- Two (0.4%) participants receiving every-2-month VOCABRIA + REKAMBYS in the mITT-E population, and one additional participant receiving every-2-month VOCABRIA + REKAMBYS in the ITT-E population, met the CVF criterion through Month 121
- Two of the participants had on-treatment rilpivirine and/or INI resistance-associated mutations (genotype for third participant failed at baseline)1
- All three participants with CVF and resistance re-suppressed on alternative ARV therapies1
EFFICACY
IT STARTS WITH
DEMONSTRATED EFFICACY
Every-2-month VOCABRIA + REKAMBYS demonstrated non-inferior efficacy to daily oral therapy with BIC/FTC/TAF in SOLAR1, and sustained efficacy over 3 years in ATLAS-2M.2-6
SOLAR IS THE FIRST HEAD-TO-HEAD STUDY COMPARING EVERY-2-MONTH VOCABRIA + REKAMBYS WITH DAILY ORAL THERAPY1
In this phase IIIb, open-label, non-inferiority study, virologically suppressed* adults with HIV-1 receiving daily oral therapy with BIC/FTC/TAF were randomised to one of three arms for the duration of the 12-month maintenance period:1
The figure has been adapted by GSK based on ref. 1
Due to protocol non-compliance, 11 participants from one site were excluded from the intention-to-treat exposed (ITT-E) population, creating a mITT-E population. Efficacy is reported on a mITT-E analysis.1
SOLAR investigated virologic suppression, safety and tolerability with every-2-month VOCABRIA + REKAMBYS vs daily oral therapy with BIC/FTC/TAF1
Outcomes were measured at Month 12 for participants in the ‘oral lead-in’ and BIC/FTC/TAF groups, and Month 11 for participants in the ‘start with injections’ group1
Efficacy and safety endpoints at Month 12 included:1
- Proportion of participants with plasma HIV-1 RNA ≥50 copies/mL (primary endpoint)
- Proportion of participants with plasma HIV-1 RNA <50 copies/mL
- Incidence of CVF‡
- Adverse events
*Participants were suppressed for ≥6 months, suppression defined as HIV-1 RNA <50 copies/mL and received BIC/FTC/TAF for ≥6 months prior to screening.1
†Cabotegravir initiation and continuation injections, 600mg (3 mL); rilpivirine initiation and continuation injections, 900 mg (3 mL).1
‡CVF defined as two consecutive measurements of HIV-1 RNA ≥200 copies/mL.1
Key inclusion and exclusion criteria1
Inclusion1
- No history of NNRTIs, PIs, C-C Chemokine receptor 5 or other entry inhibitors
- Must be on the uninterrupted current regimen of BIC/FTC/TAF for ≥6 months prior to screening with an undetectable HIV-1 viral load for ≥6 months prior to screening. BIC/FTC/TAF must be the participant’s first or second regimen. If it is their second regimen, their previous regimen must have been INI-based
Exclusion1
- History of virologic failure
- Known or suspected presence of resistance mutations to the individual components of BIC/FTC/TAF, cabotegravir and rilpivirine
- HBV infection at screening
- Moderate to severe hepatic impairment
- Women who were pregnant or breastfeeding or plan to become pregnant or breastfeed
SOLAR included a range of participants1
BASELINE PARTICIPANT CHARACTERISTICS (mITT-E)1
Among participants, 12 transgender females, 1 transgender male and 1 gender non-conforming individual were included.1
EVERY-2-MONTH VOCABRIA + REKAMBYS WAS NON-INFERIOR TO DAILY ORAL THERAPY WITH BIC/FTC/TAF1
The SOLAR primary endpoint was met: Every-2-month VOCABRIA + REKAMBYS was virologically non-inferior to daily oral therapy with BIC/FTC/TAF at Month 12 (mITT-E: 1.1% [n=5/447] with plasma HIV-1 RNA ≥50 copies/mL vs 0.4% [n=1/223], respectively, adjusted difference = 0.7% [95% CI -0.7%, 2.0%], 4% non-inferiority margin).1
SOLAR PLASMA HIV-1 RNA <50 COPIES/ML AT MONTH 12 (mITT-E)1
(secondary endpoint; 12% non-inferiority margin)
The figure has been adapted by GSK based on ref. 1
LOW INCIDENCE OF CVF AT MONTH 121
SOLAR CVF AND OVERALL RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED MUTATIONS AT MONTH 12 (ITT-E)1
The table has been adapted by GSK based on ref. 1
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ARV=antiretroviral; BIC/FTC/TAF=bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide; BMI=body mass index; CAB=cabotegravir; CI=confidence interval; CVF=confirmed virologic failure; HBV=hepatitis B virus; HIV-1=human immunodeficiency virus type 1; INI=integrase inhibitor; IQR=interquartile range; ITT-E=intention-to-treat exposed; mITT-E=modified intention-to-treat exposed; NNRTI=non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor; PI=protease inhibitor; PLHIV=people living with HIV; RNA=ribonucleic acid; RPV=rilpivirine.
- Ramgopal MN, Castagna A, Cazanave C, et al. Efficacy, safety and tolerability of switching to long-acting cabotegravir + rilpivirine versus continuing bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide in virologically suppressed adults with HIV, 12 month results (SOLAR): A randomised open-label, phase 3b non-inferiority trial. Lancet HIV. 2023 Sep;10(9):e566-e577. Published Online 8th August 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(23)00136-4
- VOCABRIA Summary of Product Characteristics. ViiV Healthcare;
- REKAMBYS Summary of Product Characteristics. Janssen-Cilag International NV;
- Overton ET, Richmond G, Rizzardini G, et al. Long-acting cabotegravir and rilpivirine dosed every 2 months in adults with HIV-1 infection (ATLAS-2M), 48-week results: a randomised, multicentre, open-label, phase 3b, non-inferiority study. The Lancet. 2021;396(10267):1994−2005. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32666-0.
- Jaeger H, Overton ET, Richmond G, et al. Long-acting cabotegravir and rilpivirine dosed every 2 months in adults with HIV-1 infection (ATLAS-2M), 96-week results: a randomised, multicentre, open-label, phase 3b, non-inferiority study. The Lancet HIV. 2021;8(11):e679– e689. doi:10.1016/S2352-3018(21)00185-5.
- Overton ET, Richmond G, Rizzardini G, et al. Long-acting cabotegravir and rilpivirine dosed every 2 months in adults with human immunodeficiency virus 1 type 1 (HIV-1) infection: 152-week results from ATLAS-2M, a randomized, open-label, phase 3b noninferiority study. Clin Infect Dis. 2023;76(9):1646–1654. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad020.
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