Publications: A Guide to the Clinical Care of Women with HIV/AIDS, 2005 edition

 

Table 7-8: Overview of Antiretroviral Intervention Trials to Prevent Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV
Site/Sponsor Antepartum Intrapartum Post-partum Mother Post-partum Infant Results
US (PACTG 076)
•Randomized, placebo-controlled
•Formula feeding
•N=477
Starting at 14-34 wks

Arm 1: ZDV 100 mg 5x/d

Arm 2: Placebo


Arm 1: ZDV intravenous infusion

Arm 2: Placebo
No ARV

Arm 1: ZDV 2 mg/kg qid x 6 wk

Arm 2: Placebo
•At 18 mo, tx 7.6% ZDV vs 22.6% placebo, 68% efficacy
(Connor, 1994)
THAILAND (CDC)
•Randomized, placebo-controlled
•Formula feeding
•N=392
Starting at 36 wks

Arm 1: ZDV 300 mg bid

Arm 2: Placebo


Arm 1: ZDV 300 mg q 3 hr

Arm 2: Placebo
No ARV No ARV •At 6 mos, tx 9.4% ZDV vs 18.9% placebo, 50% efficacy
(Shaffer, 1999)
IVORY COAST (CDC)
•Randomized, placebo-controlled
•Breastfeeding
•N=280
Starting at 36 wks

Arm 1: ZDV 300 mg bid

Arm 2: Placebo (stopped 2/98)


Arm 1: ZDV 300 mg q 3 hr

Arm 2: Placebo (stopped 2/98)
No ARV No ARV •At 3 mos, tx 16.5% ZDV vs 26.1% placebo, 37% efficacy
(Wiktor, 1999)
IVORY COAST/BURKINA FASO (DITRAME; ANRS 049a)
•Randomized, placebo-controlled
•After trial completion, continued to enroll into an open-label ZDV regimen cohort
•Breastfeeding
•N=400
Starting at 36-38 wks

Arm 1: ZDV 300 mg bid

Arm 2: Placebo
(stopped 2/98)


Arm 1: ZDV 600 mg x1


Arm 2: Placebo
(stopped 2/98)


Arm 1: ZDV 300 mg bid x 1 wk

Arm 2: Placebo
(stopped 2/28)
No ARV •At 6 mos, tx 18.0% ZDV vs 27.5% placebo, 38% efficacy
•At 15 mos, tx 21.5% ZDV vs 30.6% placebo, 30% efficacy
•At 24 mos (pooled analysis with CDC), tx 22.5% ZDV vs 30.2% placebo, 26% efficacy
•18 mo mortality: 17.6% ZDV vs 22.1% placebo
•Open-label ZDV cohort (N=209), 15 mo tx with ZDV regimen, 19.6%
(Dabis, 1999; DITRAME ANRS 049 Study Group, 1999; Leroy, 2002)
THAILAND/PHPT (Harvard)
•Randomized, comparative, factorial
•No placebo (076-like control)
•Formula feeding
•N=1,437
ZDV 300 mg bid

Arm 1 (Long-Long, LL): 28 wks

Arm 2 (Long-Short, LS): 28 wks

Arm 3 (Short-Long, SL): 36 wks

Arm 4 (Short-short, SS): 36 wks
ZDV 300 mg q 3 hr

Arm 1: Oral


Arm 2: Oral


Arm 3: Oral


Arm 4: Oral
No ARV ZDV 2 mg/kg qid

Arm 1: 6 wks


Arm 2: 3 d


Arm 3: 6 wks


Arm 4: 3 d
•Interim analysis 3/99 (N=449 enrolled), stopped SS arm due to sig higher tx than LL,
— At 6 mos, tx 10.5% SS vs 4.1% LL
•Final analysis 7/00, no sig differences;
— At 6 mos, tx 6.5% LL vs 4.7% LS vs 8.6% SL
•In utero tx sig different:
— 1.6% [LL+LS] vs 5.1% [SL+SS]
(Lallemant, 2000)
SOUTH AFRICA, UGANDA, TANZANIA (PETRA)
•Randomized, placebo-controlled
•Breastfeeding
•N=1,797
Starting at 36 wks

