Adverse Event Profile
SYMTUZA®: A Tolerability Profile That Patients Need and That You Can Rely On
Across pivotal trials, no new cases of type 2 diabetes related to SYMTUZA® or clinically relevant changes in blood pressure over 96 weeks.1*
Adverse reactions ≥2% in treatment-naïve patients1,2
*Week 96 was an open-label, single-arm extension, not a primary endpoint.3,4
†Includes pooled reported terms: dermatitis, dermatitis allergic, erythema, photosensitivity reaction, rash generalized, rash macular, rash maculopapular, rash morbilliform, rash pruritic, toxic skin eruption, and urticaria.1
One Grade 3 and no Grade 4 adverse reactions were reported with SYMTUZA® at 48 weeks.1‡
In virologically suppressed patients:
- The safety profile of SYMTUZA® was similar to that of treatment-naïve patients1
- Through 48 weeks, the most common treatment-related adverse events were diarrhea (2%, n=16/763) and osteopenia (1%, n=5/763)5
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Most adverse events were mild to moderate in severity (Grades 1 and 2)5
- The most common Grade 3 adverse event was pneumonia, which was reported for 3 (<1%) patients. No Grade 4 adverse events were reported in 2 or more patients
In a study of rapid initiation6:
of patients (N=109) discontinued due to adverse events over 48 weeks
discontinuations due to weight gain, metabolic, CNS, or GI AEs
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Only one patient discontinued due to adverse events
- This patient had allergic dermatitis (Grade 3), pyrexia (Grade 2), and lip swelling (Grade 2)
- All adverse events resolved after discontinuation of study treatment
At 48 weeks, the most common adverse reactions (≥2%, all Grades) in patients rapidly initiating SYMTUZA® were:
Most adverse reactions during treatment with SYMTUZA® were mild to moderate in severity (Grade 1 or Grade 2)
- Few Grade 3 and 4 clinical laboratory abnormalities occurred in ≥2% of patients (increased bilirubin in 3% of patients, increased ALT in 3% of patients, and increased AST in 5% of patients)
This is not a complete list of all adverse reactions reported with the use of SYMTUZA®. See Important Safety Information section below for the most common adverse reactions in the treatment-naïve pivotal trial. Please refer to the full Prescribing Information for a complete list of adverse reactions.
‡Few treatment-naïve patients started a lipid-lowering medication. 1.7% (n=6) of patients in the SYMTUZA® arm and 0.6% (n=2) in the control arm started a lipid-lowering drug during treatment.2
§Pooled preferred terms of allergic dermatitis, dermatitis, rash, macular rash, maculopapular rash, papular rash, and pruritic rash.6
AE=adverse event; ALT=alanine aminotransferase; AST=aspartate aminotransferase; BL=baseline; CNS=central nervous system; DRV/c=darunavir/cobicistat; FTC=emtricitabine; GI=gastrointestinal; TDF=tenofovir disoproxil fumarate.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
BOXED WARNING: POST TREATMENT ACUTE EXACERBATION OF HEPATITIS B
- Severe acute exacerbations of hepatitis B (HBV) have been reported in patients who are coinfected with HIV-1 and HBV and have discontinued products containing emtricitabine and/or tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) and may occur with discontinuation of SYMTUZA®.
Action: Monitor hepatic function with both clinical and laboratory follow-up for at least several months in patients who are coinfected with HIV-1 and HBV and discontinue SYMTUZA®. If appropriate, anti-hepatitis B therapy may be warranted.
CONTRAINDICATIONS
- Do not coadminister SYMTUZA® and the following drugs due to the potential for serious and/or life-threatening events or loss of therapeutic effect: alfuzosin, carbamazepine, colchicine (in patients with renal and/or hepatic impairment), dronedarone, elbasvir/grazoprevir, ergot derivatives (such as: dihydroergotamine, ergotamine, methylergonovine), ivabradine, lomitapide, lovastatin, lurasidone, oral midazolam, naloxegol, phenobarbital, phenytoin, pimozide, ranolazine, rifampin, St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum), sildenafil for pulmonary arterial hypertension, simvastatin, and triazolam.
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