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HIV PreventionPhase 1RMP02-MTN006NCT00984971

Rectal Microbicide Safety and Acceptability Trial of Topically Applied Tenofovir Compared With Oral Tablet

A Phase 1 study testing Tenofovir and Open label tenofovir tablet in people with HIV Prevention and HIV Infections, run by CONRAD at 2 sites in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

To date, the majority of microbicide research has focused on the assessment of the safety and effectiveness of vaginal microbicides used for the prevention of HIV transmission via the vaginal compartment. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
HIV Prevention, HIV Infections
What is being tested?
Tenofovir and Open label tenofovir tablet
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
18 participants
Where
2 sitesUnited States
Study dates
Sep 2009to Jul 2010
Phase
Phase 1
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
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • ≥ Age of 18 at screening
  • Willing and able to provide written informed consent for screening and enrollment
  • HIV-1 uninfected at screening according to the standard DAIDS algorithm in Appendix II
  • Willing and able to communicate in English
  • Willing and able to provide adequate locator information, as defined in site standard operating procedures (SOP)
  • Availability to return for all study visits, barring unforeseen circumstances
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  • Per participant report at screening, a history of consensual RAI at least once in the prior year
  • Willing to abstain from insertion of anything rectally including sex toys, other than the study gel during the active phases of the study and for 5 days following biopsy collection
  • Willing to abstain from sexual intercourse (rectal and vaginal) during the active phases of the study and for 5 days following biopsy collection
  • Must agree to use study provided condoms for the duration of the study for vaginal and insertive anal intercourse
  • Must be in general good health
  • Must agree not to participate in other drug trials
  • In addition to the criteria listed above, female participants must meet the following criteria:
  • Post-menopausal or using (or willing to use) an acceptable form of contraception (e.g., barrier method, IUD, hormonal contraception, surgical sterilization, or vasectomization of male partner). If the female participant has female partners only, the method of contraception will be noted as a barrier method in the study documentation.

Who cannot join

  • Abnormalities of the colorectal mucosa, or significant colorectal symptom(s), which in the opinion of the clinician represents a contraindication to biopsy (including but not limited to presence of any unresolved injury, infectious or inflammatory condition of the local mucosa, and presence of symptomatic external hemorrhoids)
  • At screening, clinical or laboratory diagnosis of active rectal or reproductive tract infection requiring treatment per current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines or urinary tract infection (UTI). Infections requiring treatment include symptomatic bacterial vaginosis, symptomatic vaginal candidiasis, other vaginitis, trichomoniasis, Chlamydia (CT), gonorrhea (GC), syphilis, active HSV lesions, chancroid, pelvic inflammatory disease, genital sores or ulcers, cervicitis, or symptomatic genital warts requiring treatment. Note that HSV-2 seropositive with no active lesions is allowed, since treatment is not required.
  • Note: Allow one re-screening after documented treatment (30 days) in cases of GC/CT identified at screening
  • At screening:
  • Positive for hepatitis B surface antigen
  • Hemoglobin < 10.0 g/dL
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  • Platelet count < 100,000/mm3
  • White blood cell count less than 2,000 cells/mm3 or > than 15,000 cells/mm3
  • Calculated creatinine clearance less than 80 mL/min by the Cockcroft-Gault formula where creatinine clearance in mL/min (140- age in years) x (weight in kg) x (0.85 for females)/72 x (serum creatinine in mg/dL)
  • Serum creatinine > 1.3× the site laboratory upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • ALT and/or AST > 2.5× the site laboratory ULN
  • +1 glucose or +1 protein on urinalysis (UA)
  • History of bleeding problems (i.e. INR > 1.5× the site laboratory ULN or PTT > 1.25× the site laboratory ULN)
  • History of significant gastrointestinal bleeding in the opinion of the investigator
  • Allergy to methylparaben, propylparaben, sorbic acid
  • By participant report at enrollment, history of excessive daily alcohol use (as defined by the CDC as heavy drinking consisting of an average consumption of more than 2 drinks per day for men, and more than 1 drink per day for women), frequent binge drinking or illicit drug use that includes any injection drugs, methamphetamines (crystal meth), heroin, or cocaine including crack cocaine, within the past 12 months
  • Per participant report at screening, anticipated use and/or unwillingness to abstain from the following medications during the period of study participation:
  • Heparin, including Lovenox®
  • Warfarin
  • Plavix® (clopidogrel bisulfate)]
  • Rectally administered medications (including over-the-counter products)
  • Aspirin
  • NSAIDS
  • Acyclovir
  • Valacyclovir
  • TDF
  • Any other drugs that are associated with increased likelihood of bleeding following mucosal biopsy
  • By participant report at screening, use of systemic immunomodulatory medications, rectally administered medications, rectally administered products (including condoms) containing N-9, or any investigational products within the 4 weeks prior to the Enrollment/Baseline Evaluation Visit
  • History of recurrent urticaria
  • Any other condition or prior therapy that, in the opinion of the investigator, would preclude informed consent, make study participation unsafe, make the individual unsuitable for the study or unable to comply with the study requirements. Such conditions may include, but are not limited to, current or recent history of severe, progressive, or uncontrolled substance abuse, or renal, hepatic, hematological, gastrointestinal, endocrine, pulmonary, neurological, or cerebral disease.
  • In addition to the criteria listed above, female participants will be excluded if they meet any of the following criteria:
  • Pregnant at Enrollment/Baseline Evaluation Visit
  • Breastfeeding or intent to breastfeed during duration of study

