An Open Label Study of the Effect of Telaprevir in Combination With Ribavirin and Peginterferon on HCV Infection in Stable Liver Transplant Patients

June 1, 2015 updated by: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

A 2-Part, Open Label Study of Telaprevir in Combination With Peginterferon Alfa-2a (Pegasys®) and Ribavirin (Copegus®) in Subjects Chronically Infected With Genotype 1 Hepatitis C Virus Following Liver Transplantation

To assess efficacy of telaprevir, pegylated interferon alfa-2a (Peg-IFN-alfa-2a), and ribavirin (RBV) for hepatitis C virus (HCV) in a 48-week total treatment duration regimen following liver transplantation.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Terminated

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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61

Phase

Phase

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  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • Canada
    • Alberta
      • Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • British Columbia
      • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • United States
    • Alabama
      • Birmingham, Alabama, United States
        • Alabama
    • Arizona
      • Phoenix, Arizona, United States
        • Arizona
    • California
      • Los Angeles, California, United States
        • California
    • Colorado
      • Denver, Colorado, United States
        • Colorado
    • Florida
      • Bradenton, Florida, United States
        • Florida
      • Miami, Florida, United States
        • Florida
    • Illinois
      • Evanston, Illinois, United States
        • Illinios
    • Indiana
      • Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
        • Indiana
    • Massachusetts
      • Burlington, Massachusetts, United States
        • Massachusetts
    • Michigan
      • Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
        • Michigan
      • Detroit, Michigan, United States
        • Michigan
    • Missouri
      • St Louis, Missouri, United States
        • Missouri
    • Nebraska
      • Omaha, Nebraska, United States
        • Nebraska
    • New York
      • New York, New York, United States
        • New York
      • Rochester, New York, United States
        • New York
    • North Carolina
      • Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
        • North Carolina
    • Ohio
      • Cleveland, Ohio, United States
        • Ohio
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
        • Pennsylvania
    • Texas
      • Dallas, Texas, United States
        • Texas
      • Houston, Texas, United States
        • Texas

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male and female participants between the ages of 18 and 65 years
  • History of orthotopic liver transplantation less than 10 years before the Screening visit but no sooner than 6 months before Day 1
  • Taking a stable immunosuppressant regimen based on either tacrolimus or cyclosporine without substantial dose changes over the past 3 months
  • Naive to pegylated interferon/ribavirin treatment or experienced with pegylated interferon/ribavirin prior to transplantation with relapse, partial, or null response

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Documented cirrhosis after liver transplantation
  • Ascites or hepatic encephalopathy within 6 months before Screening
  • Retransplantation for recurrent hepatitis C
  • Treatment for hepatitis C post liver transplantation
  • History within the past 3 months of: rejection within 3 months or greater than (>) 1 rejection within 12 months
  • Current treatment with sirolimus or methylprednisolone. Low dose prednisone use (<5 milligram per day) is permitted
  • History within 3 months of any bacterial infection requiring >1 week of intravenous antibiotics, cytomegalovirus viremia or cytomegalovirus infection with end-organ involvement, fungal disease (except cutaneous and mild oral thrush)
  • History of post transplant lymphoproliferative disease
  • Acceptable laboratory values at Screening as specified in the protocol
  • Positive for human immunodeficiency virus 1/2 (HIV1/2) enzyme immunoassay (EIA) antibody screen or Hepatitis B deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or Hepatitis B surface antigen
  • History of hepatocellular carcinoma with high risk of recurrence
  • Any other cause of liver disease deemed clinically significant by the investigator in addition to hepatitis C
  • Autoimmune-mediated disease
  • History of acute pancreatitis within 5 years before the Screening visit
  • Prior treatment with an hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease inhibitor

