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HIVPhase 4NCT02098837

Cardiovascular Risk in HIV Patients Switching From a Boosted Protease Inhibitor (PI) to Dolutegravir (DTG)

A Phase 4 study testing Dolutegravir in people with HIV, run by St Stephens Aids Trust at 33 sites in 6 countries.

Completed

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

Official record
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Trial summary

The purpose of the study is to investigate the benefits of switching away from a kind of drug called a boosted protease inhibitor (PI) to a new drug called dolutegravir on patients' cardiovascular health (the health of their hearts). Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 99 years
Conditions the study is for
HIV
What is being tested?
Dolutegravir
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
415 participants
Where
33 sitesin 6 countries
Study dates
Apr 2014to 4 Dec 2017
Phase
Phase 4
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 to 99 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patient volunteers who meet all of the following criteria are eligible for this trial:
  • Is male or female aged over 50, OR aged over 18 years with a Framingham risk score above 10%
  • Has documented HIV-1 infection
  • Has signed the Informed Consent Form voluntarily
  • Is willing to comply with the protocol requirements
  • Has been receiving an ARV regimen containing a boosted PI (darunavir, atazanavir, lopinavir, or fosamprenavir) plus 2NRTIs for >24 weeks
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  • Has stable virological suppression (plasma HIV-RNA <50 copies/mL for >24 weeks)
  • If female and of childbearing potential, is using effective birth control methods and is willing to continue practising these birth control methods during the trial and for at least 2 weeks after the last dose of study medication. Note: Non-childbearing potential is defined as either post-menopausal (12 months of spontaneous amenorrhoea and ≥45 years) or physically incapable of becoming pregnant with documented tubal ligation, hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy
  • If a heterosexually active male, he is using effective birth control methods and is willing to continue practising these birth control methods during the trial and until follow-up visit

Who cannot join

  • Patients meeting 1 or more of the following criteria cannot be selected:
  • Infected with HIV-2
  • Using any concomitant therapy disallowed as per the reference safety information and product labelling for the study drugs
  • Has acute viral hepatitis including, but not limited to, A, B, or C
  • Has chronic hepatitis B and/or C with AST and/or ALT >5 x ULN Note: Subjects can enter trial with chronic HBV if HBV-DNA undetectable at screen (and no detectable result in last 6 months) and with chronic HCV if not expected to require treatment during the trial period.
  • Any investigational drug within 30 days prior to the trial drug administration
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  • History of exposure to any ARVs other than PIs or NRTIs except if switch was for tolerability/toxicity (NOTE: patients who have previously taken part in single drug trials for less than 14 days need not be excluded, or for virological failure with a genotypic resistance test without mutations
  • Any prior evidence of primary viral resistance based on the presence of any major resistance-associated mutation to backbone NRTI
  • History of prior virological failure,eg 2 consecutive HIV-1 RNA >50 c/ml -at or after week 32 following first ART initiation or confirmed rebound viraemia >200 copies/ml after having a VL of <50 copies/ml without resistance test or with significant mutations to any other ARV regimen (NOTE: Switch for toxicity or tolerability with wild type virus does not count as virological failure)
  • Dialysis or renal insufficiency (creatinine clearance < 50ml/min)
  • History of decompensated liver disease (AST or ALT≥5x the upper limit of normal (ULN) or ALT ≥ )3 x ULN and bilirubin ≥ 1.5 x ULN with > 35% direct bilirubin.
  • Unstable liver disease (as defined by the presence of ascities, encephalopathy, coagulopathy, hypoalbuminemia, esophageal or gastric varices, or persistent jaundice), know biliary abnormalities (with the exception of Gilbert's syndrome or asymptomatic gallstones))
  • Subjects with severe hepatic impairment (Class C) as determined by Child-Pugh classification
  • If female, currently pregnant or breastfeeding
  • Opportunistic infection within 4 weeks prior to first dose of DTG
  • Clinical decision that a switch of antiretroviral therapy should be immediate
  • Screening blood result with any grade 3/4 toxicity according to Division of AIDS (DAIDS) grading scale, except: asymptomatic grade 3 glucose, amylase or lipid elevation or asymptomatic grade 4 triglyceride elevation (re-test allowed).
  • Any condition (including illicit drug use or alcohol abuse) or laboratory results which, in the investigator's opinion, interfere with assessments or completion of the trial.
  • History or presence of allergy to the study drug or their components

Trial locations and contacts

33 sites in 6 countries.

