Management of drug-drug interactions between long-acting cabotegravir and rilpivirine and comedications with inducing properties: a modelling study

alexandrossfakianakis shared this article with you from Inoreader Management of drug-drug interactions between long-acting cabotegravir and rilpivirine and comedications with inducing properties: a modelling study via Clinical Infectious Diseases Advance Access Abstract Background Long-acting (LA) intramuscular cabotegravir and rilpivirine are prone to drug-drug interactions (DDI). However, given the long dosing interval, the conduct of clinical DDIs studies with LA antiretrovirals is challenging. We performed virtual clinical DDI studies using physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modelling to provide recommendations for the management of DDIs with strong or moderate inducers such as rifampicin or rifabutin. Methods< /div>Each DDI scenario included a cohort of virtual individuals (50% female) between 20-50 years of age with a body mass index of 18-30 kg/m2. Cabotegravir and rilpivirine were given alone and in combination with rifampicin or rifabutin. The predictive performance of the PBPK model to simulate cabotegravir and rilpivirine pharmacokinetics after oral and intramuscular administration and to reproduce DDIs with rifampicin and rifabutin was first verified against available observed clinical data. The verified model was subsequently used to simulate unstudied DDI scenarios. Results At steady-state, the strong inducer rifampicin was predicted to decrease the area under the curve (AUC) of LA cabotegravir by 61% and rilpivirine by 38%. An increase in the dosing frequency did not overcome the DDI with rifampicin. The moderate inducer rifabutin was predicted to reduce the AUC of LA cabotegravir by 16% and rilpivirine by 18%. The DDI with rifabutin can be overcome by admi nistering LA cabotegravir/rilpivirine monthly together with a daily oral rilpivirine dose of 25 mg. Conclusion LA cabotegravir/rilpivirine should be avoided with strong inducers but coadministration with moderate inducers is possible by adding oral rilpivirine daily dosing to the monthly injection. View on Web

Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.