Prezista

Pregnancy

As a general rule, when deciding to use antiretroviral agents for the treatment of HIV infection in pregnant women and consequently for reducing the risk of HIV vertical transmission to the newborn, the animal data as well as the clinical experience in pregnant women should be taken into account.

There are no adequate and well controlled studies on pregnancy outcome with darunavir in pregnant women. Studies in animals do not indicate direct harmful effects with respect to pregnancy, embryonal/foetal development, parturition or postnatal development.

PREZISTA co-administered with low dose ritonavir should be used during pregnancy only if the potential benefit justifies the potential risk.

Breast-feeding

It is not known whether darunavir is excreted in human milk. Studies in rats have demonstrated that darunavir is excreted in milk and at high levels (1,000 mg/kg/day) resulted in toxicity. Because of both the potential for HIV transmission and the potential for adverse reactions in breast-fed infants, mothers should be instructed not to breast-feed under any circumstances if they are receiving PREZISTA.

Fertility

No human data on the effect of darunavir on fertility are available. There was no effect on mating or fertility with darunavir treatment in rats.

PREZISTA in combination with ritonavir has no or negligible influence on the ability to drive and use machines. However, dizziness has been reported in some patients during treatment with regimens containing PREZISTA co-administered with low dose ritonavir and should be borne in mind when considering a patient's ability to drive or operate machinery.

Summary of the safety profile

During the clinical development program (N=2,613 treatment-experienced subjects who initiated therapy with PREZISTA/ritonavir 600/100 mg twice daily), 51.3% of subjects experienced at least one adverse reaction. The total mean treatment duration for subjects was 95.3 weeks. The most frequent adverse reactions reported in clinical trials and as spontaneous reports are diarrhoea, nausea, rash, headache and vomiting. The most frequent serious reactions are acute renal failure, myocardial infarction, immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome, thrombocytopenia, osteonecrosis, diarrhoea, hepatitis and pyrexia.

In the 96 week analysis, the safety profile of PREZISTA/ritonavir 800/100 mg once daily in treatment-naïve subjects was similar to that seen with PREZISTA/ritonavir 600/100 mg twice daily in treatment-experienced subjects except for nausea which was observed more frequently in treatment-naïve subjects. This was driven by mild intensity nausea. No new safety findings were identified in the 192 week analysis of the treatment-naïve subjects in which the mean treatment duration of PREZISTA/ritonavir 800/100 mg once daily was 162.5 weeks.

Tabulated list of adverse reactions

Adverse reactions are listed by system organ class (SOC) and frequency category. Within each frequency category, adverse reactions are presented in order of decreasing seriousness. Frequency categories are defined as follows: very common (> 1/10), common (> 1/100 to < 1/10), uncommon (> 1/1,000 to < 1/100), rare (> 1/10,000 to < 1/1,000) and not known (frequency cannot be estimated from the available data).

Adverse reactions observed with darunavir/ritonavir in clinical trials and post-marketing

Description of selected adverse reactions

Rash

In clinical trials, rash was mostly mild to moderate, often occurring within the first four weeks of treatment and resolving with continued dosing.

During the clinical development program of raltegravir in treatment-experienced patients, rash, irrespective of causality, was more commonly observed with regimens containing PREZISTA/ritonavir + raltegravir compared to those containing PREZISTA/ritonavir without raltegravir or raltegravir without PREZISTA/ritonavir. Rash considered by the investigator to be drug-related occurred at similar rates. The exposure-adjusted rates of rash (all causality) were 10.9, 4.2, and 3.8 per 100 patient-years (PYR), respectively; and for drug-related rash were 2.4, 1.1, and 2.3 per 100 PYR, respectively. The rashes observed in clinical studies were mild to moderate in severity and did not result in discontinuation of therapy.

Metabolic parameters

Weight and levels of blood lipids and glucose may increase during antiretroviral therapy.

Musculoskeletal abnormalities

Increased CPK, myalgia, myositis and rarely, rhabdomyolysis have been reported with the use of protease inhibitors, particularly in combination with NRTIs.

Cases of osteonecrosis have been reported, particularly in patients with generally acknowledged risk factors, advanced HIV disease or long-term exposure to combination antiretroviral therapy (CART). The frequency of this is unknown.

Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

In HIV infected patients with severe immune deficiency at the time of initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy (CART), an inflammatory reaction to asymptomatic or residual opportunistic infections may arise. Autoimmune disorders (such as Graves' disease) have also been reported; however, the reported time to onset is more variable and these events can occur many months after initiation of treatment.

Bleeding in haemophiliac patients

There have been reports of increased spontaneous bleeding in haemophiliac patients receiving antiretroviral protease inhibitors.

Paediatric population

The safety assessment in paediatric patients is based on the 48-week analysis of safety data from three Phase II trials. The following patient populations were evaluated :

- 80 ART-experienced HIV-1 infected paediatric patients aged from 6 to 17 years and weighing at least 20 kg who received PREZISTA tablets with low dose ritonavir twice daily in combination with other antiretroviral agents.

- 21 ART-experienced HIV-1 infected paediatric patients aged from 3 to < 6 years and weighing 10 kg to < 20 kg (16 participants from 15 kg to < 20 kg) who received PREZISTA oral suspension with low dose ritonavir twice daily in combination with other antiretroviral agents.

- 12 ART-naïve HIV-1 infected paediatric patients aged from 12 to 17 years and weighing at least 40 kg who received PREZISTA tablets with low dose ritonavir once daily in combination with other antiretroviral agents.

Overall, the safety profile in these paediatric patients was similar to that observed in the adult population.

Other special populations

Patients co-infected with hepatitis B and/or hepatitis C virus

Among 1,968 treatment-experienced patients receiving PREZISTA co-administered with ritonavir 600/100 mg twice daily, 236 patients were co-infected with hepatitis B or C. Co-infected patients were more likely to have baseline and treatment emergent hepatic transaminase elevations than those without chronic viral hepatitis.

Reporting of suspected adverse reactions

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Human experience of acute overdose with PREZISTA co-administered with low dose ritonavir is limited. Single doses up to 3,200 mg of darunavir as oral solution alone and up to 1,600 mg of the tablet formulation of darunavir in combination with ritonavir have been administered to healthy volunteers without untoward symptomatic effects.

There is no specific antidote for overdose with PREZISTA. Treatment of overdose with PREZISTA consists of general supportive measures including monitoring of vital signs and observation of the clinical status of the patient. Since darunavir is highly protein bound, dialysis is unlikely to be beneficial in significant removal of the active substance.

Pharmacotherapeutic group: Antivirals for systemic use, protease inhibitors, ATC code: J05AE10.

Mechanism of action

Darunavir is an inhibitor of the dimerisation and of the catalytic activity of the HIV-1 protease (K_D of 4.5 x 10^-12M). It selectively inhibits the cleavage of HIV encoded Gag-Pol polyproteins in virus infected cells, thereby preventing the formation of mature infectious virus particles.

Antiviral activity in vitro

Darunavir exhibits activity against laboratory strains and clinical isolates of HIV-1 and laboratory strains of HIV-2 in acutely infected T-cell lines, human peripheral blood mononuclear cells and human monocytes/macrophages with median EC₅₀ values ranging from 1.2 to 8.5 nM (0.7 to 5.0 ng/ml). Darunavir demonstrates antiviral activity in vitro against a broad panel of HIV-1 group M (A, B, C, D, E, F, G) and group O primary isolates with EC₅₀ values ranging from < 0.1 to 4.3 nM.

These EC₅₀ values are well below the 50% cellular toxicity concentration range of 87 µM to > 100 µM.

Resistance

In vitro selection of darunavir-resistant virus from wild type HIV-1 was lengthy (> 3 years). The selected viruses were unable to grow in the presence of darunavir concentrations above 400 nM. Viruses selected in these conditions and showing decreased susceptibility to darunavir (range: 23-50-fold) harboured 2 to 4 amino acid substitutions in the protease gene. The decreased susceptibility to darunavir of the emerging viruses in the selection experiment could not be explained by the emergence of these protease mutations.

The clinical trial data from ART-experienced patients (TITAN trial and the pooled analysis of the POWER 1, 2 and 3 and DUET 1 and 2 trials) showed that virologic response to PREZISTA co-administered with low dose ritonavir was decreased when 3 or more darunavir RAMs (V11I, V32I, L33F, I47V, I50V, I54L or M, T74P, L76V, I84V and L89V) were present at baseline or when these mutations developed during treatment.

Increasing baseline darunavir fold change in EC₅₀ (FC) was associated with decreasing virologic response. A lower and upper clinical cut-off of 10 and 40 were identified. Isolates with baseline FC ≤ 10 are susceptible; isolates with FC > 10 to 40 have decreased susceptibility; isolates with FC > 40 are resistant (see Clinical results).