33 sites in 6 countries

Spain8 sites
  • Universitario Alicante

    Alicante, 03010

  • Hospital General Universitario de Elche

    Alicante, 03203

  • Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

    Barcelona, 08025

  • Hospital Clinic Barcelona

    Barcelona, 08036

  • Universitari de Bellvitge

    Barcelona, 08907

  • IrsiCaixa

    Barcelona, 08916

  • Hospital Ramon y Cajal

    Madrid, 28034

  • Hospital Universitario La Paz

    Madrid, 28046

Other trials in Spain

United Kingdom8 sites
  • Elton John Centre

    Brighton, BN2 1ES

  • Southmead Hospital

    Bristol, BS10 5NB

  • Bart's Hospital

    London, E1 1BB

  • Royal Free Hospital

    London, NW3 2QG

  • St Thomas Hospital

    London, SE1 7EH

  • Chelsea & Westminster Hospital

    London, Sw10 9NH

  • St Mary's Hospital

    London, W2 1NY

  • Mortimer Market Centre

    London, WC1E 6JB

Other trials in United Kingdom

France5 sites
  • Hopital de la Croix Rousse

    Lyon, 69004

  • Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales du CHU de NANTES

    Nantes, 44093

  • Hopital Saint Louis

    Paris, 75010

  • Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital

    Paris, 75013

  • Hospital Bichat Claude-Bernard

    Paris, 75018

Other trials in France

Germany5 sites
  • Universitätsklinikum Bonn

    Bonn, 53127

  • Universitätsklinikum Essen

    Essen, 45147

  • Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt

    Frankfurt, 60590

  • ICH Infektiologisches Centrum Hamburg

    Hamburg, 20146

  • Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

    Hanover, 30625

Other trials in Germany

Italy4 sites
  • Santa Maria Annunziata di Firenze

    Florence, 50011

  • San Paolo Hospital

    Milan, 20142

  • Azienda Ospedaliera - Polo Universitario 'Luigi Sacco'

    Milan, 20157

  • Universitaria di Modena

    Modena, 41124

Other trials in Italy

Belgium3 sites
  • Insititute Of Tropical Medicine Antwerp

    Antwerp, B-2000

  • CHU Saint-Pierre

    Brussels, 100

  • Universitaire Ziekenhuis Gent

    Ghent, 9000

Other trials in Belgium

About this study

Official title: An Open Label Study Examining the Efficacy and Cardiovascular Risk of Immediate Versus Deferred Switch From a Boosted PI to Dolutegravir (DTG) in HIV Infected Patients With Stable Virological Suppression

The purpose of the study is to investigate the benefits of switching away from a kind of drug called a boosted protease inhibitor (PI) to a new drug called dolutegravir on patients' cardiovascular health (the health of their hearts). Patients are currently taking two other anti-HIV drugs, called nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), with their boosted PIs; these NRTIs will not be changed throughout the study. In order to compare the boosted PI and dolutegravir more accurately, half of study participants will be switched to dolutegravir immediately, and the other half will be switched after 48 weeks of continuing on the boosted PI.

Boosted PIs are associated with increased heart and circulation risk so it is hoped that switching from a boosted PI to dolutegravir will improve the health of the patients' hearts. Dolutegravir is a drug for HIV treatment which has been approved for use in HIV patients in the US and Europe. Clinical trials using dolutegravir have found that it is effective at suppressing the HIV virus, and it is at least as effective as the other drugs.

This study will also investigate the safety (in terms of other side effects and the routine blood tests which the investigators ordinarily use to monitor patients' treatment) and monitor effectiveness, patients' viral load and CD4 counts, when patients switch treatment from a boosted PI to dolutegravir. Viral load is the amount of the HIV virus they have in their blood, and CD4 count is a measure of a type of cell that is in their immune system. We also aim to improve patients' cardiovascular health in general by providing them with information on how to live a healthy lifestyle (eg improving their diet, stopping smoking etc).

Read the detailed description

Study Design: Randomised, non-inferiority strategic trial over 96 weeks with early or delayed switch from an ARV regimen containing a boosted PI plus 2 NRTIs to dolutegravir (DTG) plus 2 NRTIs in patients having achieved complete virological suppression for more than 24 weeks (HIV-1 RNA <50 c/ml). Patients will be randomised to switch at baseline or at 48 weeks.

Study visits will take place at screening, baseline, weeks 4 (immediate switch group only), 12, 24, 36, 48, 52 (deferred switch group only), 60, 72, 84 and 96, plus a follow up visit 28 days after the last dose of study medication.

Routine investigations will include viral load, CD4, haematology (including haemoglobin, white cell count and differential, platelets), biochemistry (including sodium, potassium, creatinine, albumin, glucose, ALT, ALP, total bilirubin, total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides), quality of life questionnaires (EuroQL), urine sample (for haematuria, proteinuria, glycosuria, leukocytes, nitrate \& pregnancy test in WOCBP)

Conditions
HIV
Being tested
Dolutegravir
Keywords
HIV

What participants receive

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

  • DolutegravirDrug

    Also called Tivicay

    Dolutegravir 50mg once daily

Study groups in NCT02098837
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Immediate switchActive comparatorPatients will be randomised to switch from a boosted PI to dolutegravir at baseline.
Receives: Drug: Dolutegravir
Deferred switchActive comparatorPatients will be randomised to switch from a boosted PI to dolutegravir after 48 weeks.
Receives: Drug: Dolutegravir

What is being measured

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

  1. Virological suppression

    Maintenance of virological suppression (ie HIV-1 RNA <50 c/ml) after 48 weeks

    Measured: 48 weeks

  2. Total cholesterol

    Change from baseline in total cholesterol at week 48

    Measured: 48 weeks

Secondary outcomes (11)
  1. Virological Suppression

    Maintenance of virological suppression (ie HIV-1 RNA <50 c/ml) at week 24 and 96

    Measured: 24 - 96 weeks

  2. CD4 count from baseline

    Change in CD4 count from baseline to week 24, 48 and 96

    Measured: 24 - 96 weeks

  3. Baseline in total cholesterol

    Change from baseline in total cholesterol at weeks 24 and 96

    Measured: 24 - 96 weeks

  4. Change from baseline to lipid values

    Change from baseline to lipid values (LDL, HDL, triglycerides and TC:HDL ratio) and Framingham and DAD scores at weeks 24, 48 and 96

    Measured: 24 - 96 weeks

  5. Safety

    Safety (clinical and laboratory adverse events) at weeks 24, 48 and 96

    Measured: 24 - 96 weeks

  6. Changes in markers of inflammation

    Changes in markers of inflammation at baseline, week 48 and week 96

    Measured: 48 - 96 weeks

  7. Tolerability

    Tolerability (EuroQoL questionnaire) at weeks 24, 48 and 96

    Measured: 24 - 96 weeks

  8. Changes in markers of coagulation

    Changes in markers of coagulation at baseline, week 48 and week 96

    Measured: 48 - 96 weeks

  9. Changes in markers of endothelial dysfunction

    Changes in markers of endothelial dysfunction at baseline, week 48 and week 96

    Measured: 48 - 96 weeks

  10. Change to arterial stiffness augmentation index at weeks 48 and 96

    Change from baseline to arterial stiffness augmentation index at weeks 48 and 96

    Measured: 48 - 96 weeks

  11. Change to average thickness of common carotid artery walls at weeks 48 and 96

    Change from baseline to average thickness of common carotid artery walls at weeks 48 and 96

