Recommendations for Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant HIV-1-Infected Women for Maternal Health and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal HIV Transmission in the United States
Appendix A: Supplement: Safety and Toxicity of Individual Antiretroviral Agents in Pregnancy
Protease Inhibitors
(Last updated:9/14/2011)
Glossary of Terms for Supplement:
Clastogenic = causing disruption of or breakages in chromosomes
Mutagenic = inducing or capable of inducing genetic mutation
Genotoxic = damaging to genetic material such as DNA and chromosomes
Carcinogenic = producing or tending to produce cancer
Notes:
• Some agents, such as certain chemicals or forms of radiation, are both mutagenic and clastogenic.
• Genetic mutations and/or chromosomal damage can contribute to cancer formation. |
Ten protease inhibitors (PIs) are currently approved (amprenavir is no longer available in the United States). Data are available from clinical trials in human pregnancy for atazanavir, lopinavir/ritonavir, nelfinavir, ritonavir, and saquinavir. Data in pregnancy are limited for darunavir, fosamprenavir, and indinavir. No data in pregnancy are available for tipranavir.
For information regarding the PI class of drugs and potential metabolic complications during pregnancy and pregnancy outcome, see Protease Inhibitor Therapy and Hyperglycemia and Combination Antiretroviral Therapy and Pregnancy Outcome in the perinatal guidelines.
Amprenavir (Agenerase, APV)
Atazanavir (Reyataz, ATV)
Darunavir (Prezista, DRV)
Fosamprenavir (Lexiva, f-APV)
Indinavir (Crixivan, IDV)
Lopinavir + Ritonavir (Kaletra, LPV/r)
Nelfinavir (Viracept, NFV)
Ritonavir (Norvir, RTV)
Saquinavir (Invirase [Hard Gel Capsule], SQV)
Tipranavir (Aptivus, TPV)