Nuffield Department of Medicine, Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK.
J Viral Hepat. 2021 Sep;28(9):1256-1264. doi: 10.1111/jvh.13549. Epub 2021 Jun 8.
Sustained viral response (SVR) rates for direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection routinely exceed 95%. However, a small number of patients require retreatment. Sofosbuvir, velpatasvir and voxilaprevir (SOF/VEL/VOX) is a potent DAA combination primarily used for the retreatment of patients who failed by DAA therapies. Here we evaluate retreatment outcomes and the effects of resistance-associated substitutions (RAS) in a real-world cohort, including a large number of genotype (GT)3 infected patients. 144 patients from the UK were retreated with SOF/VEL/VOX following virologic failure with first-line DAA treatment regimens. Full-length HCV genome sequencing was performed prior to retreatment with SOF/VEL/VOX. HCV subtypes were assigned and RAS relevant to each genotype were identified. GT1a and GT3a each made up 38% (GT1a n = 55, GT3a n = 54) of the cohort. 40% (n = 58) of patients had liver cirrhosis of whom 7% (n = 4) were decompensated, 10% (n = 14) had hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and 8% (n = 12) had received a liver transplant prior to retreatment. The overall retreatment SVR12 rate was 90% (129/144). On univariate analysis, GT3 infection (50/62; SVR = 81%, p = .009), cirrhosis (47/58; SVR = 81%, p = .01) and prior treatment with SOF/VEL (12/17; SVR = 71%, p = .02) or SOF+DCV (14/19; SVR = 74%, p = .012) were significantly associated with retreatment failure, but existence of pre-retreatment RAS was not when viral genotype was taken into account. Retreatment with SOF/VEL/VOX is very successful for non-GT3-infected patients. However, for GT3-infected patients, particularly those with cirrhosis and failed by initial SOF/VEL treatment, SVR rates were significantly lower and alternative retreatment regimens should be considered.
持续病毒学应答 (SVR) 率对于丙型肝炎病毒 (HCV) 感染的直接作用抗病毒 (DAA) 治疗通常超过 95%。然而,仍有少数患者需要重新治疗。索磷布韦、维帕他韦和 voxilaprevir(SOF/VEL/VOX)是一种强效的 DAA 联合药物,主要用于治疗 DAA 治疗失败的患者的再次治疗。在此,我们评估了真实世界队列中的再治疗结果和耐药相关取代 (RAS) 的影响,其中包括大量基因型 (GT)3 感染患者。144 名来自英国的患者在一线 DAA 治疗方案失败后,使用 SOF/VEL/VOX 进行再治疗。在使用 SOF/VEL/VOX 进行再治疗之前,进行了全长 HCV 基因组测序。确定了 HCV 亚型,并确定了与每种基因型相关的 RAS。GT1a 和 GT3a 各占队列的 38%(GT1a n=55,GT3a n=54)。40%(n=58)的患者有肝硬化,其中 7%(n=4)为失代偿期,10%(n=14)有肝细胞癌(HCC),8%(n=12)在再治疗前接受过肝移植。总的 SVR12 率为 90%(129/144)。在单变量分析中,GT3 感染(50/62;SVR=81%,p=0.009)、肝硬化(47/58;SVR=81%,p=0.01)和之前的 SOF/VEL(12/17;SVR=71%,p=0.02)或 SOF+DCV(14/19;SVR=74%,p=0.012)治疗与再治疗失败显著相关,但在考虑病毒基因型时,治疗前 RAS 的存在并不相关。SOF/VEL/VOX 再治疗对非 GT3 感染患者非常成功。然而,对于 GT3 感染患者,特别是那些初始 SOF/VEL 治疗失败的患者,SVR 率显著降低,应考虑替代再治疗方案。