Comparative Pharmacology
Head-to-head clinical analysis: ILOPERIDONE versus SAPHRIS.
Peer-Reviewed Evidence
Head-to-head clinical analysis: ILOPERIDONE versus SAPHRIS.
ILOPERIDONE vs SAPHRIS
Comparing the clinical profiles, pharmacokinetic behaviors, and safety indices of these two therapeutic agents.
Iloperidone is an atypical antipsychotic with high affinity for serotonin 5-HT2A and dopamine D2 receptors; also moderate affinity for D3, D4, 5-HT6, 5-HT7, and α1-adrenergic receptors; low affinity for H1, 5-HT1A, and α2-adrenergic receptors; no affinity for M1 muscarinic receptors.
Asenapine is an atypical antipsychotic with high affinity for serotonin 5-HT2A, 5-HT2C, 5-HT6, and 5-HT7 receptors; dopamine D2, D3, and D4 receptors; and alpha2-adrenergic receptors. It also has moderate affinity for histamine H1 and alpha1-adrenergic receptors, and low affinity for muscarinic M1 receptors.
1-2 mg orally twice daily; target dose 6-12 mg/day; maximum 12 mg/day
5 mg sublingually twice daily, may increase to 10 mg twice daily based on tolerability and efficacy.
None Documented
None Documented
Clinical Note
moderateIloperidone + Levofloxacin
"Iloperidone may increase the QTc-prolonging activities of Levofloxacin."
Clinical Note
moderateIloperidone + Norfloxacin
"Iloperidone may increase the QTc-prolonging activities of Norfloxacin."
Clinical Note
moderateIloperidone + Gemifloxacin
"Iloperidone may increase the QTc-prolonging activities of Gemifloxacin."
Clinical Note
moderateIloperidone + Haloperidol
"The metabolism of Haloperidol can be decreased when combined with Iloperidone."
Terminal elimination half-life 18 hours in extensive CYP2D6 metabolizers, 33 hours in poor metabolizers; clinical context: steady-state reached in ~5-7 days.
Terminal elimination half-life is 30-40 hours, supporting once-daily dosing.
Primarily hepatic metabolism via CYP3A4 and CYP2D6; approximately 7% excreted unchanged in urine and 18% in feces; total renal elimination of metabolites ~25%, fecal ~60%.
After oral administration, approximately 50% of the dose is excreted in urine (mostly as metabolites, <1% unchanged) and 40% in feces (mostly as metabolites).
Category A/B
Category C
Atypical Antipsychotic
Atypical Antipsychotic