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A Study to Evaluate the Pharmacokinetics (PK) of Darunavir (DRV) and Cobicistat (COBI) After a Single Oral Administration of Darunavir/Cobicistat Fixed-Dose Combination in Healthy Japanese Adult Participants

An Open-label Study to Evaluate the Pharmacokinetics (PK) of Darunavir (DRV) and Cobicistat (COBI) After a Single-oral Administration of Darunavir/Cobicistat Fixed-Dose Combination Tablet in Healthy Japanese Adult Subjects

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03123848
Enrollment
8
Registered
2017-04-21
Start date
2017-04-14
Completion date
2017-05-19
Last updated
2025-02-04

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Conditions

Healthy

Brief summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the pharmacokinetic (PK) and safety of darunavir (DRV) and cobicistat (COBI) after a single oral administration of Prezcobix (DRV/COBI fixed-dose combination tablet) in healthy Japanese adult participants.

Interventions

Participants will receive a FDC tablet of darunavir 800 mg and cobicistat 150 mg orally in the morning of Day 1.

Sponsors

Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K.
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 55 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Participants must be healthy on the basis of physical examination, medical history, vital signs, and 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) performed at screening. This determination must be recorded in the participants source documents and initialed by the investigator * A woman of childbearing potential must have a negative serum (beta-human chorionic gonadotropin \[hCG\]) at screening and urine pregnancy test at the time of admission to the study site, hospitalization, and must not breast feed from screening onwards * Contraceptive use by men or women should be consistent with local regulations regarding the use of contraceptive methods for participant participating in clinical studies * A woman must agree not to donate eggs (ova, oocytes) for the purposes of assisted reproduction during the study and for a period of at least 30 days after intake of the study drug * Nonsmoker or participant who habitually smokes no more than 10 cigarettes or equivalent of e-cigarettes, or 2 cigars, or 2 pipes of tobacco per day for at least 6 months before study drug administration

Exclusion criteria

* Participant has a history of or current clinically significant medical illness including (but not limited to) cardiac arrhythmias or other cardiac disease, hematologic disease, coagulation disorders (including any abnormal bleeding or blood dyscrasias), lipid abnormalities, significant pulmonary disease, including bronchospastic respiratory disease, diabetes mellitus, liver or renal insufficiency (estimated creatinine clearance below 80 milliliter per minute \[mL/min\]); thyroid disease, neurologic or psychiatric disease, infection, significant cardiac, vascular, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, endocrine, neurologic, hematologic, rheumatologic, psychiatric, metabolic disturbances or any other illness that the investigator considers should exclude the participant or that could interfere with the interpretation of the study results * Participant has a history of malignancy before screening (exceptions are squamous and basal cell carcinomas of the skin and carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or malignancy, that is considered cured with minimal risk of recurrence) * Participant has a history of or current clinically significant skin reactions (such as but not limited to Stevens-Johnson Syndrome \[SJS\], Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN), and/or erythema multiforme) or any history of allergies to drugs, such as, but not limited to, sulfonamides and penicillins * Participant has been contraindicated DRV and COBI per local prescribing information * Participant is a woman, who is pregnant, or breast-feeding, or planning to become pregnant while enrolled in this study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Apparent Total Body Clearance of Drug at the Terminal Phase After Extravascular Administration (CL/F)Predose, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72 hours postdoseCL/F is the apparent total body clearance of drug at the terminal phase after extravascular administration.
Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration (Cmax)Predose, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72 hours postdoseThe Cmax is the maximum observed plasma concentration.
Concentration at Last Quantifiable Time Point (Clast)Predose, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72 hours postdoseClast is defined as concentration at last quantifiable time point.
Time to Reach the Maximum Plasma Concentration (Tmax)Predose, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72 hours postdoseTmax is defined as the time to reach the maximum plasma concentration.
Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve From Time Zero to Time the Last Quantifiable Time (AUC[0-last])Predose, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72 hours postdoseAUC(0-last) is defined as area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time zero to time the last quantifiable time, calculated by linear trapezoidal summation.
Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve From Time Zero to Infinite Time (AUC0-infinity)Predose, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72 hours postdoseAUC(0-infinity) is defined as area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time zero to infinite time.
Elimination Rate Constant (Lambda[z])Predose, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72 hours postdoseLambda(z) is first-order rate constant associated with the terminal portion of the curve, determined as the negative slope of the terminal log-linear phase of the drug concentration-time curve.
Terminal Elimination Half-Life (t1/2)Predose, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72 hours postdoset1/2 is the time measured for the plasma concentration to decrease by 1 half to its original concentration. It is associated with the terminal slope of the semi logarithmic drug concentration-time curve, and is calculated as 0.693/lambda(z).
Apparent Volume of Distribution (Vz/F)Predose, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72 hours postdoseVz/F is defined as the apparent volume of distribution at the terminal phase after extravascular administration.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs)Up to approximately 1 monthAn AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a participant participating in a clinical study that does not necessarily have a causal relationship with the pharmaceutical/biological agent under study.

Countries

Japan

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Darunavir 800 mg/Cobicistat 150 mg as FDC (Prezcobix)
Participants received darunavir 800 milligram (mg) and Cobicistat 150 mg in a fixed-dose combination (FDC) as film-coated tablet formulation (PREZCOBIX) once orally on Day 1.
8
Total8

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicDarunavir 800 mg/Cobicistat 150 mg as FDC (Prezcobix)
Age, Continuous33.1 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 6.1
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
0 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
8 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Asian
8 Participants
Region of Enrollment
JAPAN
8 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
Male
8 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 8
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 8
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 8

Outcome results

Primary

Apparent Total Body Clearance of Drug at the Terminal Phase After Extravascular Administration (CL/F)

CL/F is the apparent total body clearance of drug at the terminal phase after extravascular administration.

Time frame: Predose, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72 hours postdose

Population: PK analysis set included all participants who received the study drug and had at least one plasma concentration data-point after administration. CL/F for each analyte (Darunavir and Cobicistat) of fixed dose combination has been reported separately in each arm as per planned analysis.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Darunavir 800 mg (FDC: Darunavir 800/Cobicistat 150 mg)Apparent Total Body Clearance of Drug at the Terminal Phase After Extravascular Administration (CL/F)16974 milliliter per hour (mL/h)Standard Deviation 5440
Cobicistat 150 mg (FDC: Darunavir 800/Cobicistat 150 mg)Apparent Total Body Clearance of Drug at the Terminal Phase After Extravascular Administration (CL/F)33573 milliliter per hour (mL/h)Standard Deviation 16699
Primary

Apparent Volume of Distribution (Vz/F)

Vz/F is defined as the apparent volume of distribution at the terminal phase after extravascular administration.

Time frame: Predose, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72 hours postdose

Population: PK analysis set included all participants who received the study drug and had at least one plasma concentration data-point after administration. Vz/F for each analyte (Darunavir and Cobicistat) of fixed dose combination has been reported separately in each arm as per planned analysis.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Darunavir 800 mg (FDC: Darunavir 800/Cobicistat 150 mg)Apparent Volume of Distribution (Vz/F)111970 milliliter (mL)Standard Deviation 61217
Cobicistat 150 mg (FDC: Darunavir 800/Cobicistat 150 mg)Apparent Volume of Distribution (Vz/F)166460 milliliter (mL)Standard Deviation 76366
Primary

Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve From Time Zero to Infinite Time (AUC0-infinity)

AUC(0-infinity) is defined as area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time zero to infinite time.

Time frame: Predose, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72 hours postdose

Population: PK analysis set included all participants who received the study drug and had at least one plasma concentration data-point after administration. AUC0-inf for each analyte (Darunavir and Cobicistat) of fixed dose combination has been reported separately in each arm as per planned analysis.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Darunavir 800 mg (FDC: Darunavir 800/Cobicistat 150 mg)Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve From Time Zero to Infinite Time (AUC0-infinity)51460 h*ng/mLStandard Deviation 15836
Cobicistat 150 mg (FDC: Darunavir 800/Cobicistat 150 mg)Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve From Time Zero to Infinite Time (AUC0-infinity)5710 h*ng/mLStandard Deviation 3128
Primary

Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve From Time Zero to Time the Last Quantifiable Time (AUC[0-last])

AUC(0-last) is defined as area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time zero to time the last quantifiable time, calculated by linear trapezoidal summation.

Time frame: Predose, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72 hours postdose

Population: PK analysis set included all participants who received the study drug and had at least one plasma concentration data-point after administration time zero to time the last quantifiable time. AUC\[0-last\] for each analyte (Darunavir and Cobicistat) of fixed dose combination has been reported separately in each arm as per planned analysis.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Darunavir 800 mg (FDC: Darunavir 800/Cobicistat 150 mg)Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve From Time Zero to Time the Last Quantifiable Time (AUC[0-last])51274 hour*nanogram per milliliter (h*ng/mL)Standard Deviation 15983
Cobicistat 150 mg (FDC: Darunavir 800/Cobicistat 150 mg)Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve From Time Zero to Time the Last Quantifiable Time (AUC[0-last])5667 hour*nanogram per milliliter (h*ng/mL)Standard Deviation 3119
Primary

Concentration at Last Quantifiable Time Point (Clast)

Clast is defined as concentration at last quantifiable time point.

