Aim: This study aimed to investigate the role of resistance-associated substitutions (RASs) to direct-acting-antivirals (DAAs) in HCV genotype 3 (GT3). Methods: Within the Italian VIRONET-C network, a total of 539 GT3-infected patients (417 DAA-naïve and 135 DAA-failures, of them, 13 at both baseline and failure) were analysed. Sanger sequencing of NS3/NS5A/NS5B was performed following home-made protocols. Results: The majority of patients were male (79.4%), 91.4% were injection drug users, 49.3% were cirrhotic and 13.9% were HIV co-infected. Phylogenetic analysis classified sequences as GT3a-b-g-h (98%-0.4%-0.2%-1.2%) respectively. Overall, 135 patients failed a DAA regimen: sofosbuvir (SOF)/daclatasvir (DCV) or velpatasvir (VEL)±ribavirin (RBV) (N = 91/15) and glecaprevir (G)/pibrentasvir (P) (N = 9). Moreover, 14.8% of patients were treated with suboptimal regimens for GT3: 3D ± RBV (Paritaprevir/r + Ombitasvir+Dasabuvir, N = 15), SOF + Simeprevir (SIM) (N = 1) or SOF/Ledipasvir (LDV) ± RBV (N = 4). RAS prevalence was 15.8% in DAA-naïve patients. At failure, 81.5% patients showed at least one RAS: 11/25 (44.0%) in NS3, 109/135 (80.7%) in NS5A, 7/111 (6.3%) in NS5B SOF-failures. In NS5A-failures, Y93H RAS was the most prevalent (68.5% vs 5.1% DAA-naïve, P <.001) followed by A30K (12.7% vs 2.8% in DAA-naïve, P <.001). Analysing baseline samples, a higher prevalence of NS5A-RASs was observed before treatment in DAA-failures (5/13, 38.5%) vs DAA-naïves (61/393, 15.5%, P =.04). Regarding 228 DAA-naïve patients with an available outcome, 93.9% achieved a SVR. Interestingly, patients with baseline Y93H and/or A30K had SVR rate of 72.2% vs 95.7% for patients without NS5A-RASs (P =.002). Conclusions: In this real-life GT3 cohort, the majority of failures harboured resistant variants carrying NS5A-RASs, the most frequent being Y93H. The presence of natural NS5A-RASs before treatment was associated with failure. Further analyses are needed to confirm this observation, particularly for the new current regimens.
Resistance analysis and treatment outcomes in hepatitis C virus genotype 3-infected patients within the Italian network VIRONET-C / Di Maio, V. C.; Barbaliscia, S.; Teti, E.; Fiorentino, G.; Milana, M.; Paolucci, S.; Pollicino, T.; Morsica, G.; Starace, M.; Bruzzone, B.; Gennari, W.; Micheli, V.; Yu La Rosa, K.; Foroghi, L.; Calvaruso, V.; Lenci, I.; Polilli, E.; Babudieri, S.; Aghemo, A.; Raimondo, G.; Sarmati, L.; Coppola, N.; Pasquazzi, C.; Baldanti, F.; Parruti, G.; Perno, C. F.; Angelico, M.; Craxi, A.; Andreoni, M.; Ceccherini-Silberstein, F.; Andreone, P.; Aragri, M.; Bertoli, A.; Boeri, E.; Brancaccio, G.; Brunetto, M.; Callegaro, A. P.; Cenderello, G.; Cento, V.; Ciaccio, A.; Ciancio, A.; Cuomo, N.; De Santis, A.; Di Biagio, A.; Di Marco, V.; Di Perri, G.; Di Stefano, M. A.; Gaeta, G. B.; Ghisetti, V.; Gulminetti, R.; Lampertico, P.; Landonio, S.; Lichtner, M.; Lleo, A.; Maida, I.; Marenco, S.; Masetti, C.; Mastroianni, C.; Minichini, C.; Milano, E.; Monno, L.; Novati, S.; Pace Palitti, V.; Paternoster, C.; Pellicelli, A.; Pieri, A.; Puoti, M.; Rizzardini, G.; Ruggiero, T.; Rossetti, B.; Sangiovanni, V.; Santantonio, T.; Taliani, G.; Toniutto, P.; Vullo, V.; Zazzi, M.. - In: LIVER INTERNATIONAL. - ISSN 1478-3223. - 41:8(2021), pp. 1802-1814. [10.1111/liv.14797]
Resistance analysis and treatment outcomes in hepatitis C virus genotype 3-infected patients within the Italian network VIRONET-C
Andreone P.;
2021
Abstract
Aim: This study aimed to investigate the role of resistance-associated substitutions (RASs) to direct-acting-antivirals (DAAs) in HCV genotype 3 (GT3). Methods: Within the Italian VIRONET-C network, a total of 539 GT3-infected patients (417 DAA-naïve and 135 DAA-failures, of them, 13 at both baseline and failure) were analysed. Sanger sequencing of NS3/NS5A/NS5B was performed following home-made protocols. Results: The majority of patients were male (79.4%), 91.4% were injection drug users, 49.3% were cirrhotic and 13.9% were HIV co-infected. Phylogenetic analysis classified sequences as GT3a-b-g-h (98%-0.4%-0.2%-1.2%) respectively. Overall, 135 patients failed a DAA regimen: sofosbuvir (SOF)/daclatasvir (DCV) or velpatasvir (VEL)±ribavirin (RBV) (N = 91/15) and glecaprevir (G)/pibrentasvir (P) (N = 9). Moreover, 14.8% of patients were treated with suboptimal regimens for GT3: 3D ± RBV (Paritaprevir/r + Ombitasvir+Dasabuvir, N = 15), SOF + Simeprevir (SIM) (N = 1) or SOF/Ledipasvir (LDV) ± RBV (N = 4). RAS prevalence was 15.8% in DAA-naïve patients. At failure, 81.5% patients showed at least one RAS: 11/25 (44.0%) in NS3, 109/135 (80.7%) in NS5A, 7/111 (6.3%) in NS5B SOF-failures. In NS5A-failures, Y93H RAS was the most prevalent (68.5% vs 5.1% DAA-naïve, P <.001) followed by A30K (12.7% vs 2.8% in DAA-naïve, P <.001). Analysing baseline samples, a higher prevalence of NS5A-RASs was observed before treatment in DAA-failures (5/13, 38.5%) vs DAA-naïves (61/393, 15.5%, P =.04). Regarding 228 DAA-naïve patients with an available outcome, 93.9% achieved a SVR. Interestingly, patients with baseline Y93H and/or A30K had SVR rate of 72.2% vs 95.7% for patients without NS5A-RASs (P =.002). Conclusions: In this real-life GT3 cohort, the majority of failures harboured resistant variants carrying NS5A-RASs, the most frequent being Y93H. The presence of natural NS5A-RASs before treatment was associated with failure. Further analyses are needed to confirm this observation, particularly for the new current regimens.
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