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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gastroenterology. 2012 May;142(6):1324–1334.e3. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2012.02.012

Table 1.

Phase 2 Studies of HCV Protease Inhibitors in Coinfected Patients

Telaprevir Boceprevir
HCV treatment population Naive
Genotype 1
Naive
Genotype 1
HIV treatment population CD4 ≥500a cells/mm3; CD4 ≥300b cells/mm3
HIV RNA ≤100,000a copies/mL; ≤50b copies/mL
CD4 ≥200 cells/mm3
HIV RNA ≤50 copies/mL
Antiretroviral therapy EFV + TDF/FTC
ATV/r + TDF/FTC
No NNRTIs
All other drugs permitted
HCV regimen TLV 750 mg every 8 hours or 1125 mg every 8
hours (if EFV was coadministered) + PEG-IFN
alfa-2a 180 μg/wk + RBV 800 mg/dayc
BOC 800 mg every 8 hours + PEG-IFN alfa-2b (1.5
μg · kg−1 · day−1) + weight-based RBV
(600–1400 mg/day)
Lead-in phase No Yes
Duration of PI treatment (wk) 12 44
Duration of PR treatment (wk) 48 48
Response-guided therapy No No
Virologic futility rules Wk 4 or 8 HCV RNA ≥1000 IU/mL
Week 12 ≥1000 IU/mLd
Week 12 ≤2 log10 declinee
Week 24 detectable HCV RNA
Week 12 ≤2 log10 decline
Week 24 detectable HCV RNA
HCV PI PK measured Yes Yes
ART PK measured Yes No

ATV/r, atazanavir boosted with low-dose ritonavir; BOC, boceprevir; EFV, efavirenz; FTC, emtricitabine; NNRTI, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (ie, EFV); PR, PEG-IFN plus ribavirin; PK, pharmacokinetics; TDF, tenofovir; TLV, telaprevir.

a

Study arm of patients not requiring antiretrovirals.

b

Study arm of patients on select antiretrovirals.

c

Five patients received weight-based ribavirin dosing.

d

In those patients with week 4 or 8 HCV RNA ≥1000 IU/mL.

e

In all other patients.