Viruses isolated from patients on PREZISTA/ritonavir 600/100 mg twice daily experiencing virologic failure by rebound that were susceptible to tipranavir at baseline remained susceptible to tipranavir after treatment in the vast majority of cases.

The lowest rates of developing resistant HIV virus are observed in ART-naïve patients who are treated for the first time with darunavir in combination with other ART.

The table below shows the development of HIV-1 protease mutations and loss of susceptibility to PIs in virologic failures at endpoint in the ARTEMIS, ODIN and TITAN trials.

Cross-resistance

Darunavir FC was less than 10 for 90% of 3,309 clinical isolates resistant to amprenavir, atazanavir, indinavir, lopinavir, nelfinavir, ritonavir, saquinavir and/or tipranavir showing that viruses resistant to most PIs remain susceptible to darunavir.

In the virologic failures of the ARTEMIS trial no cross-resistance with other PIs was observed.

Clinical results

Adult patients

For clinical trial results in ART-naïve adult patients, refer to the Summary of Product Characteristics for PREZISTA 400 mg and 800 mg tablets or 100 mg/ml oral suspension.

Efficacy of PREZISTA 600 mg twice daily co administered with 100 mg ritonavir twice daily in ART experienced patients

The evidence of efficacy of PREZISTA co-administered with ritonavir (600/100 mg twice daily) in ART-experienced patients is based on the 96 weeks analysis of the Phase III trial TITAN in ART-experienced lopinavir naïve patients, on the 48 week analysis of the Phase III trial ODIN in ART-experienced patients with no DRV-RAMs, and on the analyses of 96 weeks data from the Phase IIb trials POWER 1 and 2 in ART-experienced patients with high level of PI resistance.

TITAN is a randomised, controlled, open-label Phase III trial comparing PREZISTA co-administered with ritonavir (600/100 mg twice daily) versus lopinavir/ritonavir (400/100 mg twice daily) in ART-experienced, lopinavir naïve HIV-1 infected adult patients. Both arms used an Optimised Background Regimen (OBR) consisting of at least 2 antiretrovirals (NRTIs with or without NNRTIs).

The table below shows the efficacy data of the 48 week analysis from the TITAN trial.

At 48 weeks non-inferiority in virologic response to the PREZISTA/ritonavir treatment, defined as the percentage of patients with plasma HIV-1 RNA level < 400 and < 50 copies/ml, was demonstrated (at the pre-defined 12% non-inferiority margin) for both ITT and OP populations. These results were confirmed in the analysis of data at 96 weeks of treatment in the TITAN trial, with 60.4% of patients in the PREZISTA/ritonavir arm having HIV-1 RNA < 50 copies/ml at week 96 compared to 55.2% in the lopinavir/ritonavir arm [difference: 5.2%, 95% CI (-2.8; 13.1)].

ODIN is a Phase III, randomised, open-label trial comparing PREZISTA/ritonavir 800/100 mg once daily versus PREZISTA/ritonavir 600/100 mg twice daily in ART-experienced HIV-1 infected patients with screening genotype resistance testing showing no darunavir RAMs (i.e. V11I, V32I, L33F, I47V, I50V, I54M, I54L, T74P, L76V, I84V, L89V) and a screening HIV-1 RNA > 1,000 copies/ml. Efficacy analysis is based on 48 weeks of treatment (see table below). Both arms used an optimised background regimen (OBR) of > 2 NRTIs.

At 48 weeks, virologic response, defined as the percentage of patients with plasma HIV-1 RNA level < 50 copies/ml, with PREZISTA/ritonavir 800/100 mg once daily treatment was demonstrated to be non-inferior (at the pre-defined 12% non-inferiority margin) compared to PREZISTA/ritonavir 600/100 mg twice daily for both ITT and OP populations.

PREZISTA/ritonavir 800/100 mg once daily in ART-experienced patients should not be used in patients with one or more darunavir resistance associated mutations (DRV-RAMs) or HIV-1 RNA > 100,000 copies/ml or CD4+ cell count < 100 cells x 10⁶/l. Limited data is available in patients with HIV-1 clades other than B.

POWER 1 and POWER 2 are randomised, controlled trials comparing PREZISTA co-administered with ritonavir (600/100 mg twice daily) with a control group receiving an investigator-selected PI(s) regimen in HIV-1 infected patients who had previously failed more than 1 PI containing regimen. An OBR consisting of at least 2 NRTIs with or without enfuvirtide (ENF) was used in both trials.

The table below shows the efficacy data of the 48-week and 96-week analyses from the pooled POWER 1 and POWER 2 trials.

Analyses of data through 96 weeks of treatment in the POWER trials demonstrated sustained antiretroviral efficacy and immunologic benefit.

Out of the 59 patients who responded with complete viral suppression (< 50 copies/ml) at week 48, 47 patients (80% of the responders at week 48) remained responders at week 96.

Baseline genotype or phenotype and virologic outcome

Baseline genotype and darunavir FC (shift in susceptibility relative to reference) were shown to be a predictive factor of virologic outcome.

Proportion (%) of patients with response (HIV-1 RNA < 50 copies/ml at week 24) to PREZISTA co-administered with ritonavir (600/100 mg twice daily) by baseline genotype^a, and baseline darunavir FC and by use of enfuvirtide (ENF): As treated analysis of the POWER and DUET trials.

Paediatric patients

For clinical trial results in ART-naïve paediatric patients aged 12 to 17 years, refer to the Summary of Product Characteristics for PREZISTA 400 mg and 800 mg tablets or PREZISTA 100 mg/ml oral suspension.

ART-experienced paediatric patients from the age of 6 to < 18 years, and weighing at least 20 kg

DELPHI is an open-label, Phase II trial evaluating the pharmacokinetics, safety, tolerability, and efficacy of PREZISTA with low dose ritonavir in 80 ART-experienced HIV-1 infected paediatric patients aged 6 to 17 years and weighing at least 20 kg.). Virologic response was defined as a decrease in plasma HIV-1 RNA viral load of at least 1.0 log₁₀ versus baseline.

In the study, patients who were at risk of discontinuing therapy due to intolerance of ritonavir oral solution (e.g. taste aversion) were allowed to switch to the capsule formulation. Of the 44 patients taking ritonavir oral solution, 27 switched to the 100 mg capsule formulation and exceeded the weight-based ritonavir dose without changes in observed safety.

According to the TLOVR non-virologic failure censored algorithm 24 (30.0%) patients experienced virological failure, of which 17 (21.3%) patients were rebounders and 7 (8.8%) patients were non-responders.

ART-experienced paediatric patients from the age of 3 to < 6 years

The pharmacokinetics, safety, tolerability and efficacy of PREZISTA/ritonavir twice daily in combination with other antiretroviral agents in 21 ART-experienced HIV-1 infected paediatric patients aged 3 to < 6 years and weighing 10 kg to < 20 kg was evaluated in an open-label, Phase II trial, ARIEL.).

Limited efficacy data are available in paediatric patients below 15 kg and no recommendation on a posology can be made.

Pregnancy and postpartum

Darunavir/ritonavir (600/100 mg twice daily or 800/100 mg once daily) in combination with a background regimen was evaluated in a clinical trial of 34 pregnant women (17 in each arm) during the second and third trimesters, and postpartum. Virologic response was preserved throughout the study period in both arms. No mother to child transmission occurred in the infants born to the 29 subjects who stayed on the antiretroviral treatment through delivery. There were no new clinically relevant safety findings compared with the known safety profile of darunavir/ritonavir in HIV-1 infected adults.

The pharmacokinetic properties of darunavir, co-administered with ritonavir, have been evaluated in healthy adult volunteers and in HIV-1 infected patients. Exposure to darunavir was higher in HIV-1 infected patients than in healthy subjects. The increased exposure to darunavir in HIV-1 infected patients compared to healthy subjects may be explained by the higher concentrations of α₁-acid glycoprotein (AAG) in HIV-1 infected patients, resulting in higher darunavir binding to plasma AAG and, therefore, higher plasma concentrations.

Darunavir is primarily metabolised by CYP3A. Ritonavir inhibits CYP3A, thereby increasing the plasma concentrations of darunavir considerably.

Absorption

Darunavir was rapidly absorbed following oral administration. Maximum plasma concentration of darunavir in the presence of low dose ritonavir is generally achieved within 2.5-4.0 hours.

