| Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease
Incruse Ellipta vs Yupelri
Side-by-side clinical, coverage, and cost comparison for chronic obstructive airway disease.Deep comparison between: Incruse Ellipta vs Yupelri with Prescriber.AI
AI compares prescribing info and payer-specific access barriers across 1,200+ formularies. Here's a preview of what prescribers are already asking.Safety signalsYupelri has a higher rate of injection site reactions vs Incruse Ellipta based on FDA-approved prescribing information
Coverage gaps3 major payers require step therapy for Yupelri but not Incruse Ellipta, including UnitedHealthcare
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Category
Incruse Ellipta
Yupelri
At A Glance
Oral inhalation
Once daily
Long-acting muscarinic antagonist
Inhaled (nebulizer)
Once daily
Long-acting muscarinic antagonist
Indications
- Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease
- Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease
Dosing
Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease 1 actuation (umeclidinium 62.5 mcg) once daily by oral inhalation; use at the same time every day; do not use more than 1 time every 24 hours. No dosage adjustment required for geriatric patients, patients with renal impairment, or patients with moderate hepatic impairment.
Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease 175 mcg (one unit-dose vial) inhaled once daily via standard jet nebulizer with mouthpiece.
Contraindications
- Severe hypersensitivity to milk proteins
- Hypersensitivity to umeclidinium or any of the excipients
- Hypersensitivity to revefenacin or any component of this product
Adverse Reactions
Most common (>=1%) Nasopharyngitis, upper respiratory tract infection, cough, arthralgia, pharyngitis, viral upper respiratory tract infection, myalgia, abdominal pain upper, toothache, contusion, tachycardia
Serious Paradoxical bronchospasm, worsening of narrow-angle glaucoma, worsening of urinary retention
Postmarketing Eye pain, glaucoma, vision blurred, anaphylaxis, angioedema, pruritus, urticaria, dysuria, urinary retention, dysphonia, oropharyngeal pain
Most common (>=2%) Cough, nasopharyngitis, upper respiratory tract infection, headache, back pain
Serious Paradoxical bronchospasm, worsening of narrow-angle glaucoma, worsening of urinary retention, immediate hypersensitivity reactions
Postmarketing Dry mouth
Pharmacology
Long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA/anticholinergic); competitively and reversibly inhibits M3 receptors at airway smooth muscle to produce bronchodilation lasting longer than 24 hours after once-daily oral inhalation.
Revefenacin is a long-acting muscarinic antagonist (anticholinergic) that competitively and reversibly inhibits M3 receptors at airway smooth muscle, leading to bronchodilation predominantly through a site-specific effect following inhalation.
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Most Common Insurance
Anthem BCBS
Incruse Ellipta
- Covered on 5 commercial plans
- PA (9/12) · Step Therapy (5/12) · Qty limit (9/12)
Yupelri
- Covered on 5 commercial plans
- PA (10/12) · Step Therapy (6/12) · Qty limit (4/12)
UnitedHealthcare
Incruse Ellipta
- Covered on 4 commercial plans
- PA (0/8) · Step Therapy (0/8) · Qty limit (4/8)
Yupelri
- Covered on 4 commercial plans
- PA (4/8) · Step Therapy (4/8) · Qty limit (4/8)
Humana
Incruse Ellipta
- Covered on 0 commercial plans
- PA (1/3) · Step Therapy (0/3) · Qty limit (1/3)
Yupelri
- Covered on 0 commercial plans
- PA (3/3) · Step Therapy (3/3) · Qty limit (3/3)
Coverage data sourced from MMIT. Updated monthly.
Savings
No savings programs available for Incruse Ellipta.
Cost estimate not availableAssistance Fund: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Commercial or private insurance
Medicare, Medicaid, VA, TRICARE
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Clinical data sourced from FDA-approved labeling. Coverage data via MMIT. Updated monthly.