A Kaletra ONCE daily Randomised Trial of the pharmacokinetics, safety and efficacy of twice-daily versus once-daily lopinavir/ritonavir tablets dosed by weight as part of combination antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1 infected children (PENTA 18) - KONCERT
- Conditions
- Infection VIHMedDRA version: 12.1Level: LLTClassification code 10068341Term: HIV-1 infection
- Registration Number
- EUCTR2009-013648-35-FR
- Lead Sponsor
- Paediatric European Network for Treatment of AIDS (PENTA) Foundation
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 173
• aged <18 years (up to 18th birthday) with confirmed HIV-1 infection
• weight =15 kg
• able to swallow tablets
• stable (i.e. CD4 not declining) on a combination antiretroviral regimen that has included lopinavir/ritonavir for at least 24 weeks
• taking lopinavir/ritonavir dosed twice-daily and be willing at the screening visit to change to tablet formulation (if not currently taking tablets) and to change the lopinavir/ritonavir dose to follow the recommended FDA dosing plan based on body weight bands as necessary
•viral suppression (HIV-1 RNA <50 copies/mLl) for at least the prior 24 weeks (minimum of 2 measurements).
• children and caregivers willing to participate in the PK study if they are among a minimum of the first 16 children enrolled in each body weight band in the trial, including a second PK assessment if randomised to switch to once-daily lopinavir/ritonavir.
• parents/carers and children, where applicable, give informed written consent
Are the trial subjects under 18? yes
Number of subjects for this age range:
F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) no
F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range
F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) no
F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range
•children on an antiretroviral regimen that includes a NNRTI, fosamprenavir or nelfinavir
• children who have previously failed virologically on a PI containing regimen (where virological failure is defined as two successive HIV-1 RNA results>1000 copies/mL (confirmed) more than 24 weeks after starting HAART, i.e changes for toxicity are not counted as failure)
• acute illness
• abnormal renal or liver function (grade 3 or above)
• receiving concomitant therapy except for prophylaxis; Some treatments may be allowed, but must first be discussed with a trial medical expert
• pregnancy or risk of pregnancy in females of child bearing potential
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method