| Human immunodeficiency virus I infection
Complera vs Juluca
Side-by-side clinical, coverage, and cost comparison for human immunodeficiency virus i infection.Deep comparison between: Complera vs Juluca 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 signalsJuluca has a higher rate of injection site reactions vs Complera based on FDA-approved prescribing information
Coverage gaps3 major payers require step therapy for Juluca but not Complera, including UnitedHealthcare
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Category
Complera
Juluca
At A Glance
Oral
Once daily
NRTI/NNRTI fixed-dose combination
Oral
Once daily
INSTI/NNRTI combination
Indications
- Human immunodeficiency virus I infection
- Human immunodeficiency virus I infection
Dosing
Human immunodeficiency virus I infection One tablet orally once daily with food for adults and pediatric patients weighing at least 35 kg; not recommended in patients with estimated creatinine clearance below 50 mL/min.
Pregnancy One tablet once daily may be continued in virologically suppressed patients (HIV-1 RNA less than 50 copies/mL); monitor viral load closely due to lower rilpivirine exposures during pregnancy.
Rifabutin coadministration Add one additional 25 mg rilpivirine (Edurant) tablet once daily with a meal for the duration of rifabutin coadministration.
Human immunodeficiency virus I infection One tablet (dolutegravir 50 mg/rilpivirine 25 mg) orally once daily with a meal; if coadministered with rifabutin, take an additional rilpivirine 25-mg tablet with JULUCA once daily with a meal for the duration of rifabutin coadministration.
Contraindications
- Coadministration with carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, phenobarbital, or phenytoin
- Coadministration with rifampin or rifapentine
- Coadministration with dexamethasone (systemic, more than a single dose)
- Coadministration with St John's wort (Hypericum perforatum)
- Coadministration with proton pump inhibitors (e.g., dexlansoprazole, esomeprazole, lansoprazole, omeprazole, pantoprazole, rabeprazole)
- Previous hypersensitivity reaction to dolutegravir or rilpivirine
- Coadministration with dofetilide
- Coadministration with carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, phenobarbital, or phenytoin
- Coadministration with rifampin or rifapentine
- Coadministration with systemic dexamethasone (more than a single-dose treatment)
- Coadministration with St John's wort (Hypericum perforatum)
- Coadministration with proton pump inhibitors (esomeprazole, lansoprazole, omeprazole, pantoprazole, rabeprazole)
Adverse Reactions
Most common (>=2%) Depressive disorders, headache, insomnia, abnormal dreams, dizziness, nausea, rash
Serious Severe acute exacerbations of hepatitis B, skin and hypersensitivity reactions, hepatotoxicity, depressive disorders, new onset or worsening renal impairment, bone loss and mineralization defects, lactic acidosis/severe hepatomegaly with steatosis, immune reconstitution syndrome
Postmarketing Weight gain, severe skin and hypersensitivity reactions including DRESS, nephrotic syndrome, allergic reaction including angioedema, lactic acidosis, pancreatitis, rhabdomyolysis, osteomalacia, acute renal failure, Fanconi syndrome
Most common (>=2%) Diarrhea, headache, nausea
Serious Depressive disorders including suicidal ideation, hepatotoxicity, skin and hypersensitivity reactions
Postmarketing Acute liver failure, hepatotoxicity, weight increase, arthralgia, myalgia, nephrotic syndrome, severe skin and hypersensitivity reactions including DRESS
Pharmacology
COMPLERA is a fixed-dose combination antiretroviral containing emtricitabine (nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor), rilpivirine (non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor), and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor); each component inhibits HIV-1 reverse transcriptase through distinct mechanisms to suppress viral replication.
JULUCA is a fixed-dose combination of dolutegravir, an integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI) that blocks the strand transfer step of retroviral DNA integration essential for HIV replication, and rilpivirine, a diarylpyrimidine non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) that non-competitively inhibits HIV-1 reverse transcriptase without inhibiting human cellular DNA polymerases alpha, beta, or gamma.
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Most Common Insurance
Anthem BCBS
Complera
- Covered on 5 commercial plans
- PA (9/12) · Step Therapy (0/12) · Qty limit (9/12)
Juluca
- Covered on 5 commercial plans
- PA (9/12) · Step Therapy (1/12) · Qty limit (11/12)
UnitedHealthcare
Complera
- Covered on 4 commercial plans
- PA (0/8) · Step Therapy (0/8) · Qty limit (8/8)
Juluca
- Covered on 4 commercial plans
- PA (0/8) · Step Therapy (0/8) · Qty limit (8/8)
Humana
Complera
- Covered on 0 commercial plans
- PA (0/3) · Step Therapy (0/3) · Qty limit (3/3)
Juluca
- Covered on 0 commercial plans
- PA (0/3) · Step Therapy (0/3) · Qty limit (3/3)
Coverage data sourced from MMIT. Updated monthly.
Savings
$0
Gilead Advancing Access Patient Assistance Program/Medication Assistance Program (PAP/MAP)Commercial or private insurance
Medicare, Medicaid, VA, TRICARE
Cost estimate not availableGood Days: HIV, AIDS Treatment & Prevention
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.