HIVNCT00188851
Structured Treatment Interruption for HIV Patients With Virologic Failure
A study testing therapeutic management strategy in people with HIV, run by University Health Network, Toronto.
Trial summary
The purpose of this study is to assess the virologic impact of switching treatment-experienced HIV-infected patients with virologic failure to a salvage regimen with or without a 12 week STI prior to the switch. Hypothesis: A STI prior to starting a salvage regimen will result in an improved virologic response. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- HIV
- What is being tested?
- therapeutic management strategy
- How many people
- 196 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- Jan 2001to Nov 2005
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Age > 18 years.
- On therapy with a triple ARV that includes a protease inhibitor and/or non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor for the past 3 months with no changes in any agent of the combination in the past 14 days.
- Virologic failure while on the combination as defined by a plasma HIV RNA > 1000 copies/mL measured on 2 occasions at least 4 weeks apart.
- HIV RNA <500,000 copies/mL.
- CD4 cell count must be > 50/mm3
- Patients must not have a present history of opportunistic infections or acute illness requiring treatment within the preceding 30 days.
- The patient has at least two new ARV available based on history, and at least two of these new agents will be included in the new salvage regimen.
Who cannot join
- Active substance abuse which would interfere with the patient's ability to participate in this trial, or declared non-compliance.
- Pregnancy or breast feeding.
- Patients with any of the following abnormal laboratory test results at screening:· Hemoglobin<80 g/L, neutrophil count<750 cells/mL, Platelet<20,000 /mL· AST or ALT > 5X Upper Limit of Normal (ULN)· Creatinine > 250 umol/L
- End stage organ disease
- Patient with malignancy receiving systemic chemotherapy
- Patient has need for immune modulators (interleukin, interferon, GMCSF etc) or prednisone. This excludes a short course of inhaled or oral steroids for asthma exacerbation)
About this study
Official title: A Prospective Randomized Trial of Structured Treatment Interruption(STI) Followed by Initiation of a New Antiretroviral Regimen(ARV) Versus Immediate Switching to a New ARV in HIV-Infected Patients Experiencing Virologic Failure on HAART
The purpose of this study is to assess the virologic impact of switching treatment-experienced HIV-infected patients with virologic failure to a salvage regimen with or without a 12 week STI prior to the switch.
Hypothesis: A STI prior to starting a salvage regimen will result in an improved virologic response.
Read the detailed description
To prospectively determine the virologic impact of switching treatment-experienced HIV-infected patients with virologic failure to a salvage regimen with or without a 12 week STI prior to the switch.
Hypothesis: By withdrawing ARV drug pressure, resistant HIV virus will revert to wild-type. In treatment-experienced HIV patients who experience virologic failure, a STI prior to starting a salvage regimen will result in an improved virologic response and more prolonged vral suppression compared to immediate switching to a new regime.
Interventions:
Immediate Switch to Salvage Therapy: Patients randomized to the control arm will be switched immediately to a salvage regimen using the information from the treatment history and genotype results.
Structured Treatment Interruption: Patients randomized to the STI arm will have their present regimen stopped for 12 weeks and will have a genotype repeated in the 12th week. A salvage regimen will be started at week 12 using the information from the treatment history and baseline genotype results.
- Conditions
- HIV
- Being tested
- therapeutic management strategy
- Keywords
- HIV, salvage regimen, virologic failure, treatment interruption, ARV experienced
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
therapeutic management strategyDrug
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
To prospectively determine the virologic impact of switching treatment-experienced HIV-infected patients with virologic failure to a salvage regimen with or without a 12 week STI prior to the switch.
Secondary outcomes (6)
1. To prospectively determine differences in other virologic parameters through follow up between patients being switched to a salvage regimen with or without a STI.
2. To prospectively determine differences in change in CD4 count through follow up and at 24, 48 and 60 weeks following randomization between patients being switched to a salvage regimen with or without a STI.
3. To prospectively determine differences in the development or reactivation of opportunistic infections and survival between patients being switched to a salvage regimen with or without a STI at 60 weeks following randomization
4. To determine the proportion of virus of patients being treated with a STI that converts to wild-type and how that relates to the virologic response (% of patients with undetectable viral load sustained for 3 months).
5. To determine the impact of the STI on quality of life measures.
6. To determine the genotypic resistance pattern of virus from patients who fail treatment after suppression to <50 copies/mL on the salvage regimen and to compare results in those who do and do not receive an STI.
