Background & Aims: The efficacy and safety of triple therapy combining boceprevir (BOC) or telaprevir (TVR) with pegylated interferon-alfa and ribavirin (PegIFN/RBV) has rarely been investigated in human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C virus (HIV/HCV) genotype 1-coinfected patients with cirrhosis. Methods: We conducted a European (France, Italy, Germany, Netherlands) multicentre study of triple therapy in cirrhotic HIV/HCV GT1-coinfected patients. Results: Fifty-nine patients (47 TVR, 12 BOC) were studied. Median CD4 cell count was 457 (293-578)/mm3, and HIV viral load was <50 copies/ml in 93% of patients. The HCV genotype was GT1a (78%) or GT1b (13%). Previous PegIFN/RBV therapy had resulted in non-response (73%) or relapse (12%), and 15% of patients were treatment-naïve. The sustained virological response rate at week 12 (SVR12) was 53% overall (57% with TVR, 36% with BOC). A baseline HCV-RNA level <800 000 IU/ml tended to be associated with SVR12 (65 vs 42%, P = 0.11). In multivariate analysis, a virological response at week 4 after BOC or TVR initiation was significantly associated with SVR12 (P = 0.040). Early discontinuation of triple therapy was frequent (n = 26, 44%), because of non-response/breakthrough (65%) or adverse events (AEs) (35%). Three patients died. Severe anaemia (<9 g/dl) occurred in 14 patients (25%), leading to RBV dose reduction (22%), erythropoietin use (56%) or blood transfusion (14%). In multivariate analysis, lack of RBV dose reduction was significantly associated with severe AEs (P = 0.006). Conclusions: More than half of HIV/HCV GT1-coinfected patients with cirrhosis achieved a SVR12. To avoid unnecessary adverse effects, therapy should be discontinued if no response is obtained at week 4.

Miailhes, P., Gilbert, C., Lacombe, K., Arends, J., Puoti, M., Rockstroh, J., et al. (2015). Triple therapy with boceprevir or telaprevir in a European cohort of cirrhotic HIV/HCV genotype 1-coinfected patients. LIVER INTERNATIONAL, 35(9), 2090-2099 [10.1111/liv.12799].

Triple therapy with boceprevir or telaprevir in a European cohort of cirrhotic HIV/HCV genotype 1-coinfected patients

Puoti M;
2015

Abstract

Background & Aims: The efficacy and safety of triple therapy combining boceprevir (BOC) or telaprevir (TVR) with pegylated interferon-alfa and ribavirin (PegIFN/RBV) has rarely been investigated in human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C virus (HIV/HCV) genotype 1-coinfected patients with cirrhosis. Methods: We conducted a European (France, Italy, Germany, Netherlands) multicentre study of triple therapy in cirrhotic HIV/HCV GT1-coinfected patients. Results: Fifty-nine patients (47 TVR, 12 BOC) were studied. Median CD4 cell count was 457 (293-578)/mm3, and HIV viral load was <50 copies/ml in 93% of patients. The HCV genotype was GT1a (78%) or GT1b (13%). Previous PegIFN/RBV therapy had resulted in non-response (73%) or relapse (12%), and 15% of patients were treatment-naïve. The sustained virological response rate at week 12 (SVR12) was 53% overall (57% with TVR, 36% with BOC). A baseline HCV-RNA level <800 000 IU/ml tended to be associated with SVR12 (65 vs 42%, P = 0.11). In multivariate analysis, a virological response at week 4 after BOC or TVR initiation was significantly associated with SVR12 (P = 0.040). Early discontinuation of triple therapy was frequent (n = 26, 44%), because of non-response/breakthrough (65%) or adverse events (AEs) (35%). Three patients died. Severe anaemia (<9 g/dl) occurred in 14 patients (25%), leading to RBV dose reduction (22%), erythropoietin use (56%) or blood transfusion (14%). In multivariate analysis, lack of RBV dose reduction was significantly associated with severe AEs (P = 0.006). Conclusions: More than half of HIV/HCV GT1-coinfected patients with cirrhosis achieved a SVR12. To avoid unnecessary adverse effects, therapy should be discontinued if no response is obtained at week 4.
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Boceprevir; Cirrhosis; HIV/HCV genotype 1 coinfection; Telaprevir;
English
2015
35
9
2090
2099
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Miailhes, P., Gilbert, C., Lacombe, K., Arends, J., Puoti, M., Rockstroh, J., et al. (2015). Triple therapy with boceprevir or telaprevir in a European cohort of cirrhotic HIV/HCV genotype 1-coinfected patients. LIVER INTERNATIONAL, 35(9), 2090-2099 [10.1111/liv.12799].
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