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4 Consecutive Days on Treatment Followed by 3 Days Off Treatment, in HIV Patients

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
HIV-1 Infection
Interventions
Drug: Four consecutive days on treatment and 3 days off
Registration Number
NCT02157311
Lead Sponsor
ANRS, Emerging Infectious Diseases
Brief Summary

Evaluate after 48 weeks, the capacity of a weekly strategy of 4 consecutive days on treatment followed by 3 days off treatment, in HIV-1 treated patients with undetectable viral load for at least 12 months and continuous antiretroviral regimen unchanged for at least 4 months, to maintain a therapeutic success defined by the absence of virological failure (2 consecutive viral loads \> 50 cp/mL) and the absence of interruption of therapeutic strategy (interruption or change of the " 4 days on / 3 days off " strategy for a time longer than 30 consecutive days).

Detailed Description

Methods:

Open-label, multicentric, prospective, non-randomized, non-controlled trial to evaluate at 48 weeks, the capacity of a weekly strategy of 4 consecutive days on treatment followed by 3 days off treatment, in HIV-1 treated patients with undetectable viral load for at least 12 months and continuous antiretroviral regimen unchanged for at least 4 months, to maintain a therapeutic success defined by the absence of virological failure (2 consecutive viral loads \> 50 cp/mL) and the absence of interruption of therapeutic strategy (interruption or change of the " 4 days on / 3 days off " strategy for a time longer than 30 consecutive days).

Allocation: Non-randomized Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study Primary Purpose: Treatment

Enrollment: 100 patients

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria
  • • HIV-1 documented infection

    • Age 18 years or older

    • HIV-1 viral load always ≤ 50 cp/mL for at least 12 months (with a minimum of 3 measures in the last 12 months, including screening)

    • CD4+ lymphocytes count > 250/mm3, for at least 6 months

    • Treatment with a stable regimen for at least 4 months prior to screening, containing 2 nucleoside/nucleotide analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTI) combined with, either 1 non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI), or 1 ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor (PI/r). The list of accepted antiretroviral drugs is limited to :

      1. NRTI : tenofovir, emtricitabine, abacavir, lamivudine
      2. PI/r : lopinavir/r, darunavir/r or atazanavir/r
      3. NNRTI : efavirenz, rilpivirine or etravirine.
    • Exclusive antiretroviral 3 drug-therapy (no 4 drug-therapy)

    • A least one genotypic resistance test available (reverse transcriptase and/or protease amino acid sequence, according to on-going antiretroviral drugs) ; on each genotypic resistance test(s) available in medical history, susceptibility to every on-going antiretroviral drugs must be demonstrated

    • Clearance of the creatinine > 60 mL/min (MDRD)

    • ASAT and ALAT < 3 ULN

    • Hemoglobin > 10 g/dl

    • Platelets count > 100 000/mm3

    • Negative pregnancy test for potential child-bearing women and mechanical contraception for sexual intercourses

    • Patient living in France and affiliated to a social security system

    • Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria
  • • HIV-2 infection

    • HBV infection (positive HBs antigen) or isolated positive HBc antibody
    • HCV infection requiring specific treatment during the 51 weeks of the trial
    • At least one known resistance to one of on-going antiretroviral drugs
    • Exclusive antiretroviral 3 drug-therapy (no 4 drug-therapy)
    • No genotypic resistance test available
    • On-going either interferon, interleukin treatment, or every immuno- / chemo-therapy
    • Progressive opportunistic infection, on-going treatment for opportunistic infection or tuberculosis
    • Patient with irregular follow-up or with treatment adherence problems
    • Any condition (alcohol, drug abuse...) compromising treatment adherence, treatment safety, and/or study adherence
    • Progressive neurological disorders (meningitis, encephalitis, myelitis...) related to HIV infection or not
    • Medical history of severe neuropsychiatric disorder, with insufficient treatment efficacy
    • Subject under legal guardianship or incapacitation

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Four consecutive days on treatment and 3 days offFour consecutive days on treatment and 3 days offAll patients will take a combination of three HIV treatment with a weekly strategy of 4 consecutive days on treatment followed by 3 days off treatment
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Capacity to maintain a therapeutic success with 4 days on treatment followed 3 days off treatmentWeek 48

To evaluate after 48 weeks, the capacity of a weekly strategy of 4 consecutive days on treatment followed by 3 days off treatment, in HIV-1 treated patients with undetectable viral load for at least 12 months and continuous antiretroviral regimen unchanged for at least 4 months, to maintain a therapeutic success defined by the absence of virological failure (2 consecutive viral loads \> 50 cp/mL) and the absence of interruption of therapeutic strategy (interruption or change of the " 4 days on / 3 days off " strategy for a time longer than 30 consecutive days).

