A Study of Three Treatment Combinations Using Zidovudine Plus Lamivudine Plus Indinavir in HIV-Infected Patients

NCT ID: NCT00001084

Last Updated: 2021-11-04

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

500 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Completion Date

1997-12-31

Brief Summary

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To compare the proportion of patients who sustain suppression of plasma HIV RNA to undetectable levels \[AS PER AMENDMENT 09/19/97: below 200 copies/mL by Roche UltraSensitive assay\] among the 3 regimens during the maintenance phase.

The objective of antiretroviral therapy is to reduce HIV replication, preserve immunologic function and delay the development of HIV-related complications. In patients administered potent antiretroviral regimens, HIV RNA levels are reduced below 500 copies/ml of plasma and below the level of detection of commercially available assays. This protocol attempts to learn if a less intensive regimen can successfully sustain viral suppression after induction with a triple-drug regimen. The study also addresses whether HIV can be eradicated in patients following prolonged treatment with induction and maintenance regimens.

Detailed Description

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The objective of antiretroviral therapy is to reduce HIV replication, preserve immunologic function and delay the development of HIV-related complications. In patients administered potent antiretroviral regimens, HIV RNA levels are reduced below 500 copies/ml of plasma and below the level of detection of commercially available assays. This protocol attempts to learn if a less intensive regimen can successfully sustain viral suppression after induction with a triple-drug regimen. The study also addresses whether HIV can be eradicated in patients following prolonged treatment with induction and maintenance regimens.

All patients will receive open label induction therapy with zidovudine (ZDV), lamivudine (3TC) and indinavir (IDV) for 6 months. Following the 6 month induction phase, patients with undetectable plasma HIV RNA at weeks 16, 20 and 24 will enter the maintenance phase \[blinded maintenance phase AS PER AMENDMENT 09/19/97\] and be randomized to one of three maintenance regimens, i.e., either continued ZDV/3TC/IDV (control), or ZDV/3TC/IDV placebo or ZDV placebo/3TC placebo/IDV. Prior to randomization, patients are stratified according to entry HIV RNA level (greater than or equal to 30,000 or less than 30,000 copies/ml) and by prior ZDV therapy (at least 7 days or less than 7 days). After 12 months \[AS PER AMENDMENT 09/19/97: 18 months\] of maintenance therapy, treatment will be withdrawn at 6-month intervals in randomly-selected patients who have achieved undetectable HIV RNA. AS PER 09/19/97 AMENDMENT: After 18 months of blinded maintenance therapy, treatment is unblinded for patients whose HIV RNA levels remain detectable. Such patients receive optimal therapy, either continuing the protocol regimen or initiating alternative therapy.

AS PER AMENDMENT 2/27/98: An interim review conducted in January, 1998 demonstrated that the strategy of less intensive antiviral therapy after 6 months of IDV/3TC/ZDV induction therapy is less effective than continuation of triple drug therapy except for ZDV-naive patients assigned to ZDV/3TC. Therefore, the maintenance phase of this study has been discontinued.

Patients currently on blinded maintenance are unblinded immediately and have the option of reinitiating open-label triple therapy with IDV/3TC/ZDV or discontinuing study treatment. Patients currently on induction may register for continued open-label triple therapy or may discontinue study treatment. This amendment allows treatment extension so that subjects may receive open-label triple therapy until May 31, 1998. At that time, a rollover protocol or another modification with a longer period of drug supply may become available. Patients who choose to go off treatment are followed until May 31, 1998.

AS PER AMENDMENT 04/23/98: This study will now provide treatment with open-label ZDV/3TC/IDV until August 1, 1998. A rollover protocol or another 343 protocol modification with a longer period of drug supply may become available, but this cannot be guaranteed.

AS PER AMENDMENT 06/19/98: This study will now provide treatment with open-label ZDV/3TC/IDV until either November 1, 1998 or until 3 months after the rollover study (A5025) is available to the study sites (whichever comes first).

Conditions

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HIV Infections

Keywords

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Prospective Studies Drug Therapy, Combination Zidovudine HIV Protease Inhibitors Lamivudine Indinavir RNA, Viral Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Anti-HIV Agents Viral Load

Study Design

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Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Interventions

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Indinavir sulfate

Intervention Type DRUG

Lamivudine

Intervention Type DRUG

Stavudine

Intervention Type DRUG

Zidovudine

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Patients must have:

* Documented HIV infection.
* A CD4 cell count \>= 200 cells/mm3 within 90 days prior to study entry.
* Plasma HIV RNA \>= 1000 copies/ml within 90 days prior to study entry.

