Complera

Antiretroviral Therapy, HIV, HIV + 5 more

Treatment

20 Active Studies for Complera

What is Complera

Tenofovir disoproxil

The Generic name of this drug

Treatment Summary

Rilpivirine is a medication used to treat HIV-1 infections in people who have not received prior treatment. It is an NNRTI (non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor) drug that works by blocking the action of an enzyme involved in the replication of the virus. It is highly effective and has a low risk of causing resistance compared to other NNRTI drugs. It was approved by the FDA in 2011 and is now available as a two-drug regimen with dolutegravir (Juluca) or cabotegravir (Cabenuva).

Viread

is the brand name

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Complera Overview & Background

Brand Name

Generic Name

First FDA Approval

How many FDA approvals?

Viread

Tenofovir disoproxil

2001

154

Effectiveness

How Complera Affects Patients

Rilpivirine is a medication used to treat HIV-1 infection. It can be taken as an oral tablet daily or as an intramuscular injection monthly. Patients should talk to their doctor about the potential risks, such as allergic reactions, liver damage, depression, and changes in body fat.

How Complera works in the body

Rilpivirine is a medicine that works by blocking HIV-1 replication, or the production of new virus cells. It does this by binding to a protein called reverse transcriptase, which is involved in the replication process. This binding stops the production of new virus cells, and helps to prevent the virus from mutating and becoming resistant to treatment.

When to interrupt dosage

The prescribed measure of Complera is contingent upon the recognized condition, such as weight of no less than 35 kg, HIV-1 RNA Not Exceeding 100,000 copies/mL and HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). The amount of dosage is contingent upon the mode of administration (e.g. Tablet, film coated - Oral or Tablet - Oral) as delineated in the table beneath.

Condition

Dosage

Administration

HIV-1 RNA Less Than or Equal to 100,000 copies/mL

300.0 mg, , 245.0 mg, 150.0 mg, 200.0 mg, 250.0 mg, 0.04 mg/mg, 0.033 mg/mg, 123.0 mg, 163.0 mg, 204.0 mg

Tablet, film coated - Oral, Tablet, film coated, , Oral, Tablet, coated, Tablet, coated - Oral, Tablet, Tablet - Oral, Powder, Powder - Oral, Granule, Granule - Oral

Antiretroviral Therapy

300.0 mg, , 245.0 mg, 150.0 mg, 200.0 mg, 250.0 mg, 0.04 mg/mg, 0.033 mg/mg, 123.0 mg, 163.0 mg, 204.0 mg

Tablet, film coated - Oral, Tablet, film coated, , Oral, Tablet, coated, Tablet, coated - Oral, Tablet, Tablet - Oral, Powder, Powder - Oral, Granule, Granule - Oral

HIV

300.0 mg, , 245.0 mg, 150.0 mg, 200.0 mg, 250.0 mg, 0.04 mg/mg, 0.033 mg/mg, 123.0 mg, 163.0 mg, 204.0 mg

Tablet, film coated - Oral, Tablet, film coated, , Oral, Tablet, coated, Tablet, coated - Oral, Tablet, Tablet - Oral, Powder, Powder - Oral, Granule, Granule - Oral

HIV

300.0 mg, , 245.0 mg, 150.0 mg, 200.0 mg, 250.0 mg, 0.04 mg/mg, 0.033 mg/mg, 123.0 mg, 163.0 mg, 204.0 mg

Tablet, film coated - Oral, Tablet, film coated, , Oral, Tablet, coated, Tablet, coated - Oral, Tablet, Tablet - Oral, Powder, Powder - Oral, Granule, Granule - Oral

Chronic Hepatitis B Infection

300.0 mg, , 245.0 mg, 150.0 mg, 200.0 mg, 250.0 mg, 0.04 mg/mg, 0.033 mg/mg, 123.0 mg, 163.0 mg, 204.0 mg

Tablet, film coated - Oral, Tablet, film coated, , Oral, Tablet, coated, Tablet, coated - Oral, Tablet, Tablet - Oral, Powder, Powder - Oral, Granule, Granule - Oral

virologically-suppressed

300.0 mg, , 245.0 mg, 150.0 mg, 200.0 mg, 250.0 mg, 0.04 mg/mg, 0.033 mg/mg, 123.0 mg, 163.0 mg, 204.0 mg

Tablet, film coated - Oral, Tablet, film coated, , Oral, Tablet, coated, Tablet, coated - Oral, Tablet, Tablet - Oral, Powder, Powder - Oral, Granule, Granule - Oral

Obesity

300.0 mg, , 245.0 mg, 150.0 mg, 200.0 mg, 250.0 mg, 0.04 mg/mg, 0.033 mg/mg, 123.0 mg, 163.0 mg, 204.0 mg

Tablet, film coated - Oral, Tablet, film coated, , Oral, Tablet, coated, Tablet, coated - Oral, Tablet, Tablet - Oral, Powder, Powder - Oral, Granule, Granule - Oral

Obesity

300.0 mg, , 245.0 mg, 150.0 mg, 200.0 mg, 250.0 mg, 0.04 mg/mg, 0.033 mg/mg, 123.0 mg, 163.0 mg, 204.0 mg

Tablet, film coated - Oral, Tablet, film coated, , Oral, Tablet, coated, Tablet, coated - Oral, Tablet, Tablet - Oral, Powder, Powder - Oral, Granule, Granule - Oral

Warnings

Complera has fifteen counter-indications. It should not be employed in coordination with the conditions given in the following table.

