Mechanism of action
Rilpivirin is a
diaryl pyrimidine non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor HIV-1. The activity of rilpivirin is mediated by the non-competitive inhibition of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. Rilpivirine does not inhibit human alpha, beta, gamma-DNA polymerase.
Antiviral activity in vitro
Rilpivirin is active against laboratory strains of wild-type HIV-1 in acute infected T-cell lines with an average EC50 of HIV-1 / WB of 0.77 nMol (0.27 ng / ml). Rilpivirine shows limited activity against HIV-2 in vitro with EU values50 from 2510 to 10830 nM Mechanism of action
Rilpivirin is a diaryl pyrimidine non-nucleoside inhibitor of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. The activity of rilpivirin is mediated by the non-competitive inhibition of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. Rilpivirine does not inhibit human alpha, beta, gamma-DNA polymerase.
Antiviral activity in vitro
Rilpivirin is active against laboratory strains of wild-type HIV-1 in acute infected T-cell lines with an average EC50 of HIV-1 / WB of 0.77 nMol (0.27 ng / ml). Rilpivirine shows limited activity against HIV-2 in vitro with EU values50 from 2510 to 10,830 nMol (920-3970 ng / ml), however, in the absence of clinical trial data, it is not recommended to administer Eduardant ® for the treatment of HIV-2 infection. Rilpivirine has antiviral activity against a wide range of representatives of group M of HIV-1 (subtypes A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H), for which its average effective dose (EC50) varies from 0.07 to 1.01 nM (0.03-0.37 ng / ml), and the primary isolates of group O, for which its average effective dose (EC50) varies from 2.88 to 8.45 nM (1.06-3.10 ng / ml).
Rilpivirin has additive antiviral activity in combination with nucleotide / nucleoside
reverse transcriptase inhibitors: abacavir, didanosine, emtricitabine, stavudine, and tenofovir; with protease inhibitors: amprenavir, atazanavir, darunavir, indinavir, lopinavir, nelfinavir, ritonavir, tipranavir and saquinavir; with non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors: efavirenzem, etravirine and nevirapine, and also in combination with a fusion inhibitor-enfuvirtide and antagonist CCR5 co-receptor - maraviroc. Rilpivirine gives a synergistic or additive antiviral effect in combination with nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors lamivudine and zidovudine, as well as an integrase inhibitor raltegravir.
Resistance Cell culture
When selecting wild-type HIV-1 strains of different origin and different subtypes, as well as selection of HIV-1 strains resistant to NNRTIs, the following amino acid substitutions were most often encountered: L100I, K101E, VI081, E138K, V179F, Y181C, H221Y, F227C, M230I.
Resistance to rilpivirin was defined as a multiple change in the EC50 parameter (FC) above the biological threshold value, characteristic for the method of analysis used.
Patients who have not previously received antiretroviral therapy Amino acid substitutions that were associated with NNRTI resistance and were most commonly encountered in such patients were: V901, K101E, E138K, E138Q, VI791, Y181C, V189I, H221Y and F227C. However, in the course of clinical trials, V901 and VI891 at the initial stage of treatment did not affect the response to rilpivirin therapy. Replacement of E138K appeared most often during rilpivirin therapy, usually in combination with replacement M184I.
A greater number of patients with virologic failure of Aduurant® therapy compared with patients who had a virological failure of efavirenz therapy showed resistance to lamivudine / emtricitabine. With all available data in vivo and in vitro the following amino acid substitutions present at the initial stage of treatment affect the activity of rilpivirin: K101E, K101P, E138A, E138G, E138K, E138R, E138Q, V179L, Y181C, Y181I, Y181V, Y188L, H221Y, F227C, M230I and M230L.
Cross-resistance
Mutant strains with resistance to HIV-1
Of the 67 laboratory recombinant HIV-1 strains with one amino acid substitution in the reverse transcriptase gene, with a mutation resistant to NNRTI, including frequently encountered K103N and Y181C, rilpivirin demonstrated antiviral activity against 64 (96%) of these strains. At the same time it was shown that the presence of a mutation K103N in itself does not lead to a decrease in sensitivity, and in this case, the presence of a combination of mutations K103N and L100I leads to a 7-fold decrease in sensitivity. Single amino acid substitutions associated with a loss of sensitivity to rilpivirin were K101P, Y181I and Y181V.
Isolates of recombinant strains Rilpivirin demonstrated
sensitivity (FC < BPZ) for 62% of the 4,786 isolates of recombinant strains with resistance to efavirenz and / or nevirapine.
HIV-1 infected patients who had not previously received antiretroviral therapy
According to the clinical study, 31 patients from 62 patients with virologic failure, against the background of treatment with Eduardant ® and phenotypic resistance, ceased to respond to rilpivirin therapy. And 28 patients had resistance to etravirine, 27 - to efavirenz and 14 - to nevirapine.
Influence on the parameters of the electrocardiogram
Effect of Eduardant ® on the interval QTcF when taken in the recommended dose of 25 mg once a day was studied in healthy volunteers. When taking Eduardant ® in the recommended dose of 25 mg once a day clinically significant effect on the interval QTc was not noted. When studying the use of Edurant® in doses exceeding therapeutic (75 mg once a day and 300 mg once a day) taken by healthy volunteers, the maximum average and time-matched (upper limit of the confidence interval of 95%) difference in the values of the interval QTcF between the study drug and placebo and after correction values were 10.7 (15.3) and 23.3 (28.4) ms, respectively. Against the background of the equilibrium state, taking the drug at doses of 75 mg once a day and 300 mg once a day led to an increase in the average value of the maximum concentration in the blood plasma (CmOh) is approximately 2.6 or 6.7 times, respectively, compared with the average value of CmOh, which was noted against the background of the equilibrium state with the introduction of the drug Edurant® in the recommended dose of 25 mg once a day.