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted16 Sep 2005 (estimated)
- Study startJan 2001
- Study completionNov 2005
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for HIVStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University Health Network, TorontoThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 196 participants
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network
- Investigators
- Mona Loutfy, MD, Study chair, University Health Network, Toronto, OnJoel Singer, MD, Study director, Canadian Trials Network, Vancouver, B.C.Janet Raboud, Dr., Study director, Univeristy Health Network, Toronto, OnStephen Shafran, MD, Study director, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AlbertaBill Cameron, MD, Study director, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, OnSylvie Trottier, MD, Study director, Clinique Medicale L'Actuel, Montreal, QuebecRichard Harrigan, MD, Study director, B.C. Centre of Excellence, Vancouver, B.C.
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00188851
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- CIHR82716
- Status last verified
- Sep 2005
- First submitted
- 12 Sep 2005
- Last updated
- 16 Sep 2005
- Results posted
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 16 Sep 2005. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Prospective Randomized Trial of Structured Treatment Interruption(STI) Followed by Initiation of a New Antiretroviral Regimen(ARV) Versus Immediate Switching to a New ARV in HIV-Infected Patients Experiencing Virologic Failure on HAART
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00188851
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- CIHR82716
- Conditions
- HIV
- Keywords
- HIV, salvage regimen, virologic failure, treatment interruption, ARV experienced
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 196 participants
- Lead sponsor
- University Health Network, TorontoUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network
- Study start
- Jan 2001
- Study completion
- Nov 2005
- First posted
- 16 Sep 2005 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The purpose of this study is to assess the virologic impact of switching treatment-experienced HIV-infected patients with virologic failure to a salvage regimen with or without a 12 week STI prior to the switch.
Hypothesis: A STI prior to starting a salvage regimen will result in an improved virologic response.
Detailed description
To prospectively determine the virologic impact of switching treatment-experienced HIV-infected patients with virologic failure to a salvage regimen with or without a 12 week STI prior to the switch.
Hypothesis: By withdrawing ARV drug pressure, resistant HIV virus will revert to wild-type. In treatment-experienced HIV patients who experience virologic failure, a STI prior to starting a salvage regimen will result in an improved virologic response and more prolonged vral suppression compared to immediate switching to a new regime.
Interventions:
Immediate Switch to Salvage Therapy: Patients randomized to the control arm will be switched immediately to a salvage regimen using the information from the treatment history and genotype results.
Structured Treatment Interruption: Patients randomized to the STI arm will have their present regimen stopped for 12 weeks and will have a genotype repeated in the 12th week. A salvage regimen will be started at week 12 using the information from the treatment history and baseline genotype results.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Age > 18 years.
- On therapy with a triple ARV that includes a protease inhibitor and/or non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor for the past 3 months with no changes in any agent of the combination in the past 14 days.
- Virologic failure while on the combination as defined by a plasma HIV RNA > 1000 copies/mL measured on 2 occasions at least 4 weeks apart.
- HIV RNA <500,000 copies/mL.
- CD4 cell count must be > 50/mm3
Key exclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Active substance abuse which would interfere with the patient's ability to participate in this trial, or declared non-compliance.
- Pregnancy or breast feeding.
- Patients with any of the following abnormal laboratory test results at screening:· Hemoglobin<80 g/L, neutrophil count<750 cells/mL, Platelet<20,000 /mL· AST or ALT > 5X Upper Limit of Normal (ULN)· Creatinine > 250 umol/L
- End stage organ disease
- Patient with malignancy receiving systemic chemotherapy
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| therapeutic management strategy | Drug | – |
Primary outcome
To prospectively determine the virologic impact of switching treatment-experienced HIV-infected patients with virologic failure to a salvage regimen with or without a 12 week STI prior to the switch.
6 secondary outcomes
1. To prospectively determine differences in other virologic parameters through follow up between patients being switched to a salvage regimen with or without a STI.
2. To prospectively determine differences in change in CD4 count through follow up and at 24, 48 and 60 weeks following randomization between patients being switched to a salvage regimen with or without a STI.
3. To prospectively determine differences in the development or reactivation of opportunistic infections and survival between patients being switched to a salvage regimen with or without a STI at 60 weeks following randomization
4. To determine the proportion of virus of patients being treated with a STI that converts to wild-type and how that relates to the virologic response (% of patients with undetectable viral load sustained for 3 months).
5. To determine the impact of the STI on quality of life measures.
6. To determine the genotypic resistance pattern of virus from patients who fail treatment after suppression to <50 copies/mL on the salvage regimen and to compare results in those who do and do not receive an STI.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 16 Sep 2005.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Mona Loutfy, MD study chair
University Health Network, Toronto, On
Joel Singer, MD study director
Canadian Trials Network, Vancouver, B.C.
Janet Raboud, Dr. study director
Univeristy Health Network, Toronto, On
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing therapeutic management strategy in people with HIV, run by University Health Network, Toronto.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 7 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 16 Sep 2005. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
To prospectively determine the virologic impact of switching treatment-experienced HIV-infected patients with virologic failure to a salvage regimen with or without a 12 week STI prior to the switch.. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 16 Sep 2005.