ISSUE 1482
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Cobicistat, a pharmacokinetic enhancer that boosts levels of some HIV drugs but has no antiretroviral activity of its own, is now available alone as Tybost (Gilead) and in fixed-dose combinations with the protease inhibitors atazanavir (Evotaz — BMS) and darunavir (Prezcobix — Janssen) for treatment of HIV-1 infection. Both atazanavir and darunavir have traditionally been used in combination with the CYP3A inhibitor ritonavir (Norvir) to boost their serum concentrations, but neither is available in a fixed-dose combination with ritonavir.1,2
Cobicistat has been available in the US since 2012 as one component of Stribild, a fixed-dose combination that includes the integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI) elvitegravir and the nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate
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- JE Gallant et al. Cobicistat versus ritonavir as a pharmacoenhancer of atazanavir plus emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in treatment-naive HIV type 1-infected patients: week 48 results. J Infect Dis 2013; 208:32.
- JE Gallant et al. Brief report: cobicistat compared with ritonavir as a pharmacoenhancer for atazanavir in combination with emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate: week 144 results. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2015; 69:338.
- K Tashima et al. Cobicistat-boosted darunavir in HIV-1-infected adults: week 48 results of a phase IIIb, open-label single-arm trial. AIDS Res Ther 2014; 11:39.
- P German et al. Effect of cobicistat on glomerular filtration rate in subjects with normal and impaired renal function. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2012; 61:32.
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