Trial locations and contacts

2 sites in 1 country.

United States2 sites
  • UCLA Center for HIV Prevention Research

    Los Angeles, California, 90024

  • University of Pittsburgh Clinical Research Unit

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213

Other trials in United States

About this study

Official title: A Two-site, Phase 1, Partially-blinded, Placebo-controlled Safety, Acceptability and Pharmacokinetic Trial of Topical, Vaginally-formulated Tenofovir 1% Gel Applied Rectally Compared With Oral 300 mg Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate in HIV-1 Seronegative Adults

To date, the majority of microbicide research has focused on the assessment of the safety and effectiveness of vaginal microbicides used for the prevention of HIV transmission via the vaginal compartment. Receptive anal intercourse (RAI) is common among men who have sex with men (MSM), and there is increasing evidence that heterosexual women in the developed and developing world also practice anal sex. It can, therefore, be anticipated that once vaginal microbicides are licensed, they will be used in both the vaginal and rectal compartments. As a consequence, there is a need to evaluate both the rectal and vaginal safety profile of candidate microbicides. Therefore, the primary objective of this study is to evaluate the systemic safety of 1% vaginally formulated tenofovir gel applied rectally. In addition, this study will evaluate the immunotoxicity of the gel and evaluate its acceptability; it will also use the oral tenofovir disoproxil fumarate tablets (TDF), rectally-applied tenofovir gel,and a placebo gel to compare their systemic and compartmental pharmacokinetic (pK) profiles.

This study was designed to address the following hypotheses:

  • Vaginally-formulated tenofovir 1% topical gel when applied rectally will be safe using a combination of clinical and laboratory markers including assays specifically designed to measure mucosal toxicity
  • Tenofovir will be detectable at different concentrations in the various anatomic compartments sampled for pharmacokinetics following single and 7-day topical exposures
  • Exposure to tenofovir 1% gel will demonstrate prevention of ex vivo HIV-1 challenge using in vivo drug-exposed tissue as compared to baseline tissue samples
  • Orally delivered, single dose, 300 mg tenofovir disoproxil fumarate tablets will have similar safety profiles using routine blood safety indices as have been established in other trials and will show no mucosal safety concerns
  • The oral dose will have different multi-compartment concentration kinetics than the topical tenofovir and will also demonstrate preliminary (ex vivo) prevention using the explant infectivity assay
  • Vaginally formulated tenofovir 1% topical gel applied rectally will be acceptable to participants, as indicated by a score in the upper one third of the 10-point Likert scale on intentionality to use in the product in the future
Being tested
Tenofovir, HEC Placebo, Open label tenofovir tablet
Keywords
Microbicides, Tenofovir, HIV seronegativity
Medical subject headings
HIV Infections

