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Pharmacokinetics of dose-adjusted levonorgestrel emergency contraception combined with efavirenz-based antiretroviral therapy or rifampicin-containing tuberculosis regimens.
Scarsi, Kimberly K; Smeaton, Laura M; Podany, Anthony T; Olefsky, Maxine; Woolley, Elizabeth; Barr, Elizabeth; Pham, Michelle; Mawlana, Sajeeda; Supparatpinyo, Khuanchai; Gatechompol, Sivaporn; Jalil, Emilia M; Gadama, Luis; Badal-Faesen, Sharlaa; Belaunzaran-Zamudio, Pablo F; Godfrey, Catherine; Cohn, Susan E; Mngqibisa, Rosie.
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  • Scarsi KK; College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Omaha, NE, United States. Electronic address: kim.scarsi@unmc.edu.
  • Smeaton LM; Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; Boston, MA, United States.
  • Podany AT; College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Omaha, NE, United States.
  • Olefsky M; Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; Boston, MA, United States.
  • Woolley E; DLH Corporation, Silver Spring, MD, United States.
  • Barr E; Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
  • Pham M; College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Omaha, NE, United States.
  • Mawlana S; Enhancing Care Foundation, Wentworth Hospital, Durban, South Africa.
  • Supparatpinyo K; Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
  • Gatechompol S; HIV-NAT, Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Center, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Jalil EM; Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Gadama L; Johns Hopkins Research Project, Blantyre, Malawi.
  • Badal-Faesen S; Clinical HIV Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
  • Belaunzaran-Zamudio PF; Contractor, Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Bethesda, MD, United States.
  • Godfrey C; Department of State, Washington, DC, United States.
  • Cohn SE; Division of Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States.
  • Mngqibisa R; Enhancing Care Foundation, Wentworth Hospital, Durban, South Africa.
Contraception ; 121: 109951, 2023 05.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36641094
OBJECTIVES: To determine if double-dose levonorgestrel emergency contraception (EC) in combination with efavirenz or rifampicin, 2 drugs known to decrease levonorgestrel exposure, resulted in similar pharmacokinetics compared to standard-dose levonorgestrel EC without drug-drug interactions. STUDY DESIGN: We conducted a phase 2, open-label, multicenter, partially randomized, 4 parallel group trial in pre-menopausal females ≥16 years old without an indication for EC and not on hormonal contraception. Participants on dolutegravir-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) received levonorgestrel 1.5 mg (control group); those on rifampicin-containing tuberculosis therapy received levonorgestrel 3 mg; those on efavirenz-based ART were randomized 1:2 to levonorgestrel 1.5 mg or 3 mg. Plasma was collected through 48 hours post-dose to assess levonorgestrel pharmacokinetics. Area under the concentration-time curve (AUC) over 8 hours was the primary outcome. Levonorgestrel pharmacokinetic parameters were compared between groups using geometric mean ratios (GMR) with 90% confidence intervals. RESULTS: The median (Q1, Q3) age for all participants (n = 118) was 34 (27, 41) years and BMI was 23.2 (20, 26.3) kg/m2. Participants receiving levonorgestrel 1.5mg plus efavirenz (n = 17) had 50% lower AUC0-8h compared to the control group (n = 32) [0.50 (0.40, 0.62)]. Participants receiving levonorgestrel 3 mg had a similar AUC0-8h when receiving either efavirenz (n = 35) [0.99 (0.81, 1.20)] or rifampicin (n = 34) [1.16 (0.99, 1.36)] compared to control. Levonorgestrel 3 mg resulted in similar or higher maximum concentration with either efavirenz [1.17 (0.96, 1.41)] or rifampicin [1.27 (1.09, 1.49)] compared to the control group. CONCLUSIONS: Doubling the dose of levonorgestrel EC successfully increased levonorgestrel exposure over the first 8 hours in participants receiving either efavirenz-based ART or rifampicin-containing tuberculosis therapy. IMPLICATIONS: Adjusting levonorgestrel emergency contraception from 1.5 mg to 3 mg improves levonorgestrel pharmacokinetic exposure in participants receiving either efavirenz-based antiretroviral regimens or rifampicin-containing tuberculosis therapy. These data support guideline recommendations to double the dose of levonorgestrel emergency contraception in persons on medications that decrease levonorgestrel exposure by inducing levonorgestrel metabolism.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Tuberculosis / Infecciones por VIH / Anticoncepción Postcoital Tipo de estudio: Clinical_trials / Guideline Límite: Adolescent / Female / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Contraception Año: 2023 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Tuberculosis / Infecciones por VIH / Anticoncepción Postcoital Tipo de estudio: Clinical_trials / Guideline Límite: Adolescent / Female / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Contraception Año: 2023 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos