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. 2014 Feb;58(2):698–705. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01976-13

TABLE 2.

Summary of reported baseline frequency of clinically relevant NS3 amino acid changes in patients chronically infected with HCV genotype 1a and naive to HCV protease inhibitorsf

Study characteristics Reported amino acid substitution(s) (%)a at NS3 amino acid position:
V36 F43 T54 V55 Q80 S122 I132 R155 A156 V158 D168 I170 L175
EU HCV and Los Alamos 2008 (25), n = 131 M (<1) S (<1) NA K (34), R (<1) NA NA K (<1) NA E (<1) NA
Gilead Science and Los Alamos 2010 (12),b n = 268 NA NA NA NA K (47) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Los Alamos 2013 (18), n = 680 L (<1), M (<1) S (<1) S (1) NA K (37), R (<1) NA NA G (<1), K (<1) NA E (<1), G (<1) NA
GenBank analysis 2012 (15), n = 621 L (<1) A (2) K (42) NA NA NA E (<1)
French cohort (26), n = 46 NA NA NA NA K (7) G (9) V (2) NA NA NA NA NA NA
Italian cohorts (13, 14),c n = 98 L (6) S (4) A/I (3) K (14) NA NA
Swedish cohort (17), n = 53 L (4) NA A (2), S (8) A (8), I (6) K (6), R (4) NA NA NA NA NA NA
Brazilian cohort (19),d n = 37 A (3), S (3) A (3) K (3), R (3) G (5) K (3) T (5) G (3)
Scottish cohort (20),e n = 38 M (5) S (3) A (3) K (16) NA NA NA A (3) NA
Telaprevir clinical studies (16), n = 2,111 I/M (<1), L (2) A (<1), S (3) A (3), I (2) K (38), R (<1) NA V (<1) K (<1) E (<1) T (<1)
Faldaprevir clinical studies (present analysis), n = 437 L (1), M (<1) S (2) A (3), I (<1) K (23), R (<1) G (10) V (<1) K (<1) E (<1) T (<1)
a

In populations of protease inhibitor-naive patients infected with HCV genotype 1a. Population-based sequencing for NS3 sites with no variant listed, the wild-type amino acid, or amino acids not associated with PI resistance were reported (−) or data were not available (NA).

b

Only positions 54 and 80 were reported.

c

Two studies carried out in Italy and reporting similar results were pooled. Included 55 HIV/HCV-coinfected patients.

d

Genotype not confirmed. Based on the prevalent genotype in the region of study.

e

HIV/HCV-coinfected patients.

f

In the present analysis and in previously published studies.