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. 2019 Mar 13;54(8):752–761. doi: 10.1007/s00535-019-01569-7

Table 1.

Baseline demographics and disease characteristics

Characteristic GT1
N = 602
GT2
N = 297
Overall
N = 899
Male, n (%) 304 (50) 141 (47) 445 (49)
Race, n (%)
 White 384 (64) 171 (59) 555 (62)
 Black or African American 33 (5) 13 (4) 46 (5)
 Asiana 180 (30) 107 (36) 287 (31)
 Other 5 (< 1) 6 (2) 11 (1)
Age, median (range), years 54 (19–86) 57 (21–83) 55 (19–86)
Age distribution, n (%)
 ≥ 65 113 (19) 61 (21) 174 (19)
 ≥ 75 31 (5) 13 (4) 44 (5)
BMI, median (range), kg/m2 24.7 (16.2–41.4) 25.3 (14.2–65.7) 24.8 (14.2–65.7)
HCV treatment history
 Treatment-naïve 411 (68) 262 (88) 673 (75)
 Treatment-experiencedb 191 (32) 35 (12) 226 (25)
Baseline HCV RNA level, median (range), log10 IU/mL 6.2 (1.2–7.6) 6.6 (0.7–7.6) 6.3 (0.7–7.6)
FIB-4 index, median (range) 1.4 (0.3–7.8) 1.5 (0.3–7.9) 1.4 (0.3–7.9)
FIB-4 index
 < 1.45 317 (53) 147 (49) 464 (52)
 1.45–3.25 244 (41) 122 (41) 366 (41)
 > 3.25 41 (7) 28 (9) 69 (8)
IL28B
 CC 217 (36) 165 (56) 382 (42)
 Non-CC 385 (64) 132 (44) 517 (58)
Presence of key baseline substitutions, n (%)
 NS3 onlyc 9 (2) 2 (< 1) 11 (1)
 NS5A onlyd 81 (14) 26 (9) 107 (13)
 NS3 + NS5Ac,d 1 (< 1) 1 (< 1) 2 (< 1)
Baseline NS5A Y93H, n (%) 54 (9) 0 54 (6)
History of disorders, n (%)
 Hypertension 153 (25) 42 (14) 195 (22)
 Gastroesophageal reflux disease 45 (7) 7 (2) 52 (6)
 Hyperlipidemia 13 (2) 14 (5) 27 (3)
 Diabetes 41 (7) 20 (7) 61 (7)
 Cardiovascular disease 187 (31) 108 (36) 295 (33)
 Chronic kidney disease stage 4 or 5e 3 (< 1) 7 (2) 10 (1)
Concomitant medications, n (%)
 Calcium channel blockers 77 (13) 46 (15) 123 (14)
 Angiotensin II receptor blockers 67 (11) 23 (8) 90 (10)
 Statins 32 (5) 17 (6) 49 (5)
 Proton pump inhibitors 53 (9) 37 (12) 90 (10)

BMI body-mass index, HCV hepatitis C virus, FIB-4 fibrosis-4

aIncludes 132 GT1-infected and 104 GT2-infected Japanese patients from CERTAIN-1 and CERTAIN-2 Phase 3 clinical trials

bPrior treatment experience with interferon (IFN)/pegIFN ± ribavirin (RBV)

cDefined as having any baseline NS3 resistance-associated variant (at amino acid positions 155, 156, and 168) at ≥ 15% NGS detection threshold

dDefined as having any baseline NS5A resistance-associated variant (at amino acid positions 24 (GT2 only), 28, 30, 31 (GT1 only), 92 (GT2 only), and 93) at ≥ 15% NGS detection threshold

eDefined as estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) < 30 mL/min/1.73 m2 at screening