Study to Assess Efficacy and Safety of Bulevirtide in Participants With Chronic Hepatitis Delta (CHD)

NCT ID: NCT03852719

Last Updated: 2025-08-22

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

150 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-04-17

Study Completion Date

2024-08-08

Brief Summary

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The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of bulevirtide administered subcutaneously (SC) for 48 weeks at a dose of 2 mg or 10 mg once daily for treatment of chronic hepatitis delta (CHD) in comparison to delayed treatment.

The main goal of this study is to determine the effectiveness of bulevirtide in participants randomized to bulevirtide 2 mg or 10 mg once daily SC as compared to participants randomized to delayed treatment for 48 weeks. Treatment will continue through Week 144 (participants randomized to delayed treatment will change to bulevirtide 10 mg once daily SC after Week 48 through Week 144). All participants will be followed off-treatment for an additional 96 weeks.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Chronic Hepatitis Delta

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Delayed Treatment/Bulevirtide 10 mg/day

After an observational period of 48 weeks, participants will receive treatment with bulevirtide 10 mg/day subcutaneously (SC) for 96 weeks and will be followed for up to 96 weeks (Up to Week 240).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Bulevirtide

Intervention Type DRUG

Administered via SC injections

Bulevirtide 2 mg/day

Participants will receive bulevirtide 2 mg/day SC for 144 weeks and will be followed for up to 96 weeks (Up to Week 240).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Bulevirtide

Intervention Type DRUG

Administered via SC injections

Bulevirtide 10 mg/day

Participants will receive bulevirtide 10 mg/day SC for 144 weeks and will be followed for up to 96 weeks (Up to Week 240).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Bulevirtide

Intervention Type DRUG

Administered via SC injections

Interventions

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Bulevirtide

Administered via SC injections

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Myrcludex B Hepcludex®

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Provision of signed and dated informed consent form.
2. Positive serum anti-hepatitis delta virus (HDV) antibody results or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) results for serum/ plasma HDV ribonucleic acid (RNA) for at least 6 months before screening.
3. Positive PCR results for serum/plasma HDV RNA at screening.
4. Alanine transaminase level \> 1 x upper limit of normal (ULN), but less than 10 x ULN.
5. Serum albumin \> 28 g/L.
6. Negative urine pregnancy test for females of childbearing potential.

* Postmenopausal for at least 2 years, or
* Surgically sterile (total hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy, bilateral tubal ligation, staples, or another type of sterilization), or
* Abstinence from heterosexual intercourse throughout the study, or
* Willingness to use highly effective contraception (double barrier method or barrier contraception in combination with hormonal or intrauterine contraceptive) throughout the study and for 3 months after the last dose of the study medication for individuals discontinued during the treatment period.
8. Individuals must agree to use a highly effective contraception (double barrier method or barrier contraception in combination with hormonal or intrauterine contraceptive used by female partners) and not to donate sperm throughout the study and for 3 months after the last dose of the study medication for individuals discontinued during the treatment period.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Child-Pugh hepatic insufficiency score over 7 points. Uncomplicated oesophageal varices allowed; Individuals with current bleeding or ligation, or history of bleeding or ligation within the last 2 years are excluded.
2. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) or uncontrolled human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection. Individuals with HCV antibodies can be enrolled, if screening HCV RNA test is negative. Individuals with HIV infection can be enrolled if cluster of differentiation (CD4+) cell counts are \>500/mL and HIV RNA is below limit of detection for at least 12 months.
3. Creatinine clearance \< 60 mL/min as estimated using Cockcroft-Gault formula.
4. Total bilirubin ≥ 34.2 µmol/L. (Individuals with higher total bilirubin values may be included after the consultation with the Study Medical Monitor, if such elevation can be clearly attributed to Gilbert's syndrome associated with low-grade hyperbilirubinemia.)
5. Evidence of an active or suspected malignancy or a history of malignancy, or an untreated pre-malignancy disorder within the last 5 years (with the exception of successfully treated carcinoma of the cervix in situ and successfully treated basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma not less than 1 year prior to screening \[and no more than 3 excised skin cancer within the last 5 years prior to screening\]) or history of hepatic carcinoma.
6. Systemic connective tissue disorders.
7. New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III-IV congestive heart failure.
8. Individuals with uncontrolled arterial hypertension: systolic blood pressure \> 150 mm Hg and/ or diastolic blood pressure \> 100 mm Hg at Screening.
9. Previous or unstable concurrent diseases or conditions that prevent individual's enrolment into the study.
10. Individuals with mental disorders or social circumstances that preclude them from following protocol requirements.
11. Current or previous (within last 2 years) decompensated liver disease, including coagulopathy, hepatic encephalopathy and esophageal varices hemorrhage.
12. One or more additional known primary or secondary causes of liver disease, other than hepatitis B (e.g., alcoholism, autoimmune hepatitis, malignancy with hepatic involvement, hemochromatosis, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, Wilson's Disease, other congenital or metabolic conditions affecting the liver, congestive heart failure or other severe cardiopulmonary disease, etc.). Gilbert's syndrome, a benign disorder associated with low-grade hyperbilirubinemia, will not exclude individuals from participation in this trial. Autoimmune hepatitis stigmata attributed to HDV infection in the opinion of the investigator are allowed.
13. White blood cells (WBC) count \< 3000 cells/mm\^3 (\<1500 if African individuals).
14. Neutrophil count \< 1500 cells/mm\^3 (\<1000 if African individuals).
15. Platelet count \< 60,000 cells/mm\^3.
16. Use of prohibited psychotropic agents at Screening.
17. Use of interferons within 6 months before Screening.
18. History of solid organ transplantation.
19. Current alcohol abuse or alcohol abuse within 6 months prior to enrolment in this study; past or current drug addict.
20. History of disease requiring regular use of systemic glucocorticosteroids (inhalative glucocorticosteroids are allowed) or other immunosuppressants.
21. Pregnant or breast-feeding females.
22. Participation in another clinical study with investigational drugs within 30 days prior to randomization.
23. Receipt of bulevirtide previously, e.g. in clinical trials.
24. Inability to follow protocol requirements and undergo all protocol procedures. NOTE: Individuals with medical contraindication for liver biopsy are allowed to participate in this study. Such individuals will exempt from liver biopsy requirements in this study.

Individuals receiving prohibited treatment at Screening cannot be included into the study unless this treatment is withdrawn prior to randomization.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Gilead Sciences

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Gilead Medical Monitor

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Gilead Sciences

Locations

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New York University School of Medicine, an administrative unit of New York University, an education corporation

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

Cornell University Well Madical College

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

Universitätsklinikum Essen (AoR), Klinik für Gastroenterologie und Hepatologie

Essen, , Germany

Site Status

Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt Medizinische Klinik 1

Frankfurt am Main, , Germany

Site Status

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

Hamburg, , Germany

Site Status

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Klinik für Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie und Endokrinologie

Hanover, , Germany

Site Status

Heidelberg University Hospital, Departament of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, Intoxication

Heidelberg, , Germany

Site Status

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

Milan, , Italy

Site Status

Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia- Ospedale Civile S.

Modena, , Italy

Site Status

U.O. Epatologia - Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana

Pisa, , Italy

Site Status

State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education "South Ural State Medical University" of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation

Chelyabinsk, , Russia

Site Status

Specialized clinical Infectious diseases Hospital

Krasnodar, , Russia

Site Status

Federal Budget Institution of Science "Central Research Institute of Epidemiology" of The Federal Service on Customers' Rights Protection and Human Well-being Surveillance

Moscow, , Russia

Site Status

Federal State Budgetary Institution National Research Medical Center for Phthisiopulmonology and Infectious Diseases of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Moscow, , Russia

Site Status

LLC"Clinic of Modern Medicine"

Moscow, , Russia

Site Status

Moscow Regional Scientific and Research Clinical Institute

Moscow, , Russia

Site Status

LLC Medical Company "Hepatolog"

Samara, , Russia

Site Status

Stavropol Regional Hospital

Stavropol, , Russia

Site Status

Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Dept of Infectious Diseases

Stockholm, , Sweden

Site Status

Countries

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United States Germany Italy Russia Sweden

References

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Wedemeyer H, Aleman S, Andreone P, Blank A, Brunetto M, Bogomolov P, et al. Bulevirtide Monotherapy at Low and High Doses in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis Delta: 24 Weeks Interim Data of the Phase 3 MYR301 Study [Poster 2730]. European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL): The Digital International Liver Congress; 2021 23-26 June.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Wedemeyer H, Aleman S, Brunetto M, Blank A, Andreone P, Bogomolov P, et al. Efficacy and Safety of Bulevirtide Monotherapy Given at 2 mg or 10 mg Dose Level Once Daily for Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis Delta: Week 48 Primary Endpoint Results From a Phase 3 Randomized, Multicenter, Parallel Design Study [Oral Presentation 509]. EASL The International Liver Congress; 2022 22-26 June; London, UK.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Lampertico P, Roulot D, Wedemeyer H. Bulevirtide with or without pegIFNalpha for patients with compensated chronic hepatitis delta: From clinical trials to real-world studies. J Hepatol. 2022 Nov;77(5):1422-1430. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2022.06.010. Epub 2022 Jun 22.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 35752223 (View on PubMed)

