Ella Drug Interactions

Potential for other medicinal products to affect ulipristal acetate: Ulipristal acetate is metabolized by CYP3A4 in vitro.
CYP3A4 inhibitors: In vivo results show that administration of ulipristal acetate with a potent and a moderate CYP3A4 inhibitor increased C_max and AUC of ulipristal acetate with a maximum of 2- and 5.9-fold, respectively. The effects of CYP3A4 inhibitors are unlikely to have any clinical consequences.
The CYP3A4 inhibitor ritonavir can also have an inducing effect on CYP3A4 when ritonavir is used for a longer period. In such cases ritonavir might reduce plasma concentrations of ulipristal acetate. Concomitant use is therefore not recommended (see Precautions). Enzyme induction wears off slowly and effects on the plasma concentrations of ulipristal acetate may occur even if a woman has stopped taking an enzyme inducer within the last 2-3 weeks.
CYP3A4 inducers: In vivo results show that the administration of ulipristal acetate with a strong CYP3A4 inducer such as rifampicin markedly decreases C_max and AUC of ulipristal acetate by 90% or more and decreases ulipristal acetate half-life by 2.2-fold corresponding to an approximately 10-fold decrease of ulipristal acetate. Concomitant use of Ella with CYP3A4 inducers (e.g. rifampicin, phenytoin, phenobarbital, carbamazepine, efavirenz, fosphenytoine, nevirapine, oxcarbazepine, primidone, rifabutine, St. John's wort/Hypericum perforatum) therefore reduces plasma concentrations of ulipristal acetate and may result in a decreased efficacy of Ella and is therefore not recommended (see Precautions).
Medicinal products affecting gastric pH: Administration of ulipristal acetate (10 mg tablet) together with the proton pump inhibitor esomeprazole (20 mg daily for 6 days) resulted in approximately 65% lower mean C_max, a delayed T_max (from a median of 0.75 hours to 1.0 hours) and 13% higher mean AUC. The clinical relevance of this interaction for single dose administration of ulipristal acetate as emergency contraception is not known.
Potential for ulipristal acetate to affect other medicinal products: In vitro data indicate that ulipristal acetate and its active metabolite do not significantly inhibit CYP1A2, 2A6, 2C9, 2C19, 2D6, 2E1, and 3A4, at clinically relevant concentrations. After single dose administration induction of CYP1A2 and CYP3A4 by ulipristal acetate or its active metabolite is not likely. Thus, administration of ulipristal acetate is unlikely to alter the clearance of medicinal products that are metabolised by these enzymes.
P-gp (P-glycoprotein) substrates: In vitro data indicate that ulipristal acetate may be an inihibitor of P-gp at clinically relevant concentrations. Results in vivo with P-gp substrate fexofenadine were inconclusive. The effects of ulipristal acetate on the P-gp substrates are unlikely to have any clinical consequences.
Hormonal contraceptives: Because ulipristal acetate binds the progesterone receptor with high affinity, it may interfere with the action of progestogen-containing medicinal products: Contraceptive action of combined hormonal contraceptives and progestogen-only contraception may be reduced.
Concomitant use of ulipristal acetate and emergency contraception containing levonorgestrel is not recommended (see Precautions).