| Human immunodeficiency virus I infection
Evotaz vs Isentress
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Coverage gaps3 major payers require step therapy for Isentress but not Evotaz, including UnitedHealthcare
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Category
Evotaz
Isentress
At A Glance
Oral
Once daily
HIV-1 protease inhibitor with CYP3A inhibitor
Oral
Once or twice daily
HIV-1 integrase strand transfer inhibitor
Indications
- Human immunodeficiency virus I infection
- Human immunodeficiency virus I infection
Dosing
Human immunodeficiency virus I infection One tablet (atazanavir 300 mg/cobicistat 150 mg) orally once daily with food.
Human immunodeficiency virus I infection (adults, treatment-naive or virologically suppressed on ISENTRESS 400 mg twice daily) 1200 mg (2 x 600 mg) once daily or 400 mg twice daily orally, with or without food.
Human immunodeficiency virus I infection (adults, treatment-experienced) 400 mg twice daily orally, with or without food.
Human immunodeficiency virus I infection (adults, coadministration with rifampin) 800 mg (2 x 400 mg) twice daily orally.
Human immunodeficiency virus I infection (pediatrics >= 40 kg, treatment-naive or virologically suppressed on ISENTRESS 400 mg twice daily) 1200 mg (2 x 600 mg) once daily, 400 mg twice daily, or 300 mg (3 x 100 mg) chewable tablets twice daily orally.
Human immunodeficiency virus I infection (pediatrics >= 25 kg) 400 mg film-coated tablet twice daily orally; weight-based chewable tablet dosing twice daily if unable to swallow tablet.
Human immunodeficiency virus I infection (pediatrics 3 kg to < 25 kg, >= 4 weeks of age) Weight-based dosing using chewable tablet or oral suspension twice daily orally (approximately 6 mg/kg/dose).
Human immunodeficiency virus I infection (neonates birth to 4 weeks, >= 2 kg) Weight-based oral suspension: once daily dosing (~1.5 mg/kg/dose) from birth to 1 week; twice daily dosing (~3 mg/kg/dose) from 1 to 4 weeks of age.
Contraindications
- Clinically significant hypersensitivity (e.g., Stevens-Johnson syndrome, erythema multiforme, toxic skin eruptions) to any component
- Coadministration with strong CYP3A4 inducers
- Coadministration with drugs highly dependent on CYP3A or UGT1A1 for clearance with narrow therapeutic indices
- Coadministration with alfuzosin
- Coadministration with ranolazine
- Coadministration with dronedarone
- Coadministration with carbamazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin
- Coadministration with colchicine in patients with hepatic or renal impairment
- Coadministration with rifampin
- Coadministration with apalutamide, encorafenib, irinotecan, ivosidenib
- Coadministration with lurasidone, pimozide
- Coadministration with dihydroergotamine, ergotamine, methylergonovine
- Coadministration with elbasvir/grazoprevir, glecaprevir/pibrentasvir
- Coadministration with St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum)
- Coadministration with drospirenone/ethinyl estradiol
- Coadministration with lomitapide, lovastatin, simvastatin
- Coadministration with nevirapine
- Coadministration with sildenafil when used for pulmonary arterial hypertension
- Coadministration with indinavir
- Coadministration with triazolam, orally administered midazolam
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Adverse Reactions
Most common (>=5%) Jaundice, rash
Serious Cardiac conduction abnormalities, rash, effects on serum creatinine, new onset or worsening renal impairment, chronic kidney disease, nephrolithiasis, cholelithiasis, hepatotoxicity, hyperbilirubinemia
Most common (>=2%) Headache, insomnia, nausea, dizziness, fatigue.
Serious Myopathy, rhabdomyolysis, hepatitis, hepatic failure, depression including suicidal ideation and behaviors, nephrolithiasis, renal failure, hypersensitivity.
Postmarketing Thrombocytopenia, diarrhea, hepatic failure, rhabdomyolysis, cerebellar ataxia, anxiety, paranoia.
Pharmacology
EVOTAZ is a fixed-dose combination of atazanavir, an HIV-1 protease inhibitor that prevents viral Gag and Gag-Pol polyprotein processing, and cobicistat, a CYP3A inhibitor that increases atazanavir systemic exposure.
Raltegravir inhibits the catalytic activity of HIV-1 integrase, an HIV-1-encoded enzyme required for viral replication, preventing integration of unintegrated linear HIV-1 DNA into the host cell genome; it is eliminated primarily via UGT1A1-mediated glucuronidation and does not inhibit or induce cytochrome P450 enzymes.
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Most Common Insurance
Anthem BCBS
Evotaz
- Covered on 5 commercial plans
- PA (4/12) · Step Therapy (0/12) · Qty limit (11/12)
Isentress
- Covered on 5 commercial plans
- PA (5/12) · Step Therapy (0/12) · Qty limit (11/12)
UnitedHealthcare
Evotaz
- Covered on 4 commercial plans
- PA (0/8) · Step Therapy (0/8) · Qty limit (4/8)
Isentress
- Covered on 4 commercial plans
- PA (0/8) · Step Therapy (0/8) · Qty limit (2/8)
Humana
Evotaz
- Covered on 0 commercial plans
- PA (0/3) · Step Therapy (0/3) · Qty limit (3/3)
Isentress
- Covered on 0 commercial plans
- PA (0/3) · Step Therapy (0/3) · Qty limit (2/3)
Coverage data sourced from MMIT. Updated monthly.
Savings
Cost estimate not availableGood Days: HIV, AIDS Treatment & Prevention
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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