Time frame: Predose, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72 hours postdose

Population: PK analysis set included all participants who received the study drug and had at least one plasma concentration data-point after administration. Clast for each analyte (Darunavir and Cobicistat) of fixed dose combination has been reported separately in each arm as per planned analysis.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Darunavir 800 mg (FDC: Darunavir 800/Cobicistat 150 mg)Concentration at Last Quantifiable Time Point (Clast)33.3 ng/mLStandard Deviation 60.3
Cobicistat 150 mg (FDC: Darunavir 800/Cobicistat 150 mg)Concentration at Last Quantifiable Time Point (Clast)8.59 ng/mLStandard Deviation 3.24
Primary

Elimination Rate Constant (Lambda[z])

Lambda(z) is first-order rate constant associated with the terminal portion of the curve, determined as the negative slope of the terminal log-linear phase of the drug concentration-time curve.

Time frame: Predose, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72 hours postdose

Population: PK analysis set included all participants who received the study drug and had at least one plasma concentration data-point after administration. Lambda\[z\] for each analyte (Darunavir and Cobicistat) of fixed dose combination has been reported separately in each arm as per planned analysis.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Darunavir 800 mg (FDC: Darunavir 800/Cobicistat 150 mg)Elimination Rate Constant (Lambda[z])0.173 per hour (1/h)Standard Deviation 0.0668
Cobicistat 150 mg (FDC: Darunavir 800/Cobicistat 150 mg)Elimination Rate Constant (Lambda[z])0.199 per hour (1/h)Standard Deviation 0.0233
Primary

Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration (Cmax)

The Cmax is the maximum observed plasma concentration.

Time frame: Predose, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72 hours postdose

Population: Pharmacokinetic (PK) analysis set included all participants who received the study drug and had at least one plasma concentration data-point after administration. Cmax for each analyte (Darunavir and Cobicistat) of fixed dose combination has been reported separately in each arm as per planned analysis.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Darunavir 800 mg (FDC: Darunavir 800/Cobicistat 150 mg)Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration (Cmax)5496 nanogram per milliliter (ng/mL)Standard Deviation 952
Cobicistat 150 mg (FDC: Darunavir 800/Cobicistat 150 mg)Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration (Cmax)832 nanogram per milliliter (ng/mL)Standard Deviation 265
Primary

Terminal Elimination Half-Life (t1/2)

t1/2 is the time measured for the plasma concentration to decrease by 1 half to its original concentration. It is associated with the terminal slope of the semi logarithmic drug concentration-time curve, and is calculated as 0.693/lambda(z).

Time frame: Predose, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72 hours postdose

Population: PK analysis set included all participants who received the study drug and had at least one plasma concentration data-point after administration. t1/2 for each analyte (Darunavir and Cobicistat) of fixed dose combination has been reported separately in each arm as per planned analysis.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Darunavir 800 mg (FDC: Darunavir 800/Cobicistat 150 mg)Terminal Elimination Half-Life (t1/2)4.4 HourStandard Deviation 1.4
Cobicistat 150 mg (FDC: Darunavir 800/Cobicistat 150 mg)Terminal Elimination Half-Life (t1/2)3.5 HourStandard Deviation 0.4
Primary

Time to Reach the Maximum Plasma Concentration (Tmax)

Tmax is defined as the time to reach the maximum plasma concentration.

Time frame: Predose, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72 hours postdose

Population: PK analysis set included all participants who received the study drug and had at least one plasma concentration data-point after administration. Tmax for each analyte (Darunavir and Cobicistat) of fixed dose combination has been reported separately in each arm as per planned analysis.

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Darunavir 800 mg (FDC: Darunavir 800/Cobicistat 150 mg)Time to Reach the Maximum Plasma Concentration (Tmax)4.00 hour (h)
Cobicistat 150 mg (FDC: Darunavir 800/Cobicistat 150 mg)Time to Reach the Maximum Plasma Concentration (Tmax)4.00 hour (h)
Secondary

Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs)

An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a participant participating in a clinical study that does not necessarily have a causal relationship with the pharmaceutical/biological agent under study.

Time frame: Up to approximately 1 month

Population: Safety analysis set included all participants who received the study drug. AEs for each analyte (Darunavir and Cobicistat) of fixed dose combination has been reported separately as per planned analysis.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Darunavir 800 mg (FDC: Darunavir 800/Cobicistat 150 mg)Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs)0 Participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026