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PREZCOBIX - Safety Information - Sulfa Allergy

Last Updated: 07/28/2026

Summary

  • There is no information regarding the number of patients with/without a sulfonamide allergy who received darunavir (DRV) and cobicistat (COBI) administered as single agents in the GS-US-216-0130 study.1
  • In the AMBER study, which compared PREZCOBIX + emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (FTC/TDF) with the single-tablet regimen (STR) DRV/COBI/FTC/tenofovir alafenamide (TAF), 1 (0.3%) patient in the PREZCOBIX group who experienced 2 rash events had a history of sulfonamide allergy.2-4

data FROM STUDIES with drv/cobi

GS-US-216-0130 Study

GS-US-216-0130 is a phase 3b, open-label, single arm, 48 week, multicenter US study evaluating the safety, tolerability, efficacy, and pharmacokinetics of DRV 800 mg + COBI 150 mg once daily (QD; administered as single agents) in combination with 2 fully active nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) in treatment-naïve and treatment-experienced (no DRV resistance-associated mutations [RAMs]) HIV-1-infected patients (N=313; n=295 treatment-naïve).1

  • There is no information regarding the number of patients with/without a sulfonamide allergy who received DRV and COBI in the GS-US-216-0130 study.

Data from Studies with drv/cobi/ftc/taf STR

HIV-1 Patients with No Prior Antiretroviral Treatment History

AMBER Study

The AMBER study is a phase 3, randomized, active-controlled, double-blind study to evaluate efficacy and safety of the STR DRV/COBI/FTC/TAF vs the fixed-dose combination PREZCOBIX co-administered with FTC/TDF in treatment-naïve HIV-1-infected adults (N=725). At week 48, patients in the PREZCOBIX group switched to the STR and data were collected until week 96.2

Rash-associated adverse events were evaluated separately in patients with or without a history of sulfonamide allergy. Through week 48, one (0.3%) patient in the PREZCOBIX group who experienced rash events (rash macular and drug eruption) had a history of sulfonamide allergy (Table: Overview of Rash Events by History of Sulfonamide Allergy at Week 48.3


Overview of Rash Events by History of Sulfonamide Allergy at Week 483
DRV/COBI/FTC/TAF
PREZCOBIX + FTC/TDF
Overall
Related
Overall
Related
Analysis set: intent-to-treat, N
362
-
363
-
Rash Events/Patients with a History of Sulfonamide Allergy
0/6
0
1 (0.3%)/4
0
No History of Sulfonamide Allergy
47 (13.0%)
27 (7.5%)
38 (10.5%)
22 (6.1%)
Abbreviations: COBI, cobicistat; DRV, darunavir; FTC, emtricitabine; TAF, tenofovir alafenamide; TDF, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate.
  • Between weeks 48 and 96, there were 7 additional rash events in the initial STR group and 6 in the PREZCOBIX + FTC/TDF group following switch to the STR; none occurred in patients with a history of sulfonamide allergy.4

LITERATURE SEARCH

A literature search of MEDLINE®, EMBASE®, BIOSIS Previews®, and DERWENT® databases (and/or other resources, including internal/external databases) pertaining to this topic was conducted on 03 April 2025.

References

1 Tashima K, Crofoot G, Tomaka FL, et al. Cobicistat-boosted darunavir in HIV-1-infected adults: week 48 results of a phase IIIb, open-label single-arm trial. AIDS Res Ther. 2014;11:39.  
2 Eron JJ, Orkin C, Gallant J, et al. A week-48 randomized phase-3 trial of darunavir/cobicistat/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide in treatment-naive HIV-1 patients. AIDS. 2018;32(11):1431-1442.  
3 Data on File. 48 Week Clinical Study Report TMC114FD2HTX3001 (AMBER). Janssen Research & Development, LLC. EDMS-ERI-132892223; 2017.  
4 Data on File. 96 Week Clinical Study Report TMC114FD2HTX3001 (AMBER). Janssen Research & Development, LLC. EDMS-ERI-163159317; 2018.  

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