Avacopan
- TRADE NAME: Tavneos (ChemoCentryx)
- INDICATIONS:
Adjunct for the treatment of adult patients with severe active anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (granulomatosis with polyangiitis and microscopic polyangiitis) in combination with standard therapy including glucocorticoids.
- CLASS: Complement receptor antagonist
- HALF-LIFE: 97.6 hours
FDA APPROVAL DATE: 10/07/2021
CLINICALLY IMPORTANT, POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS INTERACTIONS WITH:CYP3A4 inducers, CYP3A4 inhibitors, Itraconazole, Rifampin
No adequate and well-controlled studies with avacopan in pregnant women to inform a drug-associated risk.
Hepatitis B virus reactivation, including life threatening hepatitis B, was observed in the
clinical program.
Avacopan does not eliminate glucocorticoid use.
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SKIN.
CARDIOVASCULAR.
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.
ENDOCRINE/METABOLIC.
GASTROINTESTINAL/HEPATIC.
NEUROMUSCULAR/SKELETAL.
RESPIRATORY.
OTHER.
Page last updated 02/27/2023
Symbol key
Incidence 
- <1%
- 1-5%
- 5-10%
- 10-15%
- 15-20%
- 20-30%
- >30%
Warnings in other populations 
- Breast feeding
- Geriatric
- Pediatric