Pharmacokinetics of coadministered ritonavir-boosted elvitegravir and zidovudine, didanosine, stavudine, or abacavir.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the potential for clinically relevant drug interactions between ritonavir-boosted elvitegravir (EVG/r) and the nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) zidovudine (ZDV), didanosine (ddI), stavudine (d4T), or abacavir (ABC) upon coadministration.

METHODS: In 3 studies, healthy subjects were administered a single dose of ddI, d4T, or ABC, or multiple doses of ZDV, followed by multiple doses of EVG/r alone and together with an NRTI; pharmacokinetics (PK) of EVG and NRTIs were evaluated after individual administration and coadministration. Lack of PK alteration bounds (90% confidence intervals [CI]) for the NRTIs were based on the lack of PK-based dose adjustments per prescribing information.

RESULTS: Twenty-four of 28, 32/32, and 24/26 subjects completed the ZDV-EVG/r, ddI/d4T-EVG/r, and ABC-EVG/r studies, respectively. All study drugs were well tolerated and no serious adverse events were noted. The PK of ZDV, its glucuronide (G-ZDV), d4T, ABC, and EVG were within the lack of PK alteration 90% CI bounds upon coadministration. Exposures of ddI were modestly (approximately 15%) lower, but these changes are unlikely to be clinically meaningful.

CONCLUSIONS: There are no clinically relevant drug interactions between EVG/r and the NRTIs zidovudine, didanosine, stavudine, or abacavir. These agents can be coadministered without dose adjustment.