeks of dosing.
2010-04-15 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Results Hepatitis C Virus Polymerase Inhibitor VX-222 Reduced Viral Levels Over Three Days in Phase 1b Trial vrtx.com ↗
Dosing with VX-222 for three days resulted in a greater than 3 log10 reduction in HCV RNA across all four of the VX-222 dosing groups.
2009-04-21 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Results Vertex Pharmaceuticals to Present Data at EASL Suggesting Telaprevir's Potential for Use in a Broad Range of HCV Patients and Highlighting the Company's Expanded STAT-C Portfolio vrtx.com ↗
No serious adverse events were observed in the study.

All press releases naming this drug 12 releases

DateIssuerRelease

Evidence & citations 6 cited values

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FieldValueCited text
Known as LOMIBUVIR ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL3039503 ↗
Known as VCH-222 ClinicalTrials.gov intervention name — accepted as the source's own label NCT00911963 ↗
1

NCT00958152 ↗

Known as VX-222 ClinicalTrials.gov intervention name — accepted as the source's own label NCT01516918 ↗
2

NCT01080222 ↗

NCT01581138 ↗

Action Inhibit “selective nonnucleoside inhibitor of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5B RNA-dependent RNA polymerase” PMID 24982088 ↗ Jun 2014
Modality Small molecule “VX-222, a thiophene-2-carboxylic acid derivative” PMID 24982088 ↗ Jun 2014
Route Oral “capsule, oral, 400 mg twice daily or 750 mg twice daily, 12 weeks” NCT00911963 ↗