There are 20 known major drug interactions with Complera.

Common Complera Drug Interactions

Drug Name

Risk Level

Description

Neomycin

Major

The risk or severity of nephrotoxicity can be increased when Tenofovir disoproxil is combined with Neomycin.

Tenofovir

Major

Tenofovir disoproxil may increase the nephrotoxic activities of Tenofovir.

Tenofovir alafenamide

Major

Tenofovir disoproxil may increase the nephrotoxic activities of Tenofovir alafenamide.

Abacavir

Minor

Tenofovir disoproxil may decrease the excretion rate of Abacavir which could result in a higher serum level.

Acetaminophen

Minor

Tenofovir disoproxil may decrease the excretion rate of Acetaminophen which could result in a higher serum level.

Complera Toxicity & Overdose Risk

If you have overdosed on this drug, call a poison control center immediately. Those with an overdose should receive supportive treatments and be monitored for changes in their heartbeat. Dialysis is not likely to remove much of the drug from the bloodstream, as it is tightly bound to proteins.

Complera Novel Uses: Which Conditions Have a Clinical Trial Featuring Complera?

43 active clinical trials are currently investigating the potential of Complera to provide therapeutic benefits for individuals with a weight of at least 35 kg, HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and HIV-1 RNA Levels Less Than or Equal to 100,000 copies/mL.

Condition

Clinical Trials

Trial Phases

Antiretroviral Therapy

0 Actively Recruiting

Obesity

0 Actively Recruiting

HIV-1 RNA Less Than or Equal to 100,000 copies/mL

0 Actively Recruiting

HIV

39 Actively Recruiting

Phase 2, Phase 3, Phase 1, Early Phase 1, Not Applicable, Phase 4

virologically-suppressed

0 Actively Recruiting

Chronic Hepatitis B Infection

9 Actively Recruiting

Phase 3, Phase 2, Phase 1

HIV

0 Actively Recruiting

Obesity

0 Actively Recruiting

Complera Reviews: What are patients saying about Complera?

5

Patient Review

4/9/2012

Complera for HIV

I switched to this new medication from another because of the side effects I experienced with the other drug. After only four days on this new medication, I've already noticed vast improvements in my sleep and mood. Additionally, I don't get that "hungover" feeling if I take it a bit later at night.

5

Patient Review

4/10/2014

Complera for HIV

Though I've been on this medication for a while now, I recently noticed that my memory has gotten worse and it's hard to concentrate. I'm not sure if it has anything to do with the drug as it's not a very common side effect, but I thought I should mention it.

5

Patient Review

12/6/2012

Complera for HIV

I was able to reduce my pill intake from seven per day down to just one thanks to this treatment. My liver enzymes are slightly elevated, but my doctor is monitoring the situation closely. So far, so good!

5

Patient Review

7/8/2013

Complera for HIV

I saw a decrease in my viral load from 76294 to 1197 within 30 days. Just be sure you take it with a hearty meal; I experienced some discomfort when I took it on an empty stomach.

5

Patient Review

11/11/2013

Complera for HIV

I had some intense gastrointestinal side effects when I first started this treatment, but they eventually subsided. My partner also started the treatment at the same time and didn't experience any problems whatsoever. It's been eight months now and we're both undetectable!

5

Patient Review

4/26/2015

Complera for HIV

This drug has been incredibly effective for me. In just one month, my viral load went from 25000 to 150 and my cd4 from 636 to 1150. I didn't experience any side effects, but one thing to note is that it does make you very hungry.

5

Patient Review

4/22/2012

Complera for HIV

I experienced no negative side effects from this drug, and I would highly recommend it to others.

5

Patient Review

10/31/2012

Complera for HIV

I saw really great results within one week of using Complera. My CD-4 count went from 385 to 850 and I felt normalized again.

5

Patient Review

10/29/2013

Complera for HIV

I was one of the first people to start taking this drug, and it's been working great for me. I take six pills a day and have had no problems with undetectability or side effects (aside from the occasional night sweat).

4.7

Patient Review

7/23/2012

Complera for HIV

My feet are numb and I sweat excessively, but I'm managing. There are definitely more annoying things in life.

