TABLE 1.
Trial | Trial design and description | Key inclusion and exclusion criteria |
Treatment |
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Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria | Period 1 | Period 2 | General comments | Period 1 | Period 2 | ||
CYP3A substrate: effects of multiple-dose doravirine on single-dose PK of an oral contraceptive, EE-LNG | Phase 1, open-label, two-period, fixed-sequence trial (protocol no. MK-1439-012); trial dates, 1 February 2013 to 1 April 2013; 20 women were enrolled, and 19 women completed the trial | Healthy women aged 18–65 yr; postmenopausal or oophorectomized; BMI = 18.5–32.0 kg/m2 | Positive result for HIV, hepatitis B virus surface antigen, or hepatitis C virus infection; use of any drugs or substances known to be inducers of CYP enzymes and/or P-gp, including St. John’s wort, within 28 days or 5 times the half-life of the product (whichever was longer) prior to the first dose of trial drug or known to be significant inhibitors of CYP enzymes and/or significant inhibitors or substrates of P-gp, OATP, UGT, and/or SULT1E1 within 14 days or 5 times the half-life of the trial drug (whichever was longer) prior to the first dose of trial drug | Single dose of EE at 0.03 mg and LNG at 0.15 mg on day 1, followed by a 7-day washout period | Doravirine was administered at 100 mg QD on days 1–17 and was coadministered with EE at 0.03 mg and LNG at 0.15 mg on day 14 | EE-LNG was administered in a fasted state (≥10 h predose and ≥4 h postdose); doravirine was administered in a fasted state (≥1 h predose and ≥2 h postdose), except on day 14, when it was coadministered with EE-LNG in the fasting state (≥10 h predose and ≥4 h postdose) | For samples for EE and LNG assay, predose and at 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 48, 72, and 96 h postdose | For samples for EE and LNG assay, on day 14, predose and at 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 48, 72, and 96 h postdose |
CYP3A inhibitor: effects of multiple-dose ritonavir on single-dose PK of doravirine | Phase 1, open-label, fixed-sequence, two-period trial (protocol number MK-1439-002, EudraCT no. 2011-002722-48); trial dates, 16 August 2011 to 16 November 2011; 8 men were enrolled, and 8 men completed the trial | Healthy men aged between 18 and 50 yr; BMI ≤ 35 kg/m2 | History of documented HIV infection; concomitant use of medications or herbal remedies beginning approximately 2 wk (or 5 half-lives) prior to initial dose of trial drug until the posttrial visit | Single dose of doravirine 50 mg (day 1), followed by a 7-day washout period | Ritonavir was administered at 100 mg twice daily on days 1–20 and was coadministered with a single dose of doravirine at 50 mg on the morning of day 14 | Doravirine was administered in a fasted state (fasting for ≥8 h predose and 4 h postdose); ritonavir was administered within 30 min prior to or after a meal, except on day 14, when it was coadministered with doravirine in a fasted state (fasting ≥8 h predose and 4 h postdose) | Predose and at 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 10, 12, 16, 24, 48, 72, 96, and 120 h postdose | Predose and at 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 10, 12, 16, 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144, and 168 h postdose (day 14) |
CYP3A inhibitor: effects of multiple-dose ketoconazole on single-dose PK of doravirine | Phase 1, open-label, two-period, fixed-sequence trial (protocol no. MK-1439-010; trial dates, 21 November 2012 to 31 December 2012; 8 men and 2 women were enrolled, and 8 men and 2 women completed the trial | Healthy men and women between 19 and 50 yr of age; women were required to be of nonchildbearing potential; BMI = 18.5–32.0 kg/m2 | Positive result for HIV, hepatitis B virus surface antigen, or hepatitis C virus infection; use of any drugs or substances known to be significant inhibitors or inducers of CYP enzymes, significant inhibitors, inducers, or substrates of P-gp, or significant inhibitors or substrates of OATP within 14 days (for inhibitors/substrates) or 28 days (for inducers) or within 5 half-lives before the first trial drug dose | Single dose of doravirine 100 mg (day 1), followed by a ≥7-day washout period | Ketoconazole was administered at 400 mg QD on days 1–10 and was coadministered with doravirine at 100 mg on the morning of day 2 | Doravirine was administered in a fasted state (fasting for ≥10 h predose and 4 h postdose); ketoconazole was administered in a fasted state (fasting for ≥1 h predose and ≥2 h postdose), except on day 2, when it was administered with doravirine in a fasted state (fasting for ≥10 h predose and 4 h postdose) | Predose and at 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 6, 12, 24, 30, 48, and 72 h postdose |
On day 2, predose and at 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, 144, and 216 h postdose |
BMI, body mass index; CYP3A, cytochrome P450 3A; EE, ethinyl estradiol; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; LNG, levonorgestrel; OATP, organic-anion-transporting polypeptide; PK, pharmacokinetic; QD, once daily.