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-- High Cure Rates in Nearly 800 HCV Patients with Advanced Liver Disease --
“Chronic hepatitis C patients with advanced liver disease are among the
most difficult to cure and traditionally have had limited or no
treatment options,” said
Harvoni was approved by the
Advanced Liver Disease
In a pooled analysis of Phase 2 and Phase 3 open-label studies (Oral #82) in more than 500 genotype 1 HCV infected patients with compensated cirrhosis who received Harvoni alone or with ribavirin (RBV) for 12 or 24 weeks, 96 percent of patients achieved sustained virologic response (SVR12). Patients who achieve SVR12 are considered cured of HCV infection.
Two prospective analyses from a Phase 2 open-label study (Study GS-US-337-0123) evaluating patients with decompensated cirrhosis and those with HCV recurrence following liver transplantation also are being presented. In the first subgroup (Oral #239), 108 genotype 1 and 4 infected patients with decompensated cirrhosis, including those with moderate hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh-Turcotte (CPT) Class B) and severe hepatic impairment (CPT Class C), received Harvoni plus RBV for 12 or 24 weeks. Overall, SVR12 rates were 87 percent (n=45/52) in the 12-week arm and 89 percent (n=42/47) in the 24-week arm.
The second subgroup (Oral #8) evaluated 12 or 24 weeks of Harvoni plus RBV among 223 genotype 1 and 4 patients who developed HCV recurrence following liver transplantation. Among non-cirrhotic patients, SVR12 rates were 96 percent (n=53/55) and 98 percent (n=55/56) following 12 and 24 weeks of treatment, respectively. For patients with compensated cirrhosis, SVR12 rates were 96 percent for both 12 weeks (n=25/26) and 24 weeks (n=24/25) of therapy. SVR12 rates among patients with decompensated cirrhosis were 81 percent for both 12 weeks (n=25/31) and 24 weeks (n=17/21) of therapy.
Retreatment of Patients Who Failed Prior Therapy
Study GS-US-337-0121 (Late Breaker Oral #LB-6) evaluated 155 genotype 1 patients with compensated cirrhosis who had failed prior treatment with pegylated interferon (PegIFN)/RBV and subsequently PegIFN/RBV plus a protease inhibitor. In this study, patients were randomized (1:1) to receive Harvoni plus RBV for 12 weeks or Harvoni alone for 24 weeks. Ninety-six percent (n=74/77) of those receiving Harvoni plus RBV for 12 weeks and 97 percent (n=75/77) of those receiving Harvoni for 24 weeks achieved SVR12.
In a second study (Oral #235), 51 genotype 1 patients who previously failed SOF/PegIFN/RBV, SOF/RBV or a SOF placebo/PegIFN/RBV treatment regimen received Harvoni plus RBV for 12 weeks. Twenty-nine percent of study patients (n=15/51) had cirrhosis. Ninety-eight percent (n=50/51) achieved SVR12 following 12 weeks of treatment with Harvoni plus RBV.
In all of these studies, Harvoni was well tolerated and its safety profile was generally consistent with that observed in clinical trials of Harvoni. Adverse events included fatigue, headache, nausea and anemia, which was more common among patients taking RBV. Grade 3/4 laboratory abnormalities were infrequent and included decreases in hemoglobin, which is consistent with RBV-associated anemia.
The safety and efficacy of Harvoni have not been established for the investigational uses described above.
Additional information about these studies can be found at www.clinicaltrials.gov.
Important Safety Information About Harvoni
Warnings and Precautions
Risk of Reduced Therapeutic Effect of Harvoni Due to P-gp Inducers: Rifampin and St. John’s wort are not recommended for use with Harvoni as they may significantly decrease ledipasvir and sofosbuvir plasma concentrations.
Related Products Not Recommended: Harvoni is not recommended for use with other products containing sofosbuvir (Sovaldi).
Adverse Reactions
Most common (≥10 percent, all grades) adverse reactions were fatigue and headache.
Drug Interactions
In addition to rifampin and St. John’s wort, coadministration of Harvoni is also not recommended with carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, rifabutin, rifapentine, and tipranavir/ritonavir. Such coadministration is expected to decrease the concentration of ledipasvir and sofosbuvir, reducing the therapeutic effect of Harvoni.
Coadministration of Harvoni is not recommended with simeprevir due to increased concentrations of ledipasvir and simeprevir. Coadministration is also not recommended with rosuvastatin or co-formulated elvitegravir/cobicistat/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate due to increased concentrations of rosuvastatin and tenofovir, respectively.
Consult the full Prescribing Information for Harvoni for more information on potentially significant drug interactions, including clinical comments.
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Forward-Looking Statement
This press release includes forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are
subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, including the
possibility of unfavorable longer-term results from these studies and
other ongoing and subsequent clinical trials involving Harvoni, alone or
in combination with other products, for the treatment of HCV in other
patient populations. As Harvoni is used over longer periods of time,
Gilead may find new issues such as safety or drug resistance, which may
require it to provide additional warnings or contraindications in the
label, which could reduce the market acceptance of Harvoni. These risks,
uncertainties and other factors could cause actual results to differ
materially from those referred to in the forward-looking statements. The
reader is cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements.
These and other risks are described in detail in Gilead’s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
U.S. Full Prescribing Information for Harvoni is available at www.gilead.com.
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Gilead Sciences, Inc.Patrick O’Brien, 650-522-1936 (Investors)Cara Miller, 650-522-1616 (Media)
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