Clinical trial NCT02332720
Conditions: Hepatitis C
Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Start date: 2015-01-28; Completion date: 2017-05-03
Enrollment: 413 participants; Allocation: RANDOMIZED; Intervention model: PARALLEL

Brief summary:
This is a randomized, three-part, parallel-group, open-label trial of grazoprevir (MK-5172) (100 mg) and uprifosbuvir (MK-3682) (300 mg or 450 mg) with either elbasvir (MK-8742) (50 mg) or ruzasvir (MK-8408) (60 mg), and with or without ribavirin (RBV), in treatment-naive (TN) or treatment-experienced (TE) cirrhotic (C) or non-cirrhotic (NC) participants infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype (GT) 3, GT4, GT5, or GT6. Part A will consist of 4 arms to evaluate the safety of dose combinations. In Part B, participants will take 2 uprifosbuvir (+) grazoprevir (+) ruzasvir (MK-3682B) fixed dose combination (FDC) tablets once daily (q.d.) by mouth, with or without twice-daily (b.i.d.) RBV (200 mg capsules; weight-based dosing). Participants who relapse following completion of therapy in Part A will be offered the option of retreatment with 16 weeks of uprifosbuvir (+) grazoprevir (+) ruzasvir with RBV in Part C (data obtained from Part C will not be used in the analysis of outcome measures).

Detailed description:
In Part A, study therapy will be administered as separate products, each taken q.d. by mouth. In Part B and Part C, participants will take 2 uprifosbuvir (+) grazoprevir (+) ruzasvir FDC tablets q.d. by mouth; each uprifosbuvir (+) grazoprevir (+) ruzasvir FDC tablet contains grazoprevir 50 mg + uprifosbuvir 225 mg + ruzasvir 30 mg.