The absolute oral bioavailability of a single 600 mg dose of darunavir alone was approximately 37% and increased to approximately 82% in the presence of 100 mg twice daily ritonavir. The overall pharmacokinetic enhancement effect by ritonavir was an approximate 14-fold increase in the systemic exposure of darunavir when a single dose of 600 mg darunavir was given orally in combination with ritonavir at 100 mg twice daily.

When administered without food, the relative bioavailability of darunavir in the presence of low dose ritonavir is 30% lower as compared to intake with food. Therefore, PREZISTA tablets should be taken with ritonavir and with food. The type of food does not affect exposure to darunavir.

Distribution

Darunavir is approximately 95% bound to plasma protein. Darunavir binds primarily to plasma α₁-acid glycoprotein.

Following intravenous administration, the volume of distribution of darunavir alone was 88.1 ± 59.0 l (Mean ± SD) and increased to 131 ± 49.9 l (Mean ± SD) in the presence of 100 mg twice-daily ritonavir.

Biotransformation

In vitro experiments with human liver microsomes (HLMs) indicate that darunavir primarily undergoes oxidative metabolism. Darunavir is extensively metabolised by the hepatic CYP system and almost exclusively by isozyme CYP3A4. A ¹⁴C-darunavir trial in healthy volunteers showed that a majority of the radioactivity in plasma after a single 400/100 mg darunavir with ritonavir dose was due to the parent active substance. At least 3 oxidative metabolites of darunavir have been identified in humans; all showed activity that was at least 10-fold less than the activity of darunavir against wild type HIV.

Elimination

After a 400/100 mg ¹⁴C-darunavir with ritonavir dose, approximately 79.5% and 13.9% of the administered dose of ¹⁴C-darunavir could be retrieved in faeces and urine, respectively. Unchanged darunavir accounted for approximately 41.2% and 7.7% of the administered dose in faeces and urine, respectively. The terminal elimination half-life of darunavir was approximately 15 hours when combined with ritonavir.

The intravenous clearance of darunavir alone (150 mg) and in the presence of low dose ritonavir was 32.8 l/h and 5.9 l/h, respectively.

Special populations

Paediatric population

The pharmacokinetics of darunavir in combination with ritonavir taken twice daily in 74 treatment-experienced paediatric patients, aged 6 to 17 years and weighing at least 20 kg, showed that the administered weight-based doses of PREZISTA/ritonavir resulted in darunavir exposure comparable to that in adults receiving PREZISTA/ritonavir 600/100 mg twice daily.

The pharmacokinetics of darunavir in combination with ritonavir taken twice daily in 14 treatment-experienced paediatric patients, aged 3 to < 6 years and weighing at least 15 kg to < 20 kg, showed that weight-based dosages resulted in darunavir exposure that was comparable to that achieved in adults receiving PREZISTA/ritonavir 600/100 mg twice daily.

The pharmacokinetics of darunavir in combination with ritonavir taken once daily in 12 ART-naïve paediatric patients, aged 12 to < 18 years and weighing at least 40 kg, showed that PREZISTA/ritonavir 800/100 mg once daily results in darunavir exposure that was comparable to that achieved in adults receiving PREZISTA/ritonavir 800/100 mg once daily. Therefore the same once daily dosage may be used in treatment-experienced adolescents aged 12 to < 18 years and weighing at least 40 kg without darunavir resistance associated mutations (DRV-RAMs)* and who have plasma HIV-1 RNA < 100,000 copies/ml and CD4+ cell count > 100 cells x 10⁶/l.

* DRV-RAMs: V11I, V32I, L33F, I47V, I50V, I54M, I54L, T74P, L76V, I84V and L89V

The pharmacokinetics of darunavir in combination with ritonavir taken once daily in 10 treatment-experienced paediatric patients, aged 3 to < 6 years and weighing at least 14 kg to < 20 kg, showed that weight-based dosages resulted in darunavir exposure that was comparable to that achieved in adults receiving PREZISTA/ritonavir 800/100 mg once daily. In addition, pharmacokinetic modeling and simulation of darunavir exposures in paediatric patients across the ages of 3 to < 18 years confirmed the darunavir exposures as observed in the clinical studies and allowed the identification of weight-based PREZISTA/ritonavir once daily dosing regimens for paediatric patients weighing at least 15 kg that are either ART-naïve or treatment-experienced paediatric patients without DRV-RAMs* and who have plasma HIV-1 RNA < 100,000 copies/ml and CD4+ cell count > 100 cells x 10⁶/l.

