Glecaprevir and Pibrentasvir for Japanese Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Genotype 3 Hepatitis C Virus Coinfection: A Report of Three Cases

Intern Med. 2019 Mar 15;58(6):797-802. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.1856-18. Epub 2018 Nov 19.

Abstract

The efficacy and safety of glecaprevir and pibrentasvir in Japanese patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and/or genotype 3 hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is yet to be clarified. This is because no or only a few patients have been included in Japanese phase 3 trials. We herein report for the first time the successful treatment of glecaprevir and pibrentasvir in three Japanese patients with HIV and genotype 3 HCV coinfection as well as hemophilia. Glecaprevir and pibrentasvir treatment is safe and effective for Japanese patients with genotype 3 HCV and HIV coinfection.

Keywords: HCV; HIV; genotype 3; glecaprevir; hemophilia; pibrentasvir.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aminoisobutyric Acids
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Benzimidazoles / therapeutic use*
  • Coinfection / drug therapy*
  • Cyclopropanes
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Genotype
  • HIV Infections / complications
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy*
  • HIV-1*
  • Hepacivirus / genetics
  • Hepatitis C, Chronic / complications
  • Hepatitis C, Chronic / drug therapy*
  • Hepatitis C, Chronic / virology
  • Humans
  • Lactams, Macrocyclic
  • Leucine / analogs & derivatives
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Proline / analogs & derivatives
  • Pyrrolidines
  • Quinoxalines / therapeutic use*
  • Sulfonamides / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Aminoisobutyric Acids
  • Antiviral Agents
  • Benzimidazoles
  • Cyclopropanes
  • Lactams, Macrocyclic
  • Pyrrolidines
  • Quinoxalines
  • Sulfonamides
  • pibrentasvir
  • Proline
  • Leucine
  • glecaprevir