Wedemeyer H, Aleman S, Brunetto M, Blank A, Andreone P, Bogomolov P, et al. Efficacy and Safety at 96 weeks of Bulevirtide 2 mg or 10 mg Monotherapy for Chronic Hepatitis D: Results From an Interim Analysis of a Phase 3 Randomized Study. [Oral Presentation OS-068]. EASL The International Liver Congress; 2023 21-24 June; Vienna, AUS.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Wedemeyer H, Aleman S, Brunetto MR, Blank A, Andreone P, Bogomolov P, Chulanov V, Mamonova N, Geyvandova N, Morozov V, Sagalova O, Stepanova T, Berger A, Manuilov D, Suri V, An Q, Da B, Flaherty J, Osinusi A, Liu Y, Merle U, Schulze Zur Wiesch J, Zeuzem S, Ciesek S, Cornberg M, Lampertico P; MYR 301 Study Group. A Phase 3, Randomized Trial of Bulevirtide in Chronic Hepatitis D. N Engl J Med. 2023 Jul 6;389(1):22-32. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2213429. Epub 2023 Jun 22.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 37345876 (View on PubMed)

Wedemeyer H, Aleman S, Brunetto M, Blank A, Andreone P, Bogomolov P, Chulanov V, Mamonova N, Geyvandova N, Morozov V, Sagalova O, Stepanova T, Berger A, Ciesek S, Manuilov D, Mercier RC, Da BL, Chee GM, Li M, Flaherty JF, Lau AH, Osinusi A, Schulze Zur Wiesch J, Cornberg M, Zeuzem S, Lampertico P. Bulevirtide monotherapy in patients with chronic HDV: Efficacy and safety results through week 96 from a phase III randomized trial. J Hepatol. 2024 Oct;81(4):621-629. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2024.05.001. Epub 2024 May 9.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 38734383 (View on PubMed)

Aleman S, Brunetto M, Blank A et al. Efficacy and Safety of Bulevirtide Monotherapy for Chronic Hepatitis Delta: Posttreatment Results Through 48 Weeks After the End of Treatment From an Interim Analysis of a Randomized Phase 3 Study, MYR301; The Liver Meeting, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases; 2024 15-19 November; San Diego, USA.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Wedemeyer H, Aleman S, Blank A et al. Final results of MYR301: A Randomised Phase 3 Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of up to 144 Weeks of Bulevirtide Monotherapy For Chronic Hepatitis Delta and 96 Weeks of Posttreatment Follow-up. EASL The International Liver Congress; 2025 7-10 May, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Asselah T, Lampertico P, Aleman S, Bourliere M, Streinu-Cercel A, Bogomolov P, Morozov V, Stepanova T, Lazar S, Manuilov D, Mercier RC, Tseng S, Ye L, Flaherty JF, Osinusi A, Da BL, Chee GM, Lau AH, Brunetto MR, Wedemeyer H. Bulevirtide Monotherapy Is Safe and Well Tolerated in Chronic Hepatitis Delta: An Integrated Safety Analysis of Bulevirtide Clinical Trials at Week 48. Liver Int. 2025 Apr;45(4):e16174. doi: 10.1111/liv.16174. Epub 2024 Dec 8.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 39648559 (View on PubMed)

Buti M, Wedemeyer H, Aleman S, Chulanov V, Morozov V, Sagalova O, Stepanova T, Gish RG, Lloyd A, Kaushik AM, Suri V, Manuilov D, Osinusi AO, Flaherty JF, Lampertico P. Patient-reported outcomes in chronic hepatitis delta: An exploratory analysis of the phase III MYR301 trial of bulevirtide. J Hepatol. 2025 Jan;82(1):28-36. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2024.06.031. Epub 2024 Jul 14.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 39009085 (View on PubMed)

Allweiss L, Volmari A, Suri V, Wallin JJ, Flaherty JF, Manuilov D, Downie B, Lutgehetmann M, Bockmann JH, Urban S, Wedemeyer H, Dandri M. Blocking viral entry with bulevirtide reduces the number of HDV-infected hepatocytes in human liver biopsies. J Hepatol. 2024 Jun;80(6):882-891. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2024.01.035. Epub 2024 Feb 8.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38340811 (View on PubMed)

Hollnberger J, Liu Y, Xu S, Chang S, Martin R, Manhas S, Aeschbacher T, Han B, Yazdi T, May L, Han D, Shornikov A, Flaherty J, Manuilov D, Suri V, Asselah T, Lampertico P, Wedemeyer H, Aleman S, Richards C, Mateo R, Maiorova E, Cihlar T, Mo H, Urban S. No virologic resistance to bulevirtide monotherapy detected in patients through 24 weeks treatment in phase II and III clinical trials for chronic hepatitis delta. J Hepatol. 2023 Sep;79(3):657-665. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2023.04.027. Epub 2023 Apr 27.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37120031 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol: Amendment 4

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Document Type: Study Protocol: Amendment 6

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Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan: Week 48 Analysis

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Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan: Week 96 Analysis

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Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan: Week 144 Analysis

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Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan: Week 192 Analysis

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Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan: Statistical Analysis Plan: Week 240 Analysis

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Other Identifiers

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2019-001213-17

Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

MYR301

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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