Exclusion Criteria

Co-existing Condition:

Patients with any of the following conditions or symptoms are excluded:

* A malignancy that requires systemic chemotherapy.

Concurrent Medication:

Excluded:

* Oral ketoconazole (Nizoral), terfenadine (Seldane), astemizole (Hismanal), cisapride (Propulsid), triazolam (Halcion) or midazolam (Versed).
* All antiretroviral therapies other than study medications.
* Rifabutin and rifampin.
* Investigational drugs and vaccines.
* Systemic cytotoxic chemotherapy.
* Interferon, interleukins, GM-CSF and HIV vaccines.

Patients with any of the following prior conditions are excluded:

* Unexplained temperature \> 38.5 degrees C for any 7 days within 30 days prior to study entry.
* Chronic diarrhea as defined as \> 3 liquid stools per day persisting for 15 days within 30 days prior to study entry.
* Proven or suspected acute hepatitis within 30 days prior to study entry, even if AST and ALT are \<= 5.0 X ULN (upper limit of normal).
* A history of \>= Grade 2 bilateral peripheral neuropathy within 60 days prior to study entry.
* A history of intolerance to 300 mg/day of ZDV defined as any toxicity requiring a dose reduction or termination of ZDV.

Prior Medication:

Excluded:

* Acute therapy for an infection or other medical illness within 14 days prior to study entry.
* Any prior therapy with 3TC or experimental drug 1592.
* More than 2 weeks of lifetime exposure to protease inhibitor therapy; any exposure within 14 days prior to study entry.
* Interferons, interleukins, GM-CSF or HIV vaccines within 30 days prior to study entry.
* Any experimental therapy (drugs or vaccines) within 30 days prior to study entry.
* Rifampin or rifabutin within 14 days prior to study entry.
* Systemic cytotoxic chemotherapy within 30 days prior to study entry.
* Oral ketoconazole (Nizoral), terfenadine (Seldane), astemizole (Hismanal), cisapride (Propulsid), triazolam (Halcion) or midazolam (Versed).
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

NIH

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Havlir D

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Richman D

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Locations

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Univ of Southern California / LA County USC Med Ctr

Los Angeles, California, United States

Site Status

Univ of California / San Diego Treatment Ctr

San Diego, California, United States

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San Francisco Gen Hosp

San Francisco, California, United States

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Stanford at Kaiser / Kaiser Permanente Med Ctr

San Francisco, California, United States

Site Status

Santa Clara Valley Med Ctr / AIDS Community Rsch Consortium

San Jose, California, United States

Site Status

San Mateo AIDS Program / Stanford Univ

Stanford, California, United States

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Stanford Univ Med Ctr

Stanford, California, United States

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Harbor UCLA Med Ctr

Torrance, California, United States

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Univ of Colorado Health Sciences Ctr

Denver, Colorado, United States

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Univ of Miami School of Medicine

Miami, Florida, United States

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Emory Univ

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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Queens Med Ctr

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

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Univ of Hawaii

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

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Northwestern Univ Med School

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Cook County Hosp

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Indiana Univ Hosp

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

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Division of Inf Diseases/ Indiana Univ Hosp

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

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Univ of Iowa Hosp and Clinic

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

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Tulane Med Ctr Hosp

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Tulane Univ School of Medicine

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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State of MD Div of Corrections / Johns Hopkins Univ Hosp

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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Johns Hopkins Hosp

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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Harvard (Massachusetts Gen Hosp)

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Beth Israel Deaconess - West Campus

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Hennepin County Med Clinic

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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Univ of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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St Paul Ramsey Med Ctr

Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

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St Louis Regional Hosp / St Louis Regional Med Ctr

St Louis, Missouri, United States

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Univ of Nebraska Med Ctr

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

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Beth Israel Med Ctr

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

Bellevue Hosp / New York Univ Med Ctr

New York, New York, United States

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Saint Clare's Hosp and Health Ctr

New York, New York, United States

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Mem Sloan - Kettering Cancer Ctr

New York, New York, United States

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Mount Sinai Med Ctr

New York, New York, United States

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Univ of Rochester Medical Center

Rochester, New York, United States

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Univ of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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Carolinas Med Ctr

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

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Moses H Cone Memorial Hosp

Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

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Univ of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