4.7

Patient Review

5/2/2012

Complera for HIV

The only issues I had were three days of insomnia, but that's it!

4.3

Patient Review

7/1/2014

Complera for HIV

I've been taking this treatment for over three years now, and it's been easy to keep up with the one pill a day. My lab results have shown that the virus is undetectable, and if I manage my stress levels, my CD4 count increases. However, I haven't been able to reach the 500 goal mark yet. The side effects are almost nonexistent; my liver and kidneys haven't suffered any damage, and I rarely get colds or flu. Of course, part of keeping up my health is maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

4.3

Patient Review

3/3/2014

Complera for HIV

This is the only medication I've been taking since being diagnosed with HIV in 2012, and it's been working well for me. I did gain a little weight when I first started taking it because the pill has to be taken with a big meal, but I've since cut down on the size of my meals. I'm due to see the doctor next month and will let them know how things are going then.

4.3

Patient Review

6/26/2013

Complera for HIV

Insomnia was a huge problem for me, but this treatment really helped.

4.3

Patient Review

8/7/2014

Complera for HIV

So far, this has been like a miracle controlling the diarreah. While I still have it somehow it is much more under control. I work and this helps. Previously I was taking eight pills a day.

4

Patient Review

2/3/2014

Complera for HIV

I've been on Atripla for a while now, but I started having some bad dreams recently. My doctor said to try this treatment and see if it helped. So far, so good! I'll update in a month.

3.3

Patient Review

5/31/2013

Complera for HIV

I developed a serious skin reaction about seven weeks into treatment, so I had to stop using the drug. It was working well up until that point though, and my CD4 levels were improving.

3

Patient Review

2/23/2014

Complera for HIV

After being on Atripla for two years, I switched to Complera. Unfortunately, I experienced many of the same symptoms, plus some additional ones. These include but are not limited to: severe insomnia, fatigue, hitching, dehydration, stomach cramps, acid reflux, sore joints, swelling, dry eyes, memory loss, poor concentration and heart palpitations. On a good week, I maybe have one or two days where I can sleep properly.

2.3

Patient Review

9/29/2013

Complera for HIV

I unfortunately had a really negative reaction to this medication. I saw drastic and unwelcome changes in my weight, sleeping patterns, skin, and overall mood. Additionally, I experienced pain all over my body which made it difficult to function normally.
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Patient Q&A Section about complera

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

What drugs are in Complera?

"You should ask your healthcare provider if COMPLERA is the right medication for you. COMPLERA is a combination of emtricitabine, rilpivirine, and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, and it comes in the form of a pill. View the Patient Information leaflet for more information, including important warnings."

Answered by AI

What is Complera used to treat?

"This lowers your chance of getting HIV complications (such as new infections, cancer) and improves your quality of life.

This product contains 3 different medications: emtricitabine, rilpivirine, and tenofovir. These medications are used to help control HIV infection by decreasing the amount of HIV in the body. This lowers the individual's chances of developing HIV complications (such as new infections or cancer) and improves quality of life."

Answered by AI

What is the generic name for Complera?

"TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL FUMARATE is the brand name for tenofovir DF, a nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor.

COMPLERA is a fixed-dose combination tablet containing emtricitabine and rilpivirine hydrochloride, two synthetic nucleoside analogs of cytidine, and tenofovir DF, a nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor."

Answered by AI

Clinical Trials for Complera

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Islatravir + Ulonivirine for HIV

18+
All Sexes
Ft. Pierce, FL

Researchers are looking for new ways to treat HIV-1 (Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1). The usual (standard) treatment for HIV-1 is antiretroviral therapy (ART), which includes taking medicines to lower the amount of HIV-1 in the body. Standard ART helps people live longer, but people must take up to 3 medicines up to twice a day. Standard ART may also cause other health problems. Researchers want to know if a study ART works as well as a standard ART to treat HIV-1. The study ART combines 2 medicines, islatravir and ulonivirine, and is taken once a week. The goals of this study are to learn: 1) If the study ART works as well as a standard ART to treat HIV-1, and 2) About the safety of the study ART and if people tolerate it compared to a standard ART.

Phase 2 & 3
Recruiting

Midway Immunology and Research Center (1503) (+12 Sites)

Medical Director

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

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MucoCept-CVN for HIV Prevention

18 - 45
Female
San Francisco, CA

MucoCept-CVN uses a Lactobacillus strain native to the human vagina that is modified into a live biotherapeutic product (LBP) that continuously expresses a potent anti-HIV drug. If research shows that MucoCept-CVN is safe and effective, it could become a self-renewing, female-initiated prevention product for women that promotes vaginal health and provides protection from HIV. The goal of this first-in-human Phase 1 dose-ranging, randomized, placebo-controlled study of MucoCept-CVN is to collect data on safety, colonization, changes to the vaginal microbiota and clearance of the strain with antibiotics. Twelve healthy women will be enrolled and take either one or three doses of MucoCept-CVN or placebo, and a week later will receive antibiotics to clear the Lactobacillus strain. If research shows that MucoCept-CVN is safe and effective, it could become a self-renewing, long-acting, female-initiated prevention product for women that promotes vaginal health and provides protection from HIV.

