AbbVie Presents Late-Breaking, Preliminary Phase 3b Data with VIEKIRAX® + EXVIERA® in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients with Renal Impairment at The International Liver Congress™ 2015 - RUBY-I evaluates treatment-naïve, non-cirrhotic, genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C patients with severe renal impairment- In preliminary data from RUBY-I, patients receiving VIEKIRAX + EXVIERA with or without ribavirin who reached post-treatment week four (n=10 of 20 enrolled) achieved 100 percent sustained virologic response at four weeks post-treatment (SVR4)1- AbbVie's Phase 3b studies explore VIEKIRAX + EXVIERA in additional patient populations seen in clinical practice and across multiple countries around the world

VIENNA, April 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) today announced new, preliminary safety and efficacy data from the first cohort of its ongoing, Phase 3b RUBY-I study. RUBY-I is evaluating VIEKIRAX® (ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir tablets) + EXVIERA® (dasabuvir tablets) with or without ribavirin (RBV) in treatment-naïve, non-cirrhotic, genotype 1 (GT1) chronic hepatitis C patients with severe renal impairment (stage 4 or 5), including those on hemodialysis. The primary endpoint of the study is the percentage of patients achieving sustained virologic response at 12 weeks post-treatment (SVR12). Patients who reached post-treatment week four to date (n=10 of 20...