Vaniprevir Administered With Pegylated-interferon and Ribavirin in Japanese Treatment-Naïve Chronic Hepatitis C Participants (MK-7009-043)

September 21, 2018 updated by: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

A Phase III Randomized, Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of MK-7009 When Administered Concomitantly With Peginterferon Alfa-2b and Ribavirin in Japanese Treatment-Naïve Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Infection

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of vaniprevir given in combination with pegylated interferon alfa-2b (peg-IFN) and ribavirin (RBV) versus treatment with peg-IFN and RBV alone in Japanese treatment-naïve participants with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) genotype (GT)1. The primary efficacy hypothesis is that the percentage of participants achieving sustained virologic response 24 weeks after completion of all study therapy (SVR24) in at least one of the vaniprevir arms is superior to the percentage of participants achieving SVR24 in the control arm.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

294

Phase

  • Phase 3

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

20 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion criteria:

  • Japanese participant diagnosed with compensated CHC GT 1
  • Absence of ascites, bleeding esophageal varices, hepatic encephalopathy, or other signs or symptoms of advanced liver disease.
  • IFN treatment naive
  • No evidence of cirrhosis

Exclusion criteria:

  • Co-infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
  • Positive hepatitis B surface antigen or other evidence of active hepatitis B infection
  • Any other condition that is contraindicated or for which caution is required for treatment with peg-IFN or RBV
  • Any condition or pre-study laboratory abnormality, or history of any illness, that, in the opinion of the investigator, might confound the results of the study or pose additional risk in administering the study drugs, peg-IFN and RBV, to the participant.

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: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Vaniprevir 12 Week Arm
Participants on this arm receive 12 weeks of vaniprevir (300 mg twice daily) and then 12 weeks of placebo to vaniprevir along with 24 weeks of treatment with peg-IFN and RBV.
Drug: vaniprevir
Capsules containing 150 mg vaniprevir, orally, two in the morning and two in the evening for 12 or 24 weeks
Other Names:
  • MK-7009
Drug: Placebo to vaniprevir
Placebo to vaniprevir, capsules, orally, twice daily for 12 weeks or 24 weeks
Biological: Peg-IFN
Peg-IFN 1.5 μg/kg once per week, subcutaneously (SC) for 24 or 48 weeks
Other Names:
  • PegIntron
Drug: ribavirin
Capsules containing 200 mg RBV orally, 3 to 5 capsules, dosage based on the participant's weight (600 mg/day to 1000 mg/day), for 24 or 48 weeks
Other Names:
  • REBETOL®
Experimental: Vaniprevir 24 Week Arm
Participants on this arm receive 24 weeks of vaniprevir (300 mg twice daily) along with 24 weeks of treatment with peg-IFN and RBV.
Drug: vaniprevir
Capsules containing 150 mg vaniprevir, orally, two in the morning and two in the evening for 12 or 24 weeks
Other Names:
  • MK-7009
Biological: Peg-IFN
Peg-IFN 1.5 μg/kg once per week, subcutaneously (SC) for 24 or 48 weeks
Other Names:
  • PegIntron
Drug: ribavirin
Capsules containing 200 mg RBV orally, 3 to 5 capsules, dosage based on the participant's weight (600 mg/day to 1000 mg/day), for 24 or 48 weeks
Other Names:
  • REBETOL®
Active Comparator: Control Arm
Participants on this arm receive 24 weeks of treatment with placebo to vaniprevir along with 48 weeks of treatment with peg-IFN and RBV.
Drug: Placebo to vaniprevir
Placebo to vaniprevir, capsules, orally, twice daily for 12 weeks or 24 weeks
Biological: Peg-IFN
Peg-IFN 1.5 μg/kg once per week, subcutaneously (SC) for 24 or 48 weeks
Other Names:
  • PegIntron
Drug: ribavirin
Capsules containing 200 mg RBV orally, 3 to 5 capsules, dosage based on the participant's weight (600 mg/day to 1000 mg/day), for 24 or 48 weeks
Other Names:
  • REBETOL®