Phase 1
Waitlist Available

UCSF Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

Craig Cohen, MD, MPH

Osel, Inc.

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DV700P-RNA + DV701B1.1-RNA for HIV

18 - 55
All Sexes
Birmingham, AL

This is a phase 1, first-in-human (FIH) trial for two vaccines, DV700P-RNA and DV701B1.1-RNA. This means it is the first time these study products are being tested in people. The purpose of this study is to see if the study products are safe, if people are able to take them without becoming too uncomfortable, and how a person's immune system responds to them (a person's immune system protects them from infections and disease). Forty-five volunteers without HIV and in overall good health, aged 18 to 55 years, will be enrolled and be in this study for about 16 months (about 12 visits), Study procedures will include blood draws, injections, and the collection of white blood cells and cells from their lymph nodes.

Phase 1
Waitlist Available

University of Alabama Medical Center (Site ID: 31788) (+11 Sites)

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SGLT2 Inhibitors for Metabolic Diseases

45 - 75
Female
Boston, MA

Women with HIV have an increased risk of having a myocardial infarction (heart attack) as compared to women without HIV. One of the mechanisms underlying the increased risk of myocardial infarction among women with HIV may involve reduced ability to increase blood flow through large and small coronary arteries at times when increased flow of oxygen-carrying blood is needed. We are conducting a study randomizing women with HIV and either diabetes, chronic kidney disease, or both to health education alone or to health education plus referral to see either an Endocrinologist or a Nephrologist in a subspecialty clinic for consideration of treatment with medication in a class known as sodium glucose transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors. SGLT2 inhibitors are clinically approved for use in patients with diabetes or chronic kidney disease but have been shown to be underutilized in people with HIV. One of our key analytic aims will be to test if SGLT2 inhibitor therapy results in improved blood flow through the large and small coronary arteries among women with HIV and either diabetes, chronic kidney disease, or both but who have no history of myocardial infarction. A second aim will be to test if subspecialty clinic referral (with or without SGLT2 inhibitor therapy prescription) results in improved blood flow through the large and small coronary arteries among the same group.

Phase 2
Recruiting

Massachusetts General Hospital

Markella V Zanni, MD

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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Alcohol Consumption in People with HIV

18+
All Sexes
Syracuse, NY

Alcohol consumption is a critical factor in HIV treatment that significantly contributes to poor treatment-related outcomes. Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) of alcohol interventions for people with HIV (PWH) have had limited success, perhaps due to an increasingly recognized co-morbitity of co-occurring hazardous alcohol use and other mental health-related problems among PWH. This has necessitated a shift in the literature towards trans-diagnostic approaches that target core psychological processes that underlie multiple mental health-related problems. One trans-diagnostic mechanism that is relevant to alcohol and other substance use is experiential avoidance (EA)- i.e., repeated, and maladaptive, use of substances and/or other behaviors to escape or avoid unwanted thoughts, feelings, and/or urges. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) targets EA and is an empirically supported treatment for multiple psychological and behavioral health-related outcomes; however there have not been any full-scale RCTs of ACT for alcohol use among any population, including PWH. The investigators recently adapted a telephone-delivered ACT intervention originally developed for smoking cessation, into an intervention for PWH who drink at unhealthy levels (NIH/NIAAA; R34AA026246). This six-session, telephone-delivered ACT intervention for alcohol use showed high feasibility and acceptability in a pilot RCT conducted by our team. The overall objective of this application is therefore to determine if ACT can significantly reduce alcohol use and comorbid symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress among adult PWH who drink at unhealthy levels. The specific aims are: To determine the relative efficacy of ACT, compared to BI, for reducing alcohol use among PWH (Aim 1) and to determine if ACT has an effect on trans-diagnostic processes that in turn affect alcohol use and other psychological and functional outcomes (Aim 2). The investigators will accomplish these aims by: conducting a remote, RCT in which the investigators randomly assign 300 PWH who drink at unhealthy levels to either the ACT intervention the investigators developed (n = 150), or a BI intervention (n = 150) previously shown to reduce alcohol use among PWH. The investigators will assess alcohol-related outcomes-via self-report and a biomarker- at baseline, post-treatment (7 weeks post-baseline), and again 3-, 6-, and 12-months post-randomization. The investigators will also measure EA to determine if it mediates treatment effects for alcohol use and other psychological and functional outcomes, measured at all timepoints.

Recruiting
Has No Placebo

Syracuse University

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