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Experimental: T/PR + Immunosuppressant Regimen (Tacrolimus)
Participants who were receiving tacrolimus (TAC) based immunosuppressant regimen at baseline, received telaprevir (T) 1125 milligram (mg) tablet twice daily for 12 weeks in combination with pegylated interferon alfa 2a (P) (Peg-IFN-alfa-2a) 180 microgram per week (mcg/week) subcutaneous injection and ribavirin (R) (RBV) tablet orally twice daily at a dose of 1000 milligram per day (mg/day) for subjects weighing less than (<) 75 kilogram (kg) and 1200 mg/day for subjects weighing greater than or equal to (>=) 75 kg, for 48 weeks. Participants continued their immunosuppressant regimen, as per standard practice and investigator discretion.
Drug: Ribavirin
Tablet
Other Names:
  • Copegus®, RBV
Drug: Telaprevir
Tablet
Other Names:
  • VX-950
Drug: Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2a
Subcutaneous Injection
Other Names:
  • Pegasys®, Peg-IFN-alfa-2a
Drug: Immunosuppressant Regimen
Cyclosporine (CsA) based immunosuppressant regimen or Tacrolimus (TAC) based immunosuppressant regimen, as per standard practice. Immunosuppressant regimen were not considered study drugs.
Experimental: T/PR + Immunosuppressant Regimen (Cyclosporine)
Participants who were receiving cyclosporine (CsA) based immunosuppressant regimen at baseline, received telaprevir 1125 mg tablet twice daily for 12 weeks in combination with Peg-IFN-alfa-2a 180 mcg/week subcutaneous injection and RBV tablet orally twice daily at a dose of 1000 mg/day for subjects weighing <75 kg and 1200 mg/day for subjects weighing >=75 kg, for 48 weeks. Participants continued their immunosuppressant regimen, as per standard practice and investigator discretion.
Drug: Ribavirin
Tablet
Other Names:
  • Copegus®, RBV
Drug: Telaprevir
Tablet
Other Names:
  • VX-950
Drug: Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2a
Subcutaneous Injection
Other Names:
  • Pegasys®, Peg-IFN-alfa-2a
Drug: Immunosuppressant Regimen
Cyclosporine (CsA) based immunosuppressant regimen or Tacrolimus (TAC) based immunosuppressant regimen, as per standard practice. Immunosuppressant regimen were not considered study drugs.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Percentage of Participants With Sustained Viral Response 12 Weeks After Last Planned Dose of Study Drug (SVR12)
Time Frame: 12 weeks after last planned dose of study drug (up to Week 60)
SVR12 was defined as an undetectable Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) Levels (<lower limit of quantification) at 12 weeks after last planned dose of study treatment. The plasma HCV RNA level was measured using Roche TaqMan HCV RNA assay. The lower limit of quantification was 25 international units per milliliter (IU/mL).
12 weeks after last planned dose of study drug (up to Week 60)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Percentage of Participants With Sustained Viral Response 24 Weeks After Last Planned Dose of Study Drug (SVR24)
Time Frame: 24 weeks after last planned dose of study drug (up to Week 72)
SVR24 was defined as an undetectable HCV RNA Levels at 24 weeks after last planned dose of study treatment. The plasma HCV RNA level was measured using Roche TaqMan HCV RNA assay. The lower limit of quantification was 25 IU/mL.
24 weeks after last planned dose of study drug (up to Week 72)
Percentage of Participants With Rapid Viral Response (RVR)
Time Frame: Week 4
The plasma HCV RNA level was measured using Roche TaqMan HCV RNA assay. The lower limit of quantification was 25 IU/mL and the lower limit of detection was 10 IU/mL. RVR was defined as undetectable HCV RNA 4 weeks after the start of study treatment.
Week 4
Percentage of Participants With Extended Rapid Viral Response (eRVR)
Time Frame: Week 4 and Week 12
The plasma HCV RNA level was measured using Roche TaqMan HCV RNA assay. The lower limit of quantification was 25 IU/mL and the lower limit of detection was 10 IU/mL. eRVR was defined as undetectable HCV RNA at both 4 weeks and 12 weeks after the start of study treatment.
Week 4 and Week 12
Percentage of Participants With On-Treatment Virologic Failure
Time Frame: Baseline up to Week 48
On-treatment virologic failure was defined as subjects who met futility or who completed the assigned treatment duration and had detectable HCV RNA at planned end of treatment (up to 48 weeks). Data for this outcome was not planned to be reported by prior response.
Baseline up to Week 48
Percentage of Participants With Viral Relapse
Time Frame: 48 weeks
48 weeks
Pharmacokinetics of Telaprevir, Peg-IFN, RBV , and Selected Immunosuppressant Medications (Tacrolimus and Cyclosporine)
Time Frame: 48 weeks
48 weeks
Percentage of Participants Requiring Dose Titration of Immunosuppressant Medications
Time Frame: 48 weeks
48 weeks
Percentage of Participants With Biopsy Confirmed and Treated Rejection
Time Frame: 48 weeks
48 weeks
Percentage of Participants With Histological Evidence of Stabilization or Improvement in Inflammation Grade or Fibrosis Stage
Time Frame: 48 weeks
48 weeks
Number of Participants With Telaprevir Resistant HCV Variant at Non-Structural Viral Protein 3-4A (NS3-4A) Region
Time Frame: 48 weeks
48 weeks
Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)
Time Frame: Baseline up to Week 52
Any adverse change from the participant's baseline (pre-treatment) condition, including any adverse experience, abnormal recording or clinical laboratory assessment value which occurs during the course of the study, whether it is considered related to the study drug or not. An adverse event includes any newly occurring event or previous condition that has increased in severity or frequency since the administration of study drug. SAE: medical event or condition, which falls into any of the following categories, regardless of its relationship to the study drug: death, life threatening adverse experience, in-patient hospitalization/prolongation of hospitalization, persistent/significant disability or incapacity, congenital anomaly/birth defect, important medical event. "Study drug" includes all investigational agents (including placebo, if applicable) administered during the course of the study.
Baseline up to Week 52

Other Outcome Measures

Other Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Percentage of Participants With Sustained Viral Response 4 Weeks After Last Planned Dose of Study Drug (SVR4)
Time Frame: 4 weeks after last planned dose of study drug (up to Week 52)
4 weeks after last planned dose of study drug (up to Week 52)

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

Study Start

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February 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

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April 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

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April 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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November 3, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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November 3, 2011

First Posted (Estimate)

First Posted

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November 8, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

Last Update Posted

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June 18, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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June 1, 2015

Last Verified

Last Verified

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June 1, 2015

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • VX11-950-117

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