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-- 33 Presentations Evaluating Marketed and Investigational Compounds for Chronic Hepatitis B and Liver Fibrosis --
“The data accepted for presentation this week underscore Gilead’s
ongoing commitment to advancing the care of people living with
progressive liver diseases,” said
Viread
Approved for chronic HBV in 2008, Viread is currently the most prescribed therapy for a disease that affects more than 350 million people worldwide. Five-year data presented this week support the durable antiviral efficacy and consistent safety and resistance profile of Viread (Posters #2004 and #1678). Data also demonstrate the investigational role of Viread in reducing perinatal transmission of HBV from highly viremic mothers (Oral #209).
Liver Disease Pipeline
Hepatitis B – TAF (tenofovir alafenamide), GS-9620 and GS-4774TAF, a novel targeted prodrug of tenofovir, has demonstrated potent antiviral efficacy at a dose less than one-tenth that of Viread, as well as improvements in renal and bone safety laboratory markers in several Phase 3 studies for the treatment of HIV infection. Phase 3 results for TAF in patients with chronic HBV infection are expected by the end of 2015. Results being presented this week include a study demonstrating the antiviral activity of TAF against drug-resistant HBV isolates (Poster #2021).
The company will also present data highlighting two investigational compounds, the oral TLR-7 agonist GS-9620 and GS-4774, a therapeutic T-cell vaccine. These compounds are designed to stimulate the innate (GS-9620) and T-cell (GS-4774) responses to HBV, which may be important to cure patients with chronic HBV infection. Data presented include in vitro studies exploring the cellular mechanisms of antiviral response to GS-9620 (Oral #35 and Poster #2009), and results from a Phase 2 study of GS-4774 in virally-suppressed patients with chronic HBV (Poster #2015) and the associated immunologic and biologic responses observed in the trial (Poster #2052).
NASH and PSCGilead is investigating two compounds (simtuzumab and GS-4997) for their utility in treating NASH and PSC. NASH results from metabolic dysfunction that is associated with steatosis (fat within the liver), which leads to inflammation, hepatocellular injury and progressive fibrosis. It may also lead to cirrhosis and is expected to become the leading indication for liver transplantation by 2020. PSC is a disease characterized by inflammation and stricturing of the bile ducts. PSC eventually can also lead to cirrhosis and other complications, including bile duct cancer.
GS-4997, an apoptosis signal-regulating kinase (ASK1) inhibitor, is currently being evaluated in a Phase 2 study of patients with NASH and moderate to severe liver fibrosis. Simtuzumab, an anti-lysyl oxidase-like-2 (LOXL2) antibody, is being evaluated for the treatment of NASH and PSC in ongoing Phase 2b trials.
Three abstracts were accepted for poster presentations that characterized in animal models the effects of simtuzumab alone (Poster #1379), GS-4997 alone (Poster #1359), and the combination of simtuzumab and GS-4997 on fibrosis and portal hypertension (Poster #1367).
Nine abstracts were also accepted for presentation as posters that characterize the patient populations enrolled in the ongoing Phase 2b trials of simtuzumab in NASH and PSC, respectively. These included the baseline disease associations of serum LOXL2, histology and portal pressure in these patient populations (Posters #616, #624, #632, #737, #739, #1428, #1435, #2149 and #2239).
Further information about the clinical studies described above can be found at www.clinicaltrials.gov.
Abstracts for Gilead’s presentations can be accessed at http://www.aasld.org/sites/default/files/2015SupplementFULLTEXT.pdf
GS-4774, GS-4997, GS-9620, simtuzumab and TAF are investigational products and have not been determined to be safe or efficacious.
