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JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 226, Issue 4, Pages 576-584Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa462
Keywords
cytomegalovirus; maribavir; antiviral therapy; antiviral drug resistance; kinase
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- National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [R01-AI116635]
- Shire Human Genetic Therapies, Inc., a Takeda Company (VA-Shire Cooperative Research and Development Agreement)
- Shire Development LLC, a Takeda Company
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The study identified UL97 mutations T409M, H411Y, or C480F as conferring maribavir resistance in patients receiving maribavir therapy. The newly phenotyped mutation C480F showed high-grade maribavir resistance and low-grade ganciclovir resistance, posing challenges to treatment.
Background In separate phase 2 trials, 120 patients received maribavir for cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection failing conventional therapy (trial 202) and 119 received maribavir for asymptomatic infection (trial 203). Overall, 172 cleared their CMV infection (CMV DNA <200 copies/mL) within 6 weeks. Methods Baseline and posttreatment plasma samples were tested for mutations in viral genes UL97, UL54, and/or UL27. Selected viral mutants were phenotyped for drug susceptibility. Results Baseline samples revealed UL54 mutations newly phenotyped as conferring resistance to standard DNA polymerase inhibitor(s), including K493N, P497S, K513T, L565V, V823A, A987V, and E989D. Of 29 patients (including 25 from trial 202) who cleared but later experienced recurrent CMV infection while on maribavir, 23 had available UL97 genotyping data; 17 had known resistance mutations (T409M or H411Y) and 5 additional had UL97 C480F alone. The newly phenotyped mutation C480F conferred high-grade maribavir resistance and low-grade ganciclovir resistance. Among 25 who did not respond to >14 days of therapy, 9 showed T409M or H411Y and 4 others showed C480F alone. Conclusions After maribavir therapy (400-1200 mg twice daily), UL97 mutations T409M, H411Y, or C480F emerge to confer maribavir resistance in patients with recurrent CMV infection while on therapy or no response to therapy. In phase 2 trials of maribavir therapy, viral UL97 mutations T409M, H411Y, or C480F emerged to confer maribavir resistance in patients with recurrent CMV infection while on therapy or no response to therapy.
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