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FRI-144
PREDICTING HBSAG CLEARANCE RESPONSES DURING ARC-520
RNA INTERFERENCE (RNAI) THERAPY BASED ON HBSAG EPITOPE
PROFILE ANALYSIS
R. Walsh1, R. Hammond1, L. Yuen1, J. Deerain1, B. Given2, T. Schluep2,
M.-F. Yuen3, H.L.-Y. Chan4, C.-L. Lai3, J. Hamilton2, J.Y. Lau5, C. Ferrari6,
R.G. Gish7, S.A. Locarnini1. 1Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference
Laboratory, Melbourne, Australia; 2Arrowhead Research Corporation,
Pasadena, California, United States; 3The University of Hong Kong; 4The
Chinese University of Hong Kong; 5Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Hong Kong SAR, China; 6University of Parma, Parma, Italy; 7Hepatitis B
Foundation, Doylestown, United States
E-mail: [email protected]
Background and Aims: Functional cure in chronic hepatitis B
requires HBV DNA negativity, HBsAg loss and anti-HBs
seroconversion. ARC-520 RNAi drug therapy targets cccDNA derived
mRNA, including the full-length HBsAg transcript. Using a 19plex
anti-HBs panel to map HBsAg epitopes, we have developed a
predictive algorithm of an HBsAg clearance profile in patients
undergoing HBsAg loss during tenofovir therapy, defined as
reduced recognition at loop 1 and loop 2 HBsAg “a” determinant
epitopes. Complimentary to this, we have developed assays to detect
co-existing complexed anti-HBs (with HBsAg), and analysed the ARC-
520 cohorts with the aim of evaluating the impact of RNAi therapy on
HBsAg loss, the identification of an HBsAg clearance profile and the
development of co-existing anti-HBs.
Methods: Analysis of HBsAg clearance profiles and concomitant anti-
HBs was performed for 40 ARC-520 study HBeAg-negative (n = 32)
and HBeAg-positive (n = 8) patients (under code: 30 ARC-520; 10
placebo), from pre-treatment to day 85, and then compared to the
quantitative HBsAg responses. All were entecavir suppressed prior to
(mean 5 years) and during ARC-520 therapy.
Results: ARC-520 therapy resulted in a dose response maximum
decline in HBsAg of 0.3 log IU/mL observed at 1 mg/kg vs 0.5 log at
4 mg/kg in the HBeAg-negative patients (n = 24), and 0.7 log at 4 mg/
kg in HBeAg-positive (n = 6) patients. Analysis of the treated group
identified that an HBsAg clearance profile preceded and/or coincided
with HBsAg decline. A significant association between HBsAg
clearance profile development and ARC-520 treatment emerged at
week1 (11/30, p = 0.038), and strengthened at week2 (12/30, p-value
0.019) and week3 (16/30, p = 0.003). A late HBsAg response at week6
was associated with development of an HBsAg clearance profile (14/
30, p = 0.007). Clearance profiles were not observed in the placebo
group. Complexed anti-HBs development coincided with HBsAg
decline and HBsAg clearance profile detection.
Conclusions: Development of the HBsAg clearance profile was
predictive of HBsAg decline due to ARC-520 therapy, with an
increasing significant association from week1-3 coinciding with or
preceding the HBsAg decline, and the detection of complexed anti-HBs,
reflective of recovery of the anti-HBs response. Further longitudinal and
multiple dose studies will assess the magnitude and persistence of
HBsAg loss on ARC-520 therapy, in the context of the predictive potential of HBsAg clearance profile and anti-HBs response.
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