* DRV-RAMs: V11I, V32I, L33F, I47V, I50V, I54M, I54L, T74P, L76V, I84V and L89V

Elderly

Population pharmacokinetic analysis in HIV infected patients showed that darunavir pharmacokinetics are not considerably different in the age range (18 to 75 years) evaluated in HIV infected patients (n=12, age > 65). However, only limited data were available in patients above the age of 65 year.

Gender

Population pharmacokinetic analysis showed a slightly higher darunavir exposure (16.8%) in HIV infected females compared to males. This difference is not clinically relevant.

Renal impairment

Results from a mass balance study with ¹⁴C-darunavir with ritonavir showed that approximately 7.7% of the administered dose of darunavir is excreted in the urine unchanged.

Although darunavir has not been studied in patients with renal impairment, population pharmacokinetic analysis showed that the pharmacokinetics of darunavir were not significantly affected in HIV infected patients with moderate renal impairment (CrCl between 30-60 ml/min, n=20).

Hepatic impairment

Darunavir is primarily metabolised and eliminated by the liver. In a multiple dose study with PREZISTA co-administered with ritonavir (600/100 mg) twice daily, it was demonstrated that the total plasma concentrations of darunavir in subjects with mild (Child-Pugh Class A, n=8) and moderate (Child-Pugh Class B, n=8) hepatic impairment were comparable with those in healthy subjects. However, unbound darunavir concentrations were approximately 55% (Child-Pugh Class A) and 100% (Child-Pugh Class B) higher, respectively. The clinical relevance of this increase is unknown therefore, PREZISTA should be used with caution. The effect of severe hepatic impairment on the pharmacokinetics of darunavir has not been studied.

Pregnancy and postpartum

The exposure to total darunavir and ritonavir after intake of darunavir/ritonavir 600/100 mg twice daily and darunavir/ritonavir 800/100 mg once daily as part of an antiretroviral regimen was generally lower during pregnancy compared with postpartum. However, for unbound (i.e. active) darunavir, the pharmacokinetic parameters were less reduced during pregnancy compared to postpartum, due to an increase in the unbound fraction of darunavir during pregnancy compared to postpartum.

In women receiving darunavir/ritonavir 600/100 mg twice daily during the second trimester of pregnancy, mean intra-individual values for total darunavir C_max, AUC_12h and C_min were 28%, 24% and 17% lower, respectively, as compared with postpartum; during the third trimester of pregnancy, total darunavir C_max, AUC_12h and C_min values were 19%, 17% lower and 2% higher, respectively, as compared with postpartum.

In women receiving darunavir/ritonavir 800/100 mg once daily during the second trimester of pregnancy, mean intra-individual values for total darunavir C_max, AUC_24h and C_min were 34%, 34% and 32% lower, respectively, as compared with postpartum; during the third trimester of pregnancy, total darunavir C_max, AUC_24h and C_min values were 31%, 35% and 50% lower, respectively, as compared with postpartum.

Animal toxicology studies have been conducted at exposures up to clinical exposure levels with darunavir alone, in mice, rats and dogs and in combination with ritonavir in rats and dogs.

In repeated-dose toxicology studies in mice, rats and dogs, there were only limited effects of treatment with darunavir. In rodents the target organs identified were the haematopoietic system, the blood coagulation system, liver and thyroid. A variable but limited decrease in red blood cell-related parameters was observed, together with increases in activated partial thromboplastin time.

Changes were observed in liver (hepatocyte hypertrophy, vacuolation, increased liver enzymes) and thyroid (follicular hypertrophy). In the rat, the combination of darunavir with ritonavir lead to a small increase in effect on RBC parameters, liver and thyroid and increased incidence of islet fibrosis in the pancreas (in male rats only) compared to treatment with darunavir alone. In the dog, no major toxicity findings or target organs were identified up to exposures equivalent to clinical exposure at the recommended dose.

