Date of report: 13 Feb 2020
Reported case interaction between
Cobicistat and Quetiapine
Cobicistat and Quetiapine
Drugs suspected to be involved in the DDI
Drug A
Cobicistat
(Perpetrator)
Daily Dose
150
(mg)
Dose adjustment performed
No
Administration Route
Oral
Start date
Feb. 15, 2018
End date
Jan. 15, 2020
Drug B
Quetiapine
(Victim)
Daily Dose
300
(mg)
Dose adjustment performed
No
Administration Route
Oral
Start date
Unknown
End date
Ongoing
Complete list of drugs taken by the patient
Antiretroviral treatment
Elvitegravir/Cobicistat/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir-AF
Complete list of all comedications taken by the patient, included that involved in the DDI
Quetiapine, pregabalin, mirtazapine, clorazepate, gemfibrozil
Clinical case description
Gender
Male
Age
41
eGFR (mL/min)
>60
Liver function impairment
No
Description
HIV patient on stable treatment with ABC/3TC+etravirine. Psychiatric disorder on treatment with quetiapine (300 mg qd). Antiretroviral treatment was simplified to EVG/c/FTC/TAF, while maintaining all his medication for psychiatric disorder. The patient has been receiving quetiapine 300 mg qd and cobicistat for the last year at least, without significant side effects. Even so, antiretroviral treatment was changed to BIC/FTC/TAF to avoid eventual DDIs with quetiapine, but also with clorazepate and mirtazapine.
Outcome
No unwanted outcome
Editorial Comment
Quetiapine is metabolized by CYP3A4 and therefore coadministration with a strong CYP3A4 inhibitor like cobicistat is predicted to increase quetiapine exposure by 6 fold which can increase the risk of QT interval prolongation. Although no deleterious consequences were observed in this case, coadministration of a high dose of quetiapine in presence of a strong CYP3A4 inhibitor is not recommended unless quetiapine dose is reduced to 1/6 of the original dose.