FDA approves label update for Cabenuva in HIV treatment.
ViiV Healthcare announced that the FDA approved a label update for Cabenuva (cabotegravir, rilpivirine) making the oral lead-in with cabotegravir and rilpivirine tablets optional in treating.
Oral cabotegravir and rilpivirine can be taken for a month to assess tolerability to the medicines prior to initiating cabotegravir and rilpivirine injections, a regimen co-developed as part of a collaboration with the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, but this oral lead-in is now optional after clinical trial data demonstrated similar safety and efficacy profiles for both initiation methods (with or without the oral lead-in).
This FDA approval is based on the FLAIR phase III trial Week-124 results, which showed there were similar outcomes regarding maintenance of virologic suppression, safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics in people starting cabotegravir and rilpivirine injections with or without the oral lead-in.