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Virological successWeek 48

The HIV-1 viral load at week 48 must be inferior to 50 copies/mL

The blipsWeek 0, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 16, Week 24, Week 32, Week 40, Week 48, Week 51

Number of blips (viral load detectable on 1 sample) during the study

The low viral loads (between 20 - 50 cp/mL)Week 0, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 16, Week 24, Week 32, Week 40, Week 48, Week 51

Measurement of the low viral loads (between 20 - 50 cop/mL)

Detected signal on viral quantificationWeek 0, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 16, Week 24, Week 32, Week 40, Week 48, Week 51

The presence or not of detected signal when no quantification is possible on viral loads

Mutations resistanceWeek 0, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 16, Week 24, Week 32, Week 40, Week 48, Week 51

The profile of new resistance mutations in case of virological failure

Evaluation CD4, CD8 and CD4/CD8 ratiosWeek 0, week 8, week 16, week 24, week 24, week 32, week 40 and week 48

Measurement of the CD4 cell count, CD8 cell count, and CD4/CD8 ratio

HIV proviral DNAWeek 0, Week 24 and Week 48

The evolution of HIV proviral DNA in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC)

Clinical events related to HIV infectionWeek 0, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 16, Week 24, Week 32, Week 40, Week 48, Week 51

Clinical events related to HIV infection, according to the US CDC classification

Adverse eventsWeek 0, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 16, Week 24, Week 32, Week 40, Week 48, Week 51

Collect all clinical and biological adverse events

Interruption or modification of the therapeutic strategyWeek 0, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 16, Week 24, Week 32, Week 40, Week 48, Week 51

Every interruption or modification of the therapeutic strategy for more than 30 days

Renal parametersWeek 0, week 8, week 16, week 24, week 32, week 40 and week 48

The evolution of creatinin and clearance of creatinin between week 0 and Week 48.

Inflammation and immune activationWeek 0, week 24 and Week 48

The evolution of inflammation and immune activation parameters (IL-6, CRP-US, CD14s, IP-10 and MIG-1).

The measurement will be done at the end of the study in a central lab on the biobank

Antiretrovirals PharmacokineticWeek 0, week 24 and week 48

The evolution of pharmacokinetic parameters, for protease inhibitors (lopinavir, darunavir or atazanavir) or non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (efavirensz, etravirine or rilpivirine) The measurment will be done on the sample bank at the end of the study in a central lab

Antiretrovirals pharmacokineticweek 4, week8, week 12, week 24, week 32 and week 48

Measurment of Residual plasmatic concentrations of protease inhibitors (lopinavir/r - darunavir/r - atazanavir/r ) or non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (efavirenz or rilpivirine or etravirine), at the end of the 3-days off, from Day 0 to week 48.

The measurment will be done on the sample bank at the end of the study in a central lab

The time of virological failure occurrenceWeek 0, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 16, Week 24, Week 32, Week 40, Week 48, Week 51

Measure the delay between week 0 and the date of the different virologic failure

Quality of lifeweek 0, week 24 and week 48

selfquestionnary to measure the quality of life (PRO-QOL HIV and felt symptoms )

AdherenceWeek 0, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 16, Week 24, Week 32, Week 40, Week 48, Week 51

Measurement of treatment adherence (questionnaire, self-survey book, pharmacological measures of antiretroviral drugs, medication event monitoring system)

Hepatitis parametersWeek 0, week 8, week 16, week 24, week 32, week 40 and week 48

Measurment of AST, SGOT, CGT

Glucidolipidics parametersWeek 0, week 24 and week 48

Measurement of Glycemia, Triglycerids, total cholesterol, HDL and LDL

Trial Locations

Locations (17)

Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien

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Corbeil Essonnes, France

Hôpital Meynard

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Fort-de-france, Martinique, France

Hôpital Gui de Chauliac

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Montpellier, France

Hôpital Bicêtre

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Kremlin Bicetre, France

Hôpital Avicenne

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Bobigny, France

CHU Côte de Nacre

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Caen, France

Hôpital Saint-Antoine

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Paris, France

Hôpital Raymond Poincaré

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Garches, France

Hôpital Bichat

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Paris, France

Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière

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Paris, France

Hôpital Tenon

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Paris, France

Hôpital Foch

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Suresnes, France

Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou

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Paris, France

Hôpital Bretonneau

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Tours, France

Hôpital Purpan

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Toulouse, France

Hôpital Necker

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Paris, France

Hôpital Le Bocage

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Dijon, France

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