Beclabuvir (also known by the research name BMS-791325; abbreviated BCV) is an antiviral drug for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection that has been studied in clinical trials. In February 2017, Bristol-Myers Squibb began sponsoring a post-marketing trial of beclabuvir, in combination with asunaprevir and daclatasvir, to study the combination's safety profile with regard to liver function.[1] From February 2014 to November 2016, a phase II clinical trial was conducted on the combination of asunaprevir/daclatasvir/beclabuvir (beclabuvir is referred to as BMS-791325 in the trial) on patients infected with both HIV and HCV.[2] Furthermore, a recent meta-analysis of six published six clinical trials showed high response rates in HCV genotype 1-infected patients treated with daclatasvir, asunaprevir, and beclabuvir irrespective of ribavirin use, prior interferon-based therapy, or restriction on noncirrhotic patients, IL28B genotype, or baseline resistance-associated variants[3]
^Clinical trial number NCT03071133 for "Asunaprevir/Daclatasvir/Beclabuvir Fixed-Dose Combination Safety Surveillance in Japanese Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C (HCV) or Japanese Patients With Compensated Cirrhosis" at ClinicalTrials.gov
^Clinical trial number NCT02124044 for "Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Asunaprevir and Daclatasvir in Subjects Coinfected With HIV-HCV" at ClinicalTrials.gov
^Ahmed AM, Doheim MF, Mattar OM, Sherif NA, Truong DH, Hoa PT, et al. (May 2018). "Beclabuvir in combination with asunaprevir and daclatasvir for hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis". Journal of Medical Virology. 90 (5): 907–918. doi:10.1002/jmv.24947. PMID28892235. S2CID3829214.