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Case Western Reserve Univ

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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MetroHealth Med Ctr

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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Ohio State Univ Hosp Clinic

Columbus, Ohio, United States

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Julio Arroyo

West Columbia, South Carolina, United States

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Univ of Texas Galveston

Galveston, Texas, United States

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Univ of Washington

Seattle, Washington, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Havlir DV, Marschner IC, Hirsch MS, Collier AC, Tebas P, Bassett RL, Ioannidis JP, Holohan MK, Leavitt R, Boone G, Richman DD. Maintenance antiretroviral therapies in HIV-infected subjects with undetectable plasma HIV RNA after triple-drug therapy. AIDS Clinical Trials Group Study 343 Team. N Engl J Med. 1998 Oct 29;339(18):1261-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199810293391801.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 9791141 (View on PubMed)

Bowersox J. ACTG 343: three drugs better than two for maintaining HIV suppression. NIAID AIDS Agenda. 1998 Mar:1-2, 10-1.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 11365088 (View on PubMed)

Maenza JR. ACTG 343: (why) we can't relax our grip on viral suppression. Hopkins HIV Rep. 1998 May;10(3):10.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 11365491 (View on PubMed)

O'Brien TR, McDermott DH, Ioannidis JP, Carrington M, Murphy PM, Havlir DV, Richman DD. Effect of chemokine receptor gene polymorphisms on the response to potent antiretroviral therapy. AIDS. 2000 May 5;14(7):821-6. doi: 10.1097/00002030-200005050-00008.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 10839590 (View on PubMed)

Zhou XJ, Havlir DV, Richman DD, Acosta EP, Hirsch M, Collier AC, Tebas P, Sommadossi JP; AIDS Clinical Trials Study 343 Investigators. Plasma population pharmacokinetics and penetration into cerebrospinal fluid of indinavir in combination with zidovudine and lamivudine in HIV-1-infected patients. AIDS. 2000 Dec 22;14(18):2869-76. doi: 10.1097/00002030-200012220-00008.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 11153668 (View on PubMed)

Havlir DV, Bassett R, Levitan D, Gilbert P, Tebas P, Collier AC, Hirsch MS, Ignacio C, Condra J, Gunthard HF, Richman DD, Wong JK. Prevalence and predictive value of intermittent viremia with combination hiv therapy. JAMA. 2001 Jul 11;286(2):171-9. doi: 10.1001/jama.286.2.171.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 11448280 (View on PubMed)

Seth A, Markee J, Ap S, Sevin A, Hoering A, Hirsch M, Collier A, Letvin N, McElrath MJ. Alterations in T cell phenotype and antigen-specific cytotoxicity in patients receiving three anti-retroviral agents (ACTG protocol 343). Conf Retroviruses Opportunistic Infect. 1999 Jan 31-Feb 4;6th:132 (abstract no 340)

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Havlir DV, Hirsch M, Collier A, Marschner I, Bassett R, Tebas P, Ioannidis J, Richman DD. Randomized trial of indinavir (IDV) vs. zidovudine (ZDV)/lamivudine (3TC) vs IDV/ZDV/3TC maintenance therapy after induction IDV/ZDV/3TC therapy. Conf Retroviruses Opportunistic Infect. 1998 Feb 1-5;5th:225 (abstract no LB16)

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Gunthard HF, Havlir DV, Fiscus S, Zhang ZQ, Eron J, Mellors J, Gulick R, Frost SD, Brown AJ, Schleif W, Valentine F, Jonas L, Meibohm A, Ignacio CC, Isaacs R, Gamagami R, Emini E, Haase A, Richman DD, Wong JK. Residual human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Type 1 RNA and DNA in lymph nodes and HIV RNA in genital secretions and in cerebrospinal fluid after suppression of viremia for 2 years. J Infect Dis. 2001 May 1;183(9):1318-27. doi: 10.1086/319864. Epub 2001 Apr 10.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 11294662 (View on PubMed)

Gulick RM, Mellors J, Havlir D, Eron J, Gonzalez C, McMahon D, Richman D, Valentine F, Rooney J, Jonas L, Meibohm A, Emini E, Chodakewitz J. Potent and sustained antiretroviral activity of indinavir (IDV), zidovudine (ZDV) and lamivudine (3TC). Int Conf AIDS. 1996 Jul 7-12;11(Program Supplement):19 (abstract no ThB931)

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Other Identifiers

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11314

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

ACTG 343

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id