Arm 1: ZDV 300 mg bid plus 3TC 150 mg bid

Arm 2: Placebo



Arm 3: Placebo



Arm 4: Placebo (stopped 2/98)


Arm 1: ZDV 300 mg q 3 hr plus 3TC 150 mg q 12 hr

Arm 2: ZDV 300 mg q 3 hr plus 3TC 150 mg q 12 hr

Arm 3: ZDV 300 mg q 3 hr plus 3TC 150 mg q 12 hr

Arm 4: Placebo
(stopped 2/98)



Arm 1: ZDV 300 mg bid plus 3TC 150 mg bid x 7 d

Arm 2: ZDV 300 mg bid plus 3TC 150 mg bid x 7 d


Arm 3: Placebo


Arm 4: Placebo
(stopped 2/98)


Arm 1: ZDV 4 mg/kg bid plus 3TC 2 mg/kg bid x 7 d

Arm 2: ZDV 4 mg/kg bid plus 3TC 2 mg/kg bid x 7 d

Arm 3: Placebo


Arm 4: Placebo
(stopped 2/98)
Petra Study Team
•At 6 wks, tx:
— 5.7% AP/IP/PP (63% efficacy)
— 8.9% IP/PP (42% efficacy)
— 14.2% IP
— 15.3% placebo
•At 18 mos, tx:
— 14.9% AP/IP/PP
— 18.1% IP/PP
— 20.0% IP
— 22.2% placebo
(Petra Study Team, 2002)
FRANCE (ANRS 075)
•Non-randomized, open-label
•Formula feeding
•N=445
Standard ZDV after 14 wks

3TC 150 mg bid added at 32 wks
Standard intravenous ZDV Non-study ARV Standard ZDV x 6 wks

3TC 2 mg/kg bid x 6 wks
•Tx 1.6% ZDV/3TC vs 6.8% 1994-97 historical, ZDV-alone control
(Mandelbrot, 2001)
THAILAND (Ministry of University Affairs, Bangkok)
•Non-randomized, open-label
•Formula feeding
•N=106
Starting at 34 wks

ZDV 300 mg bid plus 3TC 150 mg bid


ZDV 300 mg q 3 hr plus 3TC 150 mg q 3 hr


No ARV


ZDV 2 mg/kg qid x 4 wks
•At 18 mos, tx 2.8% vs 11.7% historical, ZDV-alone control (N=60: 36 wk start, oral IP, 4 wk infant)
(Chaisilwattana, 2002)
UGANDA (HIVNET 012)
•Randomized; originally had 3rd placebo arm, stopped 2/98
•Breastfeeding
•N=626
Arm 1: No ARV


Arm 2: No ARV


Arm 3: No ARV
Arm 1: NVP 200 mg x1


Arm 2: ZDV 300 mg q
3 hr

Arm 3: Placebo (stopped 2/98)
No ARV Arm 1: NVP 2 mg/kg x 1 at 48-72 hr

Arm 2: ZDV 4 mg/kg bid x 7 d

Arm 3: Placebo (stopped 2/98)
•At 14-16 wks, tx 13.1% NVP vs 25.1% ZDV, 47% efficacy
•At 18 mos, tx 15.7% NVP vs 25.8% ZDV, 41% efficacy
(Guay, 1999)
US/EUROPE/BRAZIL/
BAHAMAS (PACTG 316)
•Randomized, [NVP] placebo-control
•Women and infants received non-study standard ARV
•Formula feeding
•N=1,248
Non-study ARV

(23% ZDV alone, 36% combo without PI, 41% combo with PI)
Standard intravenous ZDV