Arms: arm 1: In Part A, HCV GT3-infected NC TN participants will take grazoprevir (100 mg) + uprifosbuvir (300 mg) + elbasvir (50 mg) q.d. by mouth for 8 weeks. Part A participants who relapsed following completion of therapy were offered the option of retreatment with 2 MK-3682B FDC tablets (each containing grazoprevir 50 mg + uprifosbuvir 225 mg + ruzasvir 30 mg) q.d. and RBV (weight-based dosing) b.i.d. by mouth for 16 weeks during Part C. arm 2: In Part A, HCV GT3-infected NC TN participants will take grazoprevir (100 mg) + uprifosbuvir (300 mg) + ruzasvir (60 mg) q.d. by mouth for 8 weeks. Part A participants who relapsed following completion of therapy were offered the option of retreatment with 2 MK-3682B FDC tablets (each containing grazoprevir 50 mg + uprifosbuvir 225 mg + ruzasvir 30 mg) q.d. and RBV (weight-based dosing) b.i.d. by mouth for 16 weeks during Part C. arm 3: In Part A, HCV GT3-infected NC TN participants will take grazoprevir (100 mg) + uprifosbuvir (450 mg) + elbasvir (50 mg) q.d. by mouth for 8 weeks. Part A participants who relapsed following completion of therapy were offered the option of retreatment with 2 MK-3682B FDC tablets (each containing grazoprevir 50 mg + uprifosbuvir 225 mg + ruzasvir 30 mg) q.d. and RBV (weight-based dosing) b.i.d. by mouth for 16 weeks during Part C. arm 4: Participants will be randomized to either Part A or Part B. In Part A, HCV GT3-infected NC TN participants will take grazoprevir (100 mg) + uprifosbuvir (450 mg) + ruzasvir (60 mg) q.d. by mouth for 8 weeks. In Part B, HCV GT3-infected NC TN participants will take 2 MK-3682B FDC tablets (each containing grazoprevir 50 mg + uprifosbuvir 225 mg + ruzasvir 30 mg) q.d. by mouth for 8 weeks. Part A participants who relapsed following completion of therapy were offered the option of retreatment with 2 MK-3682B FDC tablets (each containing grazoprevir 50 mg + uprifosbuvir 225 mg + ruzasvir 30 mg) q.d. and RBV (weight-based dosing) b.i.d. by mouth for 16 weeks during Part C. arm 5: In Part B, HCV GT3-infected NC TN participants will take 2 MK-3682B FDC tablets (each containing grazoprevir 50 mg + uprifosbuvir 225 mg + ruzasvir 30 mg) q.d., and RBV (weight-based dosing) b.i.d., by mouth for 8 weeks. arm 6: In Part B, HCV GT3-infected NC TN participants will take 2 MK-3682B FDC tablets (each containing grazoprevir 50 mg + uprifosbuvir 225 mg + ruzasvir 30 mg) q.d. by mouth for 12 weeks. arm 7: In Part B, HCV GT3-infected NC TN participants will take 2 MK-3682B FDC tablets (each containing grazoprevir 50 mg + uprifosbuvir 225 mg + ruzasvir 30 mg) q.d., and RBV (weight-based dosing) b.i.d., by mouth for 12 weeks. arm 8: In Part B, HCV GT3-infected NC TE participants will take 2 MK-3682B FDC tablets (each containing grazoprevir 50 mg + uprifosbuvir 225 mg + ruzasvir 30 mg) q.d. by mouth for 8 weeks. arm 9: In Part B, HCV GT3-infected NC TE participants will take 2 MK-3682B FDC tablets (each containing grazoprevir 50 mg + uprifosbuvir 225 mg + ruzasvir 30 mg) q.d., and RBV (weight-based dosing) b.i.d., by mouth for 8 weeks. arm 10: In Part B, HCV GT3-infected NC TE participants will take 2 MK-3682B FDC tablets (each containing grazoprevir 50 mg + uprifosbuvir 225 mg + ruzasvir 30 mg) q.d. by mouth for 12 weeks. arm 11: In Part B, HCV GT3-infected NC TE participants will take 2 MK-3682 FDC tablets (each containing grazoprevir 50 mg + uprifosbuvir 225 mg + ruzasvir 30 mg) q.d., and RBV (weight-based dosing) b.i.d., by mouth for 12 weeks. arm 12: In Part B, HCV GT3-infected NC TE participants will take 2 MK-3682B FDC tablets (each containing grazoprevir 50 mg + uprifosbuvir 225 mg + ruzasvir 30 mg) q.d. by mouth for 16 weeks. arm 13: In Part B, HCV GT3-infected C TN participants will take 2 MK-3682B FDC tablets (each containing grazoprevir 50 mg + uprifosbuvir 225 mg + ruzasvir 30 mg) q.d. by mouth for 12 weeks. arm 14: In Part B, HCV GT3-infected C TN participants will take 2 MK-3682B FDC tablets (each containing grazoprevir 50 mg + uprifosbuvir 225 mg + ruzasvir 30 mg) q.d., and RBV (weight-based dosing) b.i.d., by mouth for 12 weeks. arm 15: In Part B, HCV GT3-infected C TN participants will take 2 MK-3682B FDC tablets (each containing grazoprevir 50 mg + uprifosbuvir 225 mg + ruzasvir 30 mg) q.d. by mouth for 16 weeks. arm 16: In Part B, HCV GT3-infected C TE participants will take 2 MK-3682B FDC tablets (each containing grazoprevir 50 mg + uprifosbuvir 225 mg + ruzasvir 30 mg) q.d. by mouth for 12 weeks. arm 17: In Part B, HCV GT3-infected C TE participants will take 2 MK-3682B FDC tablets (each containing grazoprevir 50 mg + uprifosbuvir 225 mg + ruzasvir 30 mg) q.d., and RBV (weight-based dosing) b.i.d., by mouth for 12 weeks. arm 18: In Part B, HCV GT3-infected C TE participants will take 2 MK-3682B FDC tablets (each containing grazoprevir 50 mg + uprifosbuvir 225 mg + ruzasvir 30 mg) q.d. by mouth for 16 weeks. arm 19: In Part B, HCV GT3-infected C TE participants will take 2 MK-3682B FDC tablets (each containing grazoprevir 50 mg + uprifosbuvir 225 mg + ruzasvir 30 mg) q.d., and RBV (weight-based dosing) b.i.d., by mouth for 16 weeks. arm 20: In Part B, HCV GT4-infected NC TN participants will take 2 MK-3682B FDC tablets (each containing grazoprevir 50 mg + uprifosbuvir 225 mg + ruzasvir 30 mg) q.d. by mouth for 8 weeks. arm 21: In Part B, HCV GT5-infected NC TN participants will take 2 MK-3682B FDC tablets (each containing grazoprevir 50 mg + uprifosbuvir 225 mg + ruzasvir 30 mg) q.d. by mouth for 12 weeks. arm 22: In Part B, HCV GT6-infected NC TN participants will take 2 MK-3682B FDC tablets (each containing grazoprevir 50 mg + uprifosbuvir 225 mg + ruzasvir 30 mg) q.d. by mouth for 12 weeks.
Interventions: intervention 1: Grazoprevir intervention 2: Uprifosbuvir intervention 3: Elbasvir intervention 4: Ruzasvir intervention 5: MK-3682B intervention 6: Ribavirin (RBV)
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Part A: one grazoprevir 100 mg tablet taken q.d. by mouth. intervention 2: Part A: two or three uprifosbuvir 150 mg (300 or 450 mg total daily dose) tablets taken q.d. by mouth. intervention 3: Part A: one elbasvir 50 mg tablet taken q.d. by mouth. intervention 4: Part A: six ruzasvir 10 mg (60 mg total daily dose) capsules taken q.d. by mouth. intervention 5: Part B and Part C: two FDC tablets, each containing grazoprevir 50 mg + elbasvir 225 mg + ruzasvir 30 mg, taken q.d. by mouth. intervention 6: Part B and Part C: RBV 200 mg capsules taken b.i.d. by mouth at a total daily dose of 800 mg - 1400 mg based on participant body weight.

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