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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) |
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Information provided by: | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00000918 |
The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and effectiveness of combining several anti-HIV drugs in order to decrease plasma viral load (level of HIV in the blood) in HIV-positive patients who have failed nelfinavir (NFV) treatment.
In order to determine the ability of a drug regimen to decrease viral load after drug treatment has failed, it is best to test a variety different of drug "cocktails" (drug regimens). The drug cocktails in this study include 2 new nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), efavirenz (an NNRTI, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor), and either 1 or 2 protease inhibitors. It is important to include multiple drugs from different groups in a drug cocktail since combinations containing fewer drugs are likely to fail.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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HIV Infections |
Drug: Indinavir sulfate Drug: Lamivudine/Zidovudine Drug: Ritonavir Drug: Amprenavir Drug: Efavirenz Drug: Saquinavir Drug: Lamivudine Drug: Stavudine Drug: Zidovudine Drug: Didanosine |
Phase II |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Treatment, Safety Study |
Official Title: | A Phase II, Randomized, Open-Label Comparative Trial of Salvage Antiretroviral Therapies for HIV-Infected Individuals With Virological Evidence of Nelfinavir Treatment Failure as Reflected by Plasma HIV RNA Concentration of >= 1,000 Copies/ml |
Estimated Enrollment: | 300 |
Study Start Date: | January 1998 |
To maximize the likelihood of a favorable response to salvage therapy, 4 or 5 drug regimens should be studied. Regimens containing fewer drugs, particularly those lacking a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) such as efavirenz, are likely to result in an unacceptable rate of virological failure. Therefore, this study examines drug combinations which include two new nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), the NNRTI efavirenz, and either one or two protease inhibitors which are known not to produce cross-resistance to nelfinavir.
Patients are randomly selected to receive 1 of the following 4 treatment regimens:
Arm A: Ritonavir, saquinavir, efavirenz, and 2 new NRTIs. Arm B: Indinavir, efavirenz and 2 new NRTIs. Arm C: Amprenavir, efavirenz, and 2 new NRTIs. [AS PER AMENDMENT 3/22/00: Patients have the option to increase the APV dose or to add low-dose ritonavir. APV will continue to be provided by the study; ritonavir will not be provided by the study.] Arm D: Indinavir, amprenavir, efavirenz, and 2 new NRTIs. [AS PER AMENDMENT 6/28/99: All treatment regimens must include at least 1 new NRTI.] [AS PER AMENDMENT 3/22/00: ACTG 400 will continue to provide originally randomized study medications to all patients until approximately May 10, 2000, regardless of virologic response. Patients may also add antiretrovirals of their choice to this regimen (not provided by the study).] Clinical assessments are taken at Weeks 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, and every 8 weeks thereafter for the duration of the study. In addition, 2 substudies are being conducted: a drug-interaction substudy and a drug-exposure substudy. [AS PER AMENDMENT 3/22/00: Both substudies are closed to accrual and their pharmacokinetics assessments are discontinued.]
Ages Eligible for Study: | 13 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria
Patients may be eligible for this study if they:
Exclusion Criteria
Patients will not be eligible for this study if they:
Study Chair: | John Mellors; William Powderly | |
Study Chair: | Scott Hammer |
Study ID Numbers: | ACTG 400, Substudy A5013s., Substudy A5022s. |
Study First Received: | November 2, 1999 |
Last Updated: | September 15, 2008 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00000918 |
Health Authority: | United States: Federal Government |
Drug Therapy, Combination HIV Protease Inhibitors Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors |
Salvage Therapy Anti-HIV Agents Viral Load |
Efavirenz Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Stavudine Indinavir Saquinavir Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Zidovudine Lamivudine Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes |
Virus Diseases Amprenavir Didanosine Ritonavir HIV Infections Sexually Transmitted Diseases Nelfinavir Retroviridae Infections |
Antimetabolites Anti-Infective Agents HIV Protease Inhibitors RNA Virus Infections Anti-HIV Agents Slow Virus Diseases Immune System Diseases Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Enzyme Inhibitors Infection Antiviral Agents |
Pharmacologic Actions Antibiotics, Antitubercular Protease Inhibitors Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Anti-Bacterial Agents Anti-Retroviral Agents Therapeutic Uses Lentivirus Infections Antitubercular Agents Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors |