Study to Evaluate Effect of Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir/GS-9857 Fixed-Dose Combination on the Pharmacokinetics of a Representative Hormonal Contraceptive Medication, Norgestimate/Ethinyl Estradiol

A Phase 1, Open-Label, Drug Interaction Study Evaluating the Effect of Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir/GS-9857 Fixed-Dose Combination on the Pharmacokinetics of a Representative Hormonal Contraceptive Medication, Norgestimate/Ethinyl Estradiol

This study will evaluate the effect of sofosbuvir (SOF)/velpatasvir (VEL)/voxilaprevir (VOX) fixed-dose combination (FDC) + voxilaprevir on the pharmacokinetics (PK) of a representative hormonal contraceptive medication, norgestimate/ethinyl estradiol (Ortho Tri-Cyclen® Lo (OC)) and will assess the effect of norgestimate/ethinyl estradiol on the PK of SOF/VEL/VOX+VOX.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: HCV Infection
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: SOF/VEL/VOX; Drug: VOX; Drug: Norgestimate/ethinyl estradiol

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 15
• Phase: Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• New Zealand
  • Christchurch, New Zealand

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 45 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Premenopausal female
• Must have a calculated body mass index (BMI) ≥ 19.0 and ≤ 30.0 kg/m^2 at screening
• Must have a negative serum pregnancy test at screening and urine pregnancy test at Day -1
• Be willing and able to comply with all study requirements.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Lactating female

• Have a history of any of the following:

  • Significant drug sensitivity or drug allergy (such as anaphylaxis or hepatoxicity)
  • Known hypersensitivity to the study drugs, the metabolites or formulation excipients
• Believed, by the study investigator, to be inappropriate for study participation for any reason

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Experimental: SOF/VEL/VOX + VOX; Part A: Participants without a documented history of taking norgestimate/ethinyl estradiol for at least one menstrual cycle will receive norgestimate/ethinyl estradiol. Participants with a documented history of taking norgestimate/ethinyl estradiol may enroll directly into Part B of the study. Part B: Participants will continue taking norgestimate/ethinyl estradiol for the remainder of the study and will receive SOF/VEL/VOX FDC plus VOX.

Drug: SOF/VEL/VOX; 400/100/100 mg FDC tablet administered orally once daily; Other Names: Epclusa®; Drug: VOX; 100 mg tablet administered orally once daily; Other Names: GS-9857; Drug: Norgestimate/ethinyl estradiol; Norgestimate 0.180 mg/0.215 mg/0.25 mg/ethinyl estradiol 0.025 mg tablet administered orally once daily according to the package insert; Other Names: Ortho-Tri-Cyclen® Lo

