Grazoprevir (MK-5172) Administered With Peginterferon and Ribavirin in Treatment-Naïve Participants With Chronic Hepatitis C (MK-5172-003)

Summary

This study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and antiviral activity of grazoprevir (MK-5172) when administered in combination with peginterferon alfa-2b (Peg-IFN) and ribavirin (RBV) in treatment-naïve (TN) participants with chronic hepatitis C.

Timeline

Start

2011-06-27

Primary completion

2013-01-20

Completion

2015-03-10

Publications

• Results Manns MP, Vierling JM, Bacon BR, Bruno S, Shibolet O, Baruch Y, Marcellin P, Caro L, Howe AY, Fandozzi C, Gress J, Gilbert CL, Shaw PM, Cooreman MP, Robertson MN, Hwang P, Dutko FJ, Wahl J, Mobashery N. The combination of MK-5172, peginterferon, and ribavirin is effective in treatment-naive patients with hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection without cirrhosis. Gastroenterology. 2014 Aug;147(2):366-76.e6. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2014.04.006. Epub 2014 Apr 12.
• Howe AY, Black S, Curry S, Ludmerer SW, Liu R, Barnard RJ, Newhard W, Hwang PM, Nickle D, Gilbert C, Caro L, DiNubile MJ, Mobashery N. Virologic resistance analysis from a phase 2 study of MK-5172 combined with pegylated interferon/ribavirin in treatment-naive patients with hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Dec 15;59(12):1657-65. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu696. Epub 2014 Sep 28.

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