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Percentage of Participants Achieving Sustained Virologic Response 24 Weeks After Completion of All Study Therapy (SVR24)
Time Frame: 24 weeks after 24 or 48 weeks of study therapy (up to 72 weeks)
SVR24 was defined as having an undetectable HCV RNA level 24 weeks after completion of all study therapy.
24 weeks after 24 or 48 weeks of study therapy (up to 72 weeks)
Percentage of Participants With One or More Tier 1 Adverse Events (AEs) During the Study
Time Frame: From Day 1 (post-dose) through completion of Week 24 Follow-up (up to 72 weeks)
An adverse experience was defined as any unfavorable and unintended change in the structure, function, or chemistry of the body temporally associated with the use of the product, whether or not considered related to the use of the product. Any worsening (i.e., any clinically significant adverse change in frequency and/or intensity) of a preexisting condition which is temporally associated with the use of the product, was also an adverse experience. For this study, safety parameters or AEs of special interest that were identified a priori constituted "Tier 1" safety endpoints that were subject to inferential testing for statistical significance. Tier 1 AEs on this study included serious rash, anemia (anemia plus haemoglobin decreased), neutropenia (neutropenia plus neutrophil count decreased), bilirubin increased and gastrointestinal adverse (GI) experiences (vomiting, nausea, and diarrhea).
From Day 1 (post-dose) through completion of Week 24 Follow-up (up to 72 weeks)
Percentage of Participants Who Discontinued Study Drug Due to an AE
Time Frame: From Day 1 (post-dose) through completion of Week 24 Follow-up (up to 72 weeks)
An adverse experience was defined as any unfavorable and unintended change in the structure, function, or chemistry of the body temporally associated with the use of the product, whether or not considered related to the use of the product. Any worsening (i.e., any clinically significant adverse change in frequency and/or intensity) of a preexisting condition which is temporally associated with the use of the product, was also an adverse experience.
From Day 1 (post-dose) through completion of Week 24 Follow-up (up to 72 weeks)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Percentage of Participants Achieving SVR12
Time Frame: 12 weeks after 24 or 48 weeks of study therapy (up to 60 weeks)
SVR12 was defined as having an undetectable HCV RNA level 12 weeks after completion of all study therapy.
12 weeks after 24 or 48 weeks of study therapy (up to 60 weeks)
Percentage of Participants Achieving Rapid Virologic Response (RVR)
Time Frame: At Week 4
RVR was defined as having an undetectable HCV RNA level at Week 4.
At Week 4
Percentage of Participants Achieving Complete Early Virologic Response (cEVR)
Time Frame: At Week 12
cEVR was defined as having an undetectable HCV RNA level at Week 12.
At Week 12
Percentage of Participants Achieving Undetectable HCV RNA at the End of Treatment (EOT)
Time Frame: At Week 24 or 48
Participants were assessed for undetectable HCV RNA levels at the end of all study therapy.
At Week 24 or 48
Least Squares (LS) Mean Change From Baseline in HCV RNA (Log 10)
Time Frame: Baseline, Week 2, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 24
HCV RNA levels were assessed at baseline (BL) and during treatment weeks 2, 4, 8, 12, and 24 using the Roche TaqMan HCV assay, and transformed to Log 10 values. HCV RNA values below the limit of reliable quantification (LoQ) or the limit of detection (LoD) at any time point were handled as follows (imputations done for computational purposes): values below the LoQ but above the LoD were imputed with the LoQ minus 0.1; values below the LoD were imputed with the value of 0 Log IU/mL. HCV RNA levels below the LoD were considered "undetectable".
Baseline, Week 2, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 24

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

June 27, 2011

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 31, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

March 17, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 8, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 9, 2011

First Posted (Estimate)

June 10, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

October 18, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 21, 2018

Last Verified

September 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 7009-043

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

https://www.merck.com/clinical-trials/pdf/ProcedureAccessClinicalTrialData.pdf

Study Data/Documents

  1. CSR Synopsis

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