| Human immunodeficiency virus I infection
Juluca vs Triumeq
Side-by-side clinical, coverage, and cost comparison for human immunodeficiency virus i infection.Deep comparison between: Juluca vs Triumeq with Prescriber.AI
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Coverage gaps3 major payers require step therapy for Triumeq but not Juluca, including UnitedHealthcare
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Category
Juluca
Triumeq
At A Glance
Oral
Once daily
INSTI/NNRTI combination
Oral
Once daily
INSTI + dual NRTI antiretroviral combination
Indications
- Human immunodeficiency virus I infection
- Human immunodeficiency virus I infection
Dosing
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.
Human immunodeficiency virus I infection Adults: One tablet of TRIUMEQ (600 mg abacavir, 50 mg dolutegravir, 300 mg lamivudine) once daily orally with or without food. Pediatric patients >=25 kg: One tablet TRIUMEQ once daily. Pediatric patients 6 to <10 kg: 3 tablets TRIUMEQ PD (180 mg abacavir, 15 mg dolutegravir, 90 mg lamivudine) once daily dispersed in water. Pediatric patients 10 to <14 kg: 4 tablets TRIUMEQ PD (240 mg abacavir, 20 mg dolutegravir, 120 mg lamivudine) once daily dispersed in water. Pediatric patients 14 to <20 kg: 5 tablets TRIUMEQ PD (300 mg abacavir, 25 mg dolutegravir, 150 mg lamivudine) once daily dispersed in water. Pediatric patients 20 to <25 kg: 6 tablets TRIUMEQ PD (360 mg abacavir, 30 mg dolutegravir, 180 mg lamivudine) once daily dispersed in water. Screen for HLA-B*5701 allele and test for HBV infection before initiating. Adjust dolutegravir to 50 mg twice daily when coadministered with efavirenz, fosamprenavir/ritonavir, tipranavir/ritonavir, carbamazepine, or rifampin.
Contraindications
- 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)
- Presence of HLA-B*5701 allele
- Prior hypersensitivity reaction to abacavir, dolutegravir, or lamivudine
- Concomitant use with dofetilide
- Moderate or severe hepatic impairment
Adverse Reactions
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
Most common (>=2%) Insomnia, headache, fatigue, nausea, diarrhea
Serious Serious and sometimes fatal hypersensitivity reaction with abacavir, exacerbations of hepatitis B, hepatotoxicity, lactic acidosis and severe hepatomegaly with steatosis, immune reconstitution syndrome, myocardial infarction
Postmarketing Aplastic anemia, anemia, lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly, stomatitis, pancreatitis, acute liver failure, sensitization reactions including anaphylaxis and urticaria, weight increase, hyperlactemia, CPK elevation, muscle weakness, myalgia, rhabdomyolysis, peripheral neuropathy, seizures, anxiety, alopecia, erythema multiforme, suspected Stevens-Johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis
Pharmacology
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.
TRIUMEQ and TRIUMEQ PD are fixed-dose combinations of three HIV-1 antiretroviral agents: dolutegravir (an integrase strand transfer inhibitor that blocks HIV replication by binding to the integrase active site and inhibiting the strand transfer step), abacavir (a nucleoside analogue that is converted to carbovir triphosphate which inhibits HIV-1 reverse transcriptase by competing with dGTP and incorporating into viral DNA), and lamivudine (a nucleoside analogue phosphorylated to lamivudine triphosphate which inhibits reverse transcriptase via DNA chain termination).
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Most Common Insurance
Anthem BCBS
Juluca
- Covered on 5 commercial plans
- PA (9/12) · Step Therapy (1/12) · Qty limit (11/12)
Triumeq
- Covered on 5 commercial plans
- PA (0/12) · Step Therapy (0/12) · Qty limit (11/12)
UnitedHealthcare
Juluca
- Covered on 4 commercial plans
- PA (0/8) · Step Therapy (0/8) · Qty limit (8/8)
Triumeq
- Covered on 4 commercial plans
- PA (0/8) · Step Therapy (0/8) · Qty limit (8/8)
Humana
Juluca
- Covered on 0 commercial plans
- PA (0/3) · Step Therapy (0/3) · Qty limit (3/3)
Triumeq
- Covered on 0 commercial plans
- PA (0/3) · Step Therapy (0/3) · Qty limit (3/3)
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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