Arm 1: NVP 200 mg
x 1

Arm 2: Placebo
Non-study ARV Standard ZDV
(with or without other ARV) x 6 wks

Arm 1: NVP 2 mg/kg x 1 at 48-72 hr

Arm 2: Placebo
•Stopped early due to low 1.5% overall tx (53% in utero)
•At 6 mos, tx 1.4% NVP vs 1.6% placebo
(Dorenbaum, 2002)
SOUTH AFRICA (SAINT)
•Randomized, comparative
•Breastfeeding (42%) and formula feeding
•N=1,331
Arm 1: No ARV


Arm 2: No ARV
Arm 1: NVP 200 mg x1


Arm 2: ZDV 600 mg then 300 mg q 3 hr plus 3TC 150 mg q 12 hr
Arm 1: NVP 200 mg x 1 at 24-48 hr

Arm 2: ZDV 300 mg bid plus 3TC 150 mg bid x 7 d
Arm 1: NVP 6 mg x 1 at 24-48 hr (>2kg)

Arm 2: ZDV 12 mg bid plus 3TC 6 mg bid x 7 d (>2 kg)
•At 8 wks, tx 12.3% NVP vs 9.3% ZDV/3TC (p=0.11)
(Moodley, 2003)
THAILAND (CDC)
•Non-randomized, open-label
•Formula feeding
•N=195
Starting at 34-36 wks

ZDV 300 mg bid


ZDV 300 mg q3 hrs plus NVP 200 mg x1


No ARV


ZDV 2 mg/kg qid x 4 wks plus NVP 6 mg x 1 at 48-72 hr
•Tx 4.6%
(Chalermchokcharoenkit, 2004)
THAILAND/PHPT (Harvard)
•Randomized, comparative
•All women/infant get short-course ZDV
•Formula feeding
•N=1,844
Starting at 28 wks


Arm 1: ZDV 300 mg bid

Arm 2: ZDV 300 mg bid

Arm 3: ZDV 300 mg bid



Arm 1: ZDV 300 mg q 3 hr

Arm 2: ZDV 300 mg q 3 hr plus NVP 200 mg x 1

Arm 3: ZDV 300 mg q 3 hr plus NVP 200 mg x 1
No ARV


Arm 1: ZDV 2 mg/kg qid x 7 d

Arm 2: ZDV 2 mg/kg qid x 7 d

Arm 3: ZDV 2 mg/kg qid x 7 d
plus NVP 6 mg x 1 at 48-72 hr
•Interim analysis 6/02:
--ZDV alone Arm 1 stopped due to higher tx than in ZDV/NVP Arm 3
•Analysis through 3/03:
--ZDV alone 6.3%
--Arms 2 & 3 combined 1.7%
--NVP/placebo 2.8%
--NVP/NVP 1.9%
(Lallemant, 2004)
MALAWI (Fogarty)
•Randomized, comparative
•Designed for infants of women 1st identified as HIV+ in labor/PP
•Breastfeeding
•N=1,119
No ARV No ARV No ARV Arm 1: NVP 2 mg/kg x 1 at 48-72 hr

Arm 2: NVP 2 mg/kg x 1 at 48-72 hr plus
ZDV 4 mg/kg bid x 7 d
At 6-8 wks, tx rate:
NVP 20.9%
NVP/ZDV 15.3% (26.8% efficacy); when limited to infants uninfected at birth:
NVP 12.% vs
NVP/ZDV 7.7% (36.4% efficacy)
(Taha, 2003)
MALAWI (Fogarty)
•Randomized, open label
•Breastfeeding
•N=894
No ARV NVP 200 mg x 1 No ARV Arm 1: NVP 2 mg/kg x 1 at 48-72 hr

Arm 2: NVP 2 mg/kg x 1 at 48-72 hr plus
ZDV 4 mg/kg bid x 7 d
At 6-8 wks, tx rate:
NVP 14.1%
NVP/ZDV 16.3% (p=.36)
When limited to infants uninfected at birth:
NVP 6.5% vs
NVP/ZDV 6.9% (p=.88)
(Taha, 2004)
Courtesy: Lynne Mofenson, M.D.