In a study conducted in rats, the number of corpora lutea and implantations were decreased in the presence of maternal toxicity. Otherwise, there were no effects on mating or fertility with darunavir treatment up to 1,000 mg/kg/day and exposure levels below (AUC-0.5 fold) of that in human at the clinically recommended dose. Up to same dose levels, there was no teratogenicity with darunavir in rats and rabbits when treated alone nor in mice when treated in combination with ritonavir. The exposure levels were lower than those with the recommended clinical dose in humans. In a pre- and postnatal development assessment in rats, darunavir with and without ritonavir, caused a transient reduction in body weight gain of the offspring pre-weaning and there was a slight delay in the opening of eyes and ears. Darunavir in combination with ritonavir caused a reduction in the number of pups that exhibited the startle response on day 15 of lactation and a reduced pup survival during lactation. These effects may be secondary to pup exposure to the active substance via the milk and/or maternal toxicity. No post weaning functions were affected with darunavir alone or in combination with ritonavir. In juvenile rats receiving darunavir up to days 23-26, increased mortality was observed with convulsions in some animals. Exposure in plasma, liver and brain was considerably higher than in adult rats after comparable doses in mg/kg between days 5 and 11 of age. After day 23 of life, the exposure was comparable to that in adult rats. The increased exposure was likely at least partly due to immaturity of the drug-metabolising enzymes in juvenile animals. No treatment related mortalities were noted in juvenile rats dosed at 1,000 mg/kg darunavir (single dose) on day 26 of age or at 500 mg/kg (repeated dose) from day 23 to 50 of age, and the exposures and toxicity profile were comparable to those observed in adult rats.

Due to uncertainties regarding the rate of development of the human blood brain barrier and liver enzymes, PREZISTA with low dose ritonavir should not be used in paediatric patients below 3 years of age.

Darunavir was evaluated for carcinogenic potential by oral gavage administration to mice and rats up to 104 weeks. Daily doses of 150, 450 and 1,000 mg/kg were administered to mice and doses of 50, 150 and 500 mg/kg were administered to rats. Dose-related increases in the incidences of hepatocellular adenomas and carcinomas were observed in males and females of both species. Thyroid follicular cell adenomas were noted in male rats. Administration of darunavir did not cause a statistically significant increase in the incidence of any other benign or malignant neoplasm in mice or rats. The observed hepatocellular and thyroid tumours in rodents are considered to be of limited relevance to humans. Repeated administration of darunavir to rats caused hepatic microsomal enzyme induction and increased thyroid hormone elimination, which predispose rats, but not humans, to thyroid neoplasms. At the highest tested doses, the systemic exposures (based on AUC) to darunavir were between 0.4- and 0.7-fold (mice) and 0.7- and 1-fold (rats), relative to those observed in humans at the recommended therapeutic doses.

After 2 years administration of darunavir at exposures at or below the human exposure, kidney changes were observed in mice (nephrosis) and rats (chronic progressive nephropathy).

Darunavir was not mutagenic or genotoxic in a battery of in vitro and in vivo assays including bacterial reverse mutation (Ames), chromosomal aberration in human lymphocytes and in vivo micronucleus test in mice.

PREZISTA 75 mg film-coated tablets

Tablet core

Microcrystalline cellulose

Colloidal anhydrous silica

Crospovidone

Magnesium stearate

Tablet film-coat

Poly(vinyl alcohol) - partially hydrolysed

Macrogol 3350

Titanium dioxide (E171)

Talc

PREZISTA 150 mg film-coated tablets

Tablet core

Microcrystalline cellulose

Colloidal anhydrous silica

Crospovidone

Magnesium stearate

Tablet film-coat

Poly(vinyl alcohol) - partially hydrolysed

Macrogol 3350

Titanium dioxide (E171)

Talc

PREZISTA 300 mg film-coated tablets

Tablet core

Microcrystalline cellulose

Colloidal anhydrous silica

Crospovidone

Magnesium stearate

Tablet film-coat

Poly(vinyl alcohol) - partially hydrolysed

Macrogol 3350

Titanium dioxide (E171)

Talc

Sunset yellow FCF (E110)

PREZISTA 600 mg film-coated tablets

Tablet core

Microcrystalline cellulose

Colloidal anhydrous silica

Crospovidone

Magnesium stearate

Tablet film-coat

Poly(vinyl alcohol) - partially hydrolysed

Macrogol 3350

Titanium dioxide (E171)

Talc

Sunset yellow FCF (E110)

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PREZISTA 75 mg, 150 mg and 600 mg film-coated tablets

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PREZISTA 75 mg film-coated tablets

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PREZISTA 600 mg film-coated tablets

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PREZISTA 75 mg film-coated tablets

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PREZISTA 300 mg film-coated tablets

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PREZISTA 600 mg film-coated tablets

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Date of first authorisation: 12 February 2007

Date of latest renewal: 19 September 2013

15 February 2018