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Study to Evaluate the Activity and Tolerability of Lopinavir/Ritonavir and Lamivudine Bitherapy in HIV Patients With Viral Suppression

Phase 4
Completed
Conditions
HIV Infection
Interventions
Drug: antiretroviral treatment
Registration Number
NCT01471821
Lead Sponsor
Juan A. Arnaiz
Brief Summary

This is a prospective, open controlled trial in which HIV-1 with viral suppression patients will be randomized to continue with their current treatment (lopinavir/ritonavir plus emtricitabine or lamivudine plus any nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitor) or to simplify to lopinavir/ritonavir plus lamivudine.

Randomization will be stratified according to the values of nadir CD4 and time of viral suppression.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
250
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients of either sex (female or male) and 18 years or older.
  • Patients seropositive for HIV-1 using standard diagnostic criteria.
  • There is confirmation of viral load to be lower than 50 cop/ml during the 6 previous months to inclusion. The requirement is to have at least two viral loads lower than 50 cop/mL separated by 6 months and no one >50cop/mL during the 6 months before inclusion.
  • Patients on continuous HAART consisting of LPV/r, emtricitabine (FTC) or 3TC (lamivudine) and an NRTI for at least 2 months before being randomized in this study.
  • Patients who are clinically stable, in the opinion of the investigator, at entry into the study (clinical status and chronic medication must not have not been modified at least 14 days prior to randomization). Patients receiving therapy for an active opportunistic infection are eligible for enrollment if the above criteria are met. Standard prophylaxis of opportunistic infections is permitted.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Pregnancy, nursing, or planned pregnancy during the study period.
  • Previous failure with regimens including a protease inhibitor (PI) or 3TC/FTC.
  • Known resistance mutations to PIs or 3TC/FTC.
  • Patients with an active opportunistic infection or malignancy. Patients with a stable chronic opportunistic infection may be included in the study.
  • Any disease or history of disease which, in the opinion of the investigator, might confound the results of the study or pose additional risk to patient treatment.
  • Patients diagnosed with visceral Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), patients with lymphoedema secondary to cutaneous KS or cutaneous or palatine KS who have been treated with systemic immunosuppressive therapy must also be excluded.
  • Patients with chronic hepatitis B on treatment with tenofovir + 3TC/FTC

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
simplificationantiretroviral treatmentLopinavir/ritonavir (400/100 BID) plus lamivudine (300 QD)
Continue with current treatmentantiretroviral treatment-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Proportion of patients with no treatment failure48 weeks

* viral failure, defined as two viral loads above 50 copies/ml at least two weeks apart

* death

* developing new CDC-C events

* withdrawing consent

* being lost to follow-up

* switching assigned treatment for any cause

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Proportion of patients with no viral failure48 weeks

defined as two viral loads above 400 copies/ml

Proportion of patients with no therapeutical failure48 weeks

defined as in the primary outcome but with two viral loads above 400 copies/ml, not 50 as in the primary outcome.

Time to viral failure48 weeks

Two different analysis will be carried out: with 50 copies/ml threshold and with 400 copies/ml threshold

Proportion of patients with blips48 weeks

Defined as one viral load above 50 and below 400 copies/ml with next viral load below 50 copies/ml

Change from baseline CD448 weeks
Lipidic profile change from baseline48 weeks
Creatinine clearance change from baseline48 weeks
Proportion of patients with proximal tubular renal disfunction48 weeks
Lipodystrophy changes from baseline48 weeks

evaluated using two questionnaires: lipoatrophy and fat accumulation

Adherence to treatment48 weeks
Mortality and progression to AIDS48 weeks
Adverse events per treatment branch48 weeks
Proportion of patients switching study treatment due to an adverse event48 weeks
Proportion of serious adverse events related to treatment48 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Hospital Clínic i Provincial Barcelona

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Barcelona, Spain

Hospital Universitario La Paz

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Madrid, Spain

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