A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED, CLINICAL TRAIL TO COMPARE THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF REDUCED DOSE EFAVIRENZ (EFV) WITH STANDARD DOSE EFV PLUS TWO NUCLEOTIDE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS (N(T)RTI) IN ANTIRETROVIRAL -NAIVE HIV-INFECTED INDIVIDUAL OVER 96 WEEKS
- Registration Number
- PER-094-11
- Lead Sponsor
- The Kirby Institute for infection and inmmunity in Society,
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 0
• HIV-1 POSITIVE AS FOR AUTHORIZED DIAGNOSTIC TEST.
• OVER 16 YEARS (OR MINIMUM AGE DETERMINED BY LOCAL RULES OR BE AUDITED BY LOCAL REQUIREMENTS).
• 50 • ≥ 1000 HIV RNA copies/ml
• PRE-TREATMENT WITHOUT ART EXHIBITION (INCLUDING TREATMENTS ANTIRETROVIRALS CLIPPED TO PREVENT VERTICAL TRANSMISSION OR MTCT)
• CALCULATED CREATININE CLEARANCE (CrCl) ≥ 50 mL/min (Cockcroft-GAULT).
• DELIVERY OF INFORMED CONSENT IN WRITING.
• LABORATORY VALUES FOLLOWING:
• ABSOLUTE NEUTROPHIL COUNT (ANC) <500 cells / µl
• HEMOGLOBIN <7.0 g / dL
• PLATELET COUNT <50,000 cells/µl
• AST AND/OR ALT> 5 x ULN
• PREGNANT OR NURSING MOTHERS
• OPPORTUNISTIC OR MALIGNANT DISEASES THAT ARE NOT ON ACTIVE CONTROL RIGHT
• IMMUNOMODULATING USE WITHIN 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE VISIT OF SELECTION
• ANY MEDICATION USE PROHIBITED
• CURRENT CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL OR OTHER ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE THAT MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT PARTICIPATION IN THE STUDY.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
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