Efficacy and Safety of BI 201335 (Faldaprevir) in Combination With Pegylated Interferon-alpha and Ribavirin in Treatment-naïve Genotype 1 Hepatitis C Infected Patients (STARTverso 1)

Summary

The objective of this trial is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of two different treatment regimens with BI 201335, both in combination with PegIFN/RBV) as compared to standard of care (SOC) with PegIFN/RBV alone.

Timeline

Start

2011-04

Primary completion

2014-03

Completion

2014-03

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

registry analysis (superiority or other test); Faldaprevir 120mg and PegIFN/RBV vs Placebo and PegIFN/RBV; p <0.0001 NCT01343888 ↗

registry analysis (superiority or other test); Faldaprevir 240mg and PegIFN/RBV vs Placebo and PegIFN/RBV; p <0.0001 NCT01343888 ↗

Publications

• Jensen DM, Asselah T, Dieterich D, Foster GR, Sulkowski MS, Zeuzem S, Mantry P, Yoshida EM, Moreno C, Ouzan D, Wright M, Morano LE, Buynak R, Bourliere M, Hassanein T, Nishiguchi S, Kao JH, Omata M, Paik SW, Wong DK, Tam E, Kaita K, Feinman SV, Stern JO, Scherer J, Quinson AM, Voss F, Gallivan JP, Bocher WO, Ferenci P. Faldaprevir, pegylated interferon, and ribavirin for treatment-naive HCV genotype-1: pooled analysis of two phase 3 trials. Ann Hepatol. 2016 May-Jun;15(3):333-49. doi: 10.5604/16652681.1198803.
• Dieterich D, Nelson M, Soriano V, Arasteh K, Guardiola JM, Rockstroh JK, Bhagani S, Laguno M, Tural C, Ingiliz P, Jain MK, Stern JO, Manero M, Vinisko R, Kort J; STARTVerso4 study group. Faldaprevir and pegylated interferon alpha-2a/ribavirin in individuals co-infected with hepatitis C virus genotype-1 and HIV. AIDS. 2015 Mar 13;29(5):571-81. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000579.
• Ferenci P, Asselah T, Foster GR, Zeuzem S, Sarrazin C, Moreno C, Ouzan D, Maevskaya M, Calinas F, Morano LE, Crespo J, Dufour JF, Bourliere M, Agarwal K, Forton D, Schuchmann M, Zehnter E, Nishiguchi S, Omata M, Kukolj G, Datsenko Y, Garcia M, Scherer J, Quinson AM, Stern JO; STARTVerso1 Study Group. STARTVerso1: A randomized trial of faldaprevir plus pegylated interferon/ribavirin for chronic HCV genotype-1 infection. J Hepatol. 2015 Jun;62(6):1246-55. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2014.12.024. Epub 2015 Jan 2.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Faldaprevir	Small molecule	120 mg	—
Subject	Faldaprevir	Small molecule	240 mg	—
Background	Peginterferon	Protein / enzyme biologic	—	Subcutaneous
Background	Ribavirin	Small molecule	—	Oral

Indications