    Measured: 48 - 96 weeks

Timeline

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

  1. First posted28 Mar 2014 (estimated)
  2. Study startApr 2014
  3. Primary completionNov 2017
  4. Study completion4 Dec 2017

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 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
415 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02098837
Sponsor's protocol ID
NEAT 22/SSAT 060
Status last verified
Apr 2018
First submitted
20 Mar 2014
Last updated
9 Apr 2018
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
Individual data sharing
Undecided

Publications

  • Sempere A, Assoumou L, Gonzalez-Cordon A, Waters L, Rusconi S, Domingo P, Gompels M, de Wit S, Raffi F, Stephan C, Masia M, Rockstroh J, Katlama C, Behrens GMN, Moyle G, Johnson M, Fox J, Stellbrink HJ, Guaraldi G, Florence E, Esser S, Gatell J, Pozniak A, Martinez E; NEAT 022 Study Group. Incidence of Hypertension and Blood Pressure Changes in Persons With Human Immunodeficiency Virus at High Risk for Cardiovascular Disease Switching From Boosted Protease Inhibitors to Dolutegravir: A Post-hoc Analysis of the 96-week Randomised NEAT-022 Trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Oct 5;77(7):991-1009. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad297.

    PubMed 37207617
  • Waters L, Assoumou L, Gonzalez-Cordon A, Rusconi S, Domingo P, Gompels M, de Wit S, Raffi F, Stephan C, Masia M, Rockstroh J, Katlama C, Behrens GMN, Moyle G, Johnson M, Fox J, Stellbrink HJ, Guaraldi G, Florence E, Esser S, Gatell JM, Pozniak A, Martinez E; NEAT 022 Study Group. Limited Weight Impact After Switching From Boosted Protease Inhibitors to Dolutegravir in Persons With Human Immunodeficiency Virus With High Cardiovascular Risk: A Post Hoc Analysis of the 96-Week NEAT-022 Randomized Trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Mar 4;76(5):861-870. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac827.

    PubMed 36259527
  • Saumoy M, Sanchez-Quesada JL, Assoumou L, Gatell JM, Gonzalez-Cordon A, Guaraldi G, Domingo P, Giacomelli A, Connault J, Katlama C, Masia M, Ordonez-Llanos J, Pozniak A, Martinez E, Podzamczer D. Atherogenicity of low-density lipoproteins after switching from a protease inhibitor to dolutegravir: a substudy of the NEAT022 study. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2022 Jun 29;77(7):1980-1988. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkac117.

    PubMed 35411401
  • Gatell JM, Assoumou L, Moyle G, Waters L, Johnson M, Domingo P, Fox J, Martinez E, Stellbrink HJ, Guaraldi G, Masia M, Gompels M, De Wit S, Florence E, Esser S, Raffi F, Stephan C, Rockstroh J, Giacomelli A, Vera J, Bernardino JI, Winston A, Saumoy M, Gras J, Katlama C, Pozniak AL; European Network for AIDS Treatment 022 (NEAT022) Study Group. Immediate Versus Deferred Switching From a Boosted Protease Inhibitor-based Regimen to a Dolutegravir-based Regimen in Virologically Suppressed Patients With High Cardiovascular Risk or Age >/=50 Years: Final 96-Week Results of the NEAT022 Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Feb 1;68(4):597-606. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy505.

    PubMed 29912307

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 4 study testing Dolutegravir in people with HIV, run by St Stephens Aids Trust at 33 sites in 6 countries.

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 9 inclusion and 19 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 9 Apr 2018. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 33 sites in Spain, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and 1 more country. 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. 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 4 studies take place after a treatment is approved, to learn more about its long-term benefits and risks in everyday use.

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?

Virological suppression (time frame: 48 weeks). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. 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 NCT02098837, 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 9 Apr 2018.

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