Important Safety Information About Viread for Chronic Hepatitis B
BOXED WARNING: LACTIC ACIDOSIS/SEVERE HEPATOMEGALY WITH STEATOSIS and POST TREATMENT EXACERBATION OF HEPATITIS
- Lactic acidosis and severe hepatomegaly with steatosis, including fatal cases, have been reported with the use of nucleoside analogs, including Viread, in combination with other antiretrovirals
- Severe acute exacerbations of hepatitis have been reported in HBV-infected patients who have discontinued anti-hepatitis B therapy, including Viread. Hepatic function should be monitored closely with both clinical and laboratory follow-up for at least several months in patients who discontinue anti-hepatitis B therapy, including Viread. If appropriate, resumption of anti-hepatitis B therapy may be warranted
Warnings and precautions
- New onset or worsening renal impairment: Cases of acute renal failure and Fanconi syndrome have been reported with the use of Viread. In all patients, assess estimated creatinine clearance (CrCl) prior to initiating and during therapy. In patients at risk for renal dysfunction, including those who previously experienced renal events while receiving adefovir dipivoxil, additionally monitor serum phosphorus, urine glucose, and urine protein. In patients with CrCl
- Coadministration with other products:– Do not use in combination with other products containing tenofovir disoproxil fumarate– Do not administer in combination with adefovir dipivoxil
- Patients coinfected with HIV-1 and HBV: Due to the risk of development of HIV-1 resistance, Viread should only be used in HIV-1 and HBV coinfected patients as part of an appropriate antiretroviral combination regimen. HIV-1 antibody testing should be offered to all HBV-infected patients before initiating therapy with Viread.
- Bone effects: Decreases in bone mineral density (BMD) and mineralization defects, including osteomalacia, have been seen in patients treated with Viread. Consider assessment of BMD in adult and pediatric patients who have a history of pathologic bone fracture or other risk factors for bone loss. In a clinical trial conducted in pediatric subjects 12 to
Adverse Reactions
- In HBV-infected subjects with compensated liver disease: Most common adverse reaction (all grades) was nausea (9%). Other treatment-emergent adverse reactions reported in >5% of patients treated with Viread included: abdominal pain, diarrhea, headache, dizziness, fatigue, nasopharyngitis, back pain, and skin rash
- In HBV-infected subjects with decompensated liver disease: Most common adverse reactions (all grades) reported in ≥10% of patients treated with Viread were abdominal pain (22%), nausea (20%), insomnia (18%), pruritus (16%), vomiting (13%), dizziness (13%), and pyrexia (11%)
Drug Interactions
- Didanosine: Coadministration increases didanosine concentrations. Use with caution and monitor for evidence of didanosine toxicity (e.g., pancreatitis, neuropathy). Didanosine should be discontinued in patients who develop didanosine-associated adverse reactions. In patients weighing >60 kg, the didanosine dose should be reduced to 250 mg once daily when it is coadministered with Viread and in patients weighing
- HIV-1 protease inhibitors: Coadministration decreases atazanavir concentrations and increases tenofovir concentrations; use atazanavir given with ritonavir. Coadministration of Viread with atazanavir and ritonavir, darunavir and ritonavir, or lopinavir/ritonavir increases tenofovir concentrations. Monitor for evidence of tenofovir toxicity
- Drugs affecting renal function: Coadministration of Viread with drugs that reduce renal function or compete for active tubular secretion may increase concentrations of tenofovir
Dosage and Administration
- Recommended dose, in adults and pediatric patients ≥12 years of age (≥35 kg), for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B: one 300 mg tablet, once daily, taken orally, without regard to food
- In the treatment of chronic hepatitis B, the optimal duration of treatment is unknown
- Safety and efficacy in pediatric patients
- The dosing interval of VIREAD should be adjusted and renal function closely monitored in patients with baseline creatinine clearance (CrCL)
- The pharmacokinetics of tenofovir have not been evaluated in non-hemodialysis patients with creatinine clearance
- No dose adjustment is necessary for patients with mild renal impairment (creatinine clearance 50-80 mL/min). Routine monitoring of estimated creatinine clearance, serum phosphorus, urine glucose, and urine protein should be performed in these patients
- No data are available to make dose recommendations in pediatric patients with renal impairment
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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 results from these studies and other ongoing
and subsequent clinical trials involving GS-4774, GS-4997, GS-9620,
simtuzumab, TAF and Viread. 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 including BOXED WARNING for Viread 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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