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before).
- 23 October 2008 - Darunavir received a positive opinion from the
European Medicines Agency's (EMEA) Committee for Medicinal Products for
Human Use (CHMP) to extend the drug's indication to treat human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) infection to include
treatment-experienced adult patients. Darunavir, coadministered with low
dose ritonavir, is currently indicated for the treatment of HIV-1 in
combination with other antiretroviral medicines in highly pre-treated
adult patients who failed more than one regimen containing a protease
inhibitor.
Tibotec Data at ICAAC and HIV9 Data from multiple studies examining the
use of darunavir in patients with varying levels of treatment experience
were presented at ICAAC and will be presented at HIV9. Highlights include:
- A new analysis of ARTEMIS (AntiRetroviral Therapy with TMC114 Examined
In Naive Subjects), a randomised, controlled, open-label Phase III trial
that compares the 96-week efficacy and safety of darunavir/ritonavir
with lopinavir/ritonavir in treatment-naive adults. ARTEMIS is the first
study to examine darunavir/ritonavir in a once-daily dose in
treatment-naive patients with HIV. These data were presented at ICAAC on
26 October.
- A new analysis of TITAN (TMC114/r In Treatment-experienced patients
Naive to lopinavir), a randomised, controlled, open-label Phase III
study that compares the 96-week efficacy and safety of
darunavir/ritonavir with lopinavir/ritonavir in treatment-experienced,
lopinavir-naive patients. These data will be presented at HIV9 on 13
November.
The ARTEMIS and TITAN studies are ongoing. Darunavir and etravirine
were developed by Tibotec Pharmaceuticals, Cork, Ireland. Tibotec, a
division of Janssen-Cilag, is responsible for market
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