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Pharmacokinetic (PK) Parameter: AUCtau of Norelgestromin	AUCtau is defined as concentration of drug over time (the area under the concentration verses time curve over the dosing interval).	Cycle 1,Study Day 14: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose; Cycle 2,Study Day 42: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose
PK Parameter: AUCtau of Norgestrel	AUCtau is defined as concentration of drug over time (the area under the concentration verses time curve over the dosing interval).	Cycle 1,Study Day 14: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose; Cycle 2,Study Day 42: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose
PK Parameter: AUCtau of Ethinyl Estradiol	AUCtau is defined as concentration of drug over time (the area under the concentration verses time curve over the dosing interval).	Cycle 1,Study Day 14: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose; Cycle 2,Study Day 42: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose
Pharmacokinetic (PK) Parameter: AUCtau of Norgestimate	AUCtau is defined as concentration of drug over time (the area under the concentration verses time curve over the dosing interval).	Cycle 1,Study Day 14:Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose; Cycle 2,Study Day 42: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose
PK Parameter: Cmax of Norelgestromin	Cmax is defined as the maximum concentration of drug.	Cycle 1,Study Day 14:Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose; Cycle 2,Study Day 42: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose
PK Parameter: Cmax of Norgestrel	Cmax is defined as the maximum concentration of drug.	Cycle 1,Study Day 14: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose; Cycle 2,Study Day 42: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose
PK Parameter: Cmax of Ethinyl Estradiol	Cmax is defined as the maximum concentration of drug.	Cycle 1,Study Day 14: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose; Cycle 2,Study Day 42: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose
PK Parameter: Cmax of Norgestimate	Cmax is defined as the maximum concentration of drug.	Cycle 1,Study Day 14: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose; Cycle 2,Study Day 42: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose
PK Parameter: Ctau of Norelgestromin	Ctau is defined as the observed drug concentration at the end of the dosing interval.	Part A:Cycle 1,Study Day 14:Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose; Part B:Cycle 2,Study Day 42:Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose
PK Parameter: Ctau of Norgestrel	Ctau is defined as the observed drug concentration at the end of the dosing interval.	Cycle 1,Study Day 14: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose; Cycle 2,Study Day 42: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose
PK Parameter: Ctau of Ethinyl Estradiol	Ctau is defined as the observed drug concentration at the end of the dosing interval.	Cycle 1,Study Day 14: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose; Cycle 2,Study Day 42: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose
PK Parameter: Ctau of Norgestimate	Ctau is defined as the observed drug concentration at the end of the dosing interval.	Cycle 1,Study Day 14: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose;Cycle 2,Study Day 42: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Percentage of Participants Who Experienced Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events		First dose date up to the last dose date (maximum: 84 days) plus 10 days
Percentage of Participants Who Experienced Laboratory Abnormalities	Treatment-emergent laboratory abnormalities were defined as values that increase at least one toxicity grade from baseline. The most severe graded abnormality from all tests was counted for each participant. Grade 1: mild; Grade 2: moderate;Grade 3: severe or medically significant but not immediately life-threatening; Grade 4: life-threatening consequences.	First dose date up to the last dose date (maximum: 84 days) plus 10 days
PK Parameter: Tmax of Norelgestromin, Norgestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol, and Norgestimate	Tmax is defined as the time (observed time point) of Cmax.	Cycle 1,Study Day 14: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose; Cycle 2,Study Day 42: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose
PK Parameter: Tlast of Norelgestromin, Norgestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol, and Norgestimate	Tlast is defined as the time (observed time point) of Clast.	Cycle 1,Study Day 14: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose; Cycle 2,Study Day 42: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose
PK Parameter: λz of Norelgestromin, Norgestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol, and Norgestimate	λz is defined as the terminal elimination rate constant, estimated by linear regression of the terminal elimination phase of the log plasma concentration of drug versus time curve of the drug.	Cycle 1,Study Day 14: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose; Cycle 2,Study Day 42:Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose
PK Parameter: t1/2 of Norelgestromin, Norgestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol, and Norgestimate	t1/2 is defined as the estimate of the terminal elimination half-life of the drug.	Cycle 1,Study Day 14: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose; Cycle 2,Study Day 42: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose
PK Parameter: CLss/F Ethinyl Estradiol, and Norgestimate	CLss/F is defined as the apparent steady state oral clearance following administration of the drug.	\Cycle 1,Study Day 14: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose; Cycle 2,Study Day 42: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose
PK Parameter: Cmax of Sofosbuvir (SOF), SOF Metabolites (GS-566500 and GS-331007), Velpatasvir (VEL), and Voxilaprevir (VOX)	Cmax is defined as the maximum concentration of drug.	Cycle 2, Study Day 42: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose
PK Parameter: Tmax of SOF, SOF Metabolites (GS-566500 and GS-331007), VEL, and VOX	Tmax is defined as the time (observed time point) of Cmax.	Cycle 2, Study Day 42: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose
PK Parameter: Tlast of SOF, SOF Metabolites (GS-566500 and GS-331007), VEL, and VOX	Tlast is defined as the time (observed time point) of Clast.	Cycle 2, Study Day 42: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose
PK Parameter: Ctau of SOF Metabolites (GS-566500 and GS-331007), VEL, and VOX	Ctau is defined as the observed drug concentration at the end of the dosing interval.	Cycle 2, Study Day 42: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose
PK Parameter: λz of SOF, SOF Metabolites (GS-566500 and GS-331007), VEL, and VOX	λz is defined as the terminal elimination rate constant, estimated by linear regression of the terminal elimination phase of the log plasma concentration of drug versus time curve of the drug.	Cycle 2, Study Day 42: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose
PK Parameter: AUCtau of SOF, SOF Metabolites (GS-566500 and GS-331007), VEL, and VOX	AUCtau is defined as concentration of drug over time (the area under the concentration verses time curve over the dosing interval).	Cycle 2, Study Day 42: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose
PK Parameter: CLss/F of SOF, VEL, and VOX	CLss/F is defined as the apparent steady state oral clearance following administration of the drug.	Cycle 2, Study Day 42: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose
PK Parameter: t1/2 of SOF, SOF Metabolites (GS-566500 and GS-331007), VEL, and VOX	t1/2 is defined as the estimate of the terminal elimination half-life of the drug.	Cycle 2, Study Day 42: Predose and 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, and 24 hours postdose

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Gilead Sciences

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 29, 2015
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 18, 2016
• Study Completion (Actual): March 18, 2016

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 24, 2015
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 24, 2015
• First Posted (Estimate): August 26, 2015

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 2, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 17, 2020
• Last Verified: August 1, 2020

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Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Digestive System Diseases; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Infections; Blood-Borne Infections; Communicable Diseases; Liver Diseases; Flaviviridae Infections; Hepatitis, Viral, Human; Hepatitis; Hepatitis C; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Hormones; Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists; Estrogens; Contraceptive Agents, Hormonal; Contraceptive Agents; Reproductive Control Agents; Contraceptives, Oral, Combined; Contraceptives, Oral; Contraceptive Agents, Female; Contraceptives, Oral, Synthetic; Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal; Norgestimate, ethinyl estradiol drug combination; Estradiol; Ethinyl Estradiol; Norgestimate
• Other Study ID Numbers: GS-US-367-1909

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: Yes
• IPD Plan Description: Qualified external researchers may request IPD for this study after study completion. For more information, please visit our website at https://www.gilead.com/science-and-medicine/research/clinical-trials-transparency-and-data-sharing-policy
• IPD Sharing Time Frame: 18 months after study completion
• IPD Sharing Access Criteria: A secured external environment with username, password, and RSA code.
• IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type: Study Protocol; Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP)

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No