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • TenofovirDrug

    Topical gel applied rectally

  • HEC PlaceboDrug

    Placebo gel applied rectally

  • Open label tenofovir tabletDrug

    All participants will undergo an open label tenofovir tablet single dose administration (i.e. Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate 300 mg, aka Viread®)

Study groups in NCT00984971
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
TenofovirExperimentalNot described
Receives: Drug: Tenofovir
HEC PlaceboPlacebo comparatorNot described
Receives: Drug: HEC Placebo
Open label tenofovir tabletOtherNot described
Receives: Drug: Open label tenofovir tablet

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Grade 2 or higher clinical and laboratory adverse events as defined by the Division of AIDS Table for Grading the Severity of Adult and Pediatric Adverse Events, Version 1.0,Dec 2004 and Addenda 1 and 3 to this table.

    Measured: Every study visit

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Immunotoxicity, Pharmacokinetics, and Acceptability

    Measured: Immunotoxicity and pharmacokinetics: every study visit; acceptability: baseline and end of study

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted25 Sep 2009 (estimated)
  2. Study startSep 2009
  3. Primary completionJun 2010
  4. Study completionJul 2010

Resources

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 1
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Participant, Investigator
Enrolment
18 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00984971
Sponsor's protocol ID
DAIDS ID 10769
Other IDs
RMP02-MTN006
Acronym
RMP02-MTN006
Status last verified
Aug 2015
First submitted
24 Sep 2009
Last updated
28 Aug 2015
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Richardson-Harman N, Hendrix CW, Bumpus NN, Mauck C, Cranston RD, Yang K, Elliott J, Tanner K, McGowan I, Kashuba A, Anton PA. Correlation between compartmental tenofovir concentrations and an ex vivo rectal biopsy model of tissue infectibility in the RMP-02/MTN-006 phase 1 study. PLoS One. 2014 Oct 28;9(10):e111507. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111507. eCollection 2014.

    PubMed 25350130
  • Yang KH, Hendrix C, Bumpus N, Elliott J, Tanner K, Mauck C, Cranston R, McGowan I, Richardson-Harman N, Anton PA, Kashuba AD. A multi-compartment single and multiple dose pharmacokinetic comparison of rectally applied tenofovir 1% gel and oral tenofovir disoproxil fumarate. PLoS One. 2014 Oct 28;9(10):e106196. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106196. eCollection 2014.

    PubMed 25350119
  • Anton PA, Cranston RD, Kashuba A, Hendrix CW, Bumpus NN, Richardson-Harman N, Elliott J, Janocko L, Khanukhova E, Dennis R, Cumberland WG, Ju C, Carballo-Dieguez A, Mauck C, McGowan I. RMP-02/MTN-006: A phase 1 rectal safety, acceptability, pharmacokinetic, and pharmacodynamic study of tenofovir 1% gel compared with oral tenofovir disoproxil fumarate. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2012 Nov;28(11):1412-21. doi: 10.1089/aid.2012.0262. Epub 2012 Oct 9.

    PubMed 22943559
  • Richardson-Harman N, Mauck C, McGowan I, Anton P. Dose-response relationship between tissue concentrations of UC781 and explant infectibility with HIV type 1 in the RMP-01 rectal safety study. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2012 Nov;28(11):1422-33. doi: 10.1089/AID.2012.0073. Epub 2012 Sep 20.

    PubMed 22900504

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing Tenofovir and Open label tenofovir tablet in people with HIV Prevention and HIV Infections, run by CONRAD at 2 sites in United States.

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 14 inclusion and 33 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 28 Aug 2015. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 2 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

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?

Grade 2 or higher clinical and laboratory adverse events as defined by the Division of AIDS Table for Grading the Severity of Adult and Pediatric Adverse Events, Version 1.0,Dec 2004 and Addenda 1 and 3 to this table. (time frame: Every study visit). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00984971, which also lists 4 linked publications.

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 28 Aug 2015.

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