Trial Outcomes & Findings for ALTAIR - Alternative Antiretroviral Strategies : a Comparison of Three Initial Regimens (NCT NCT00335322)

NCT ID: NCT00335322

Last Updated: 2019-09-26

Results Overview

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

PHASE4

Target enrollment

329 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

48 weeks

Results posted on

2019-09-26

Participant Flow

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
TDF/FTC+EFV
Truvada (fixed dose combination of tenofovir+emtricitabine) + Stocrin efavirenz
TDF/FTC+r/ATV
Truvada (fixed dose combination of tenofovir + emtricitabine)+ ritonavir/atazanavir (r/ATV)
TDF/FTC+AZT+ABC
Truvada (fixed dose combination of tenofovir + emtricitabine) + zidovudine (ZDV) + abacavir (ABC)
Overall Study
STARTED
115
107
105
Overall Study
COMPLETED
114
105
103
Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
1
2
2

Reasons for withdrawal

Reasons for withdrawal
Measure
TDF/FTC+EFV
Truvada (fixed dose combination of tenofovir+emtricitabine) + Stocrin efavirenz
TDF/FTC+r/ATV
Truvada (fixed dose combination of tenofovir + emtricitabine)+ ritonavir/atazanavir (r/ATV)
TDF/FTC+AZT+ABC
Truvada (fixed dose combination of tenofovir + emtricitabine) + zidovudine (ZDV) + abacavir (ABC)
Overall Study
Randomised but withdrew prior to ART sta
1
2
2

Baseline Characteristics

ALTAIR - Alternative Antiretroviral Strategies : a Comparison of Three Initial Regimens

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
TDF/FTC+EFV
n=115 Participants
Truvada (fixed dose combination of tenofovir + emtricitabine)+ Stocrin efavirenz
TDF/FTC+r/ATV
n=107 Participants
Truvada (fixed dose combination of tenofovir + emtricitabine)+ ritonavir/atazanavir (r/ATV)
TDF/FTC+AZT+ABC
n=105 Participants
Truvada (fixed dose combination of tenofovir + emtricitabine) + zidovudine (ZDV) + abacavir (ABC)
Total
n=327 Participants
Total of all reporting groups
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=4 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
115 Participants
n=5 Participants
107 Participants
n=7 Participants
105 Participants
n=5 Participants
327 Participants
n=4 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=4 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
24 Participants
n=5 Participants
30 Participants
n=7 Participants
22 Participants
n=5 Participants
76 Participants
n=4 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
91 Participants
n=5 Participants
77 Participants
n=7 Participants
83 Participants
n=5 Participants
251 Participants
n=4 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=4 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
35 Participants
n=5 Participants
37 Participants
n=7 Participants
35 Participants
n=5 Participants
107 Participants
n=4 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=4 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
10 Participants
n=5 Participants
7 Participants
n=7 Participants
10 Participants
n=5 Participants
27 Participants
n=4 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
46 Participants
n=5 Participants
43 Participants
n=7 Participants
35 Participants
n=5 Participants
124 Participants
n=4 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
24 Participants
n=5 Participants
20 Participants
n=7 Participants
25 Participants
n=5 Participants
69 Participants
n=4 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=4 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 48 weeks

Population: Modified ITT; all randomised pts who started drug

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
TDF/FTC+EFV
n=114 Participants
Truvada (fixed dose combination of tenofovir + emtricitabine) + Stocrin (efavirenz) Truvada (tenofovir 300mg qd + 200mg qd) once daily Efavirenz 600mg qd once daily
TDF/FTC+r/ATV
n=105 Participants
Truvada (fixed dose combination of tenofovir + emtricitabine) + ritonavir/atazanavir (r/ATV) Truvada (tenofovir 300mg qd + 200mg qd) once daily Ritonavir/atazanavi 100mg/300mg qd once daily
TDF/FTC+AZT+ABC
n=103 Participants
Truvada (fixed dose combination of tenofovir + emtricitabine) + zidovudine + abacavir Truvada (tenofovir 300mg qd + 200mg qd) once daily Zidovudine 250mg/300mg qd taken in two equal doses approx. 12 hours apart Abacavir 600mg qd
Time-weighted Mean Change From Baseline Plasma HIV-RNA.
-2.59 log copies/mL
Interval -2.67 to -2.41
-2.69 log copies/mL
Interval -2.89 to -2.49
-2.39 log copies/mL
Interval -2.54 to -2.24

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 144 weeks

Population: Intent to Treat

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
TDF/FTC+EFV
n=114 Participants
Truvada (fixed dose combination of tenofovir + emtricitabine) + Stocrin (efavirenz) Truvada (tenofovir 300mg qd + 200mg qd) once daily Efavirenz 600mg qd once daily
TDF/FTC+r/ATV
n=105 Participants
Truvada (fixed dose combination of tenofovir + emtricitabine) + ritonavir/atazanavir (r/ATV) Truvada (tenofovir 300mg qd + 200mg qd) once daily Ritonavir/atazanavi 100mg/300mg qd once daily
TDF/FTC+AZT+ABC
n=103 Participants
Truvada (fixed dose combination of tenofovir + emtricitabine) + zidovudine + abacavir Truvada (tenofovir 300mg qd + 200mg qd) once daily Zidovudine 250mg/300mg qd taken in two equal doses approx. 12 hours apart Abacavir 600mg qd
Time Weighted Mean Change From Baseline Plasma HIV-RNA
-2.77 log copies/mL
Interval -2.89 to -2.65
-2.88 log copies/mL
Interval -2.99 to -2.78
-2.54 log copies/mL
Interval -2.72 to -2.37

Adverse Events

TDF/FTC+EFV

Serious events: 14 serious events
Other events: 99 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

TDF/FTC+r/ATV

Serious events: 8 serious events
Other events: 95 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

TDF/FTC+AZT+ABC

Serious events: 12 serious events
Other events: 91 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Serious adverse events
Measure
TDF/FTC+EFV
n=115 participants at risk
TDF/FTC+r/ATV
n=105 participants at risk
Truvada (fixed dose combination of tenofovir + emtricitabine)+ ritonavir/atazanavir (r/ATV)
TDF/FTC+AZT+ABC
n=103 participants at risk
Truvada (fixed dose combination of tenofovir + emtricitabine) + zidovudine (ZDV) + abacavir (ABC)
Immune system disorders
Autoimmune disorder
2.6%
3/115 • Number of events 3 • 1 year
0.00%
0/105 • 1 year
0.00%
0/103 • 1 year
Infections and infestations
Bacterial infection
0.00%
0/115 • 1 year
0.00%
0/105 • 1 year
0.97%
1/103 • Number of events 1 • 1 year
Reproductive system and breast disorders
Cervix disorder
0.87%
1/115 • Number of events 1 • 1 year
0.00%
0/105 • 1 year
0.00%
0/103 • 1 year
Blood and lymphatic system disorders
decreased blood pressure
0.87%
1/115 • Number of events 1 • 1 year
0.00%
0/105 • 1 year
0.97%
1/103 • Number of events 3 • 1 year
Vascular disorders
Fatal outcome
0.87%
1/115 • Number of events 1 • 1 year
0.00%
0/105 • 1 year
0.00%
0/103 • 1 year
Infections and infestations
Fungal infection
0.00%
0/115 • 1 year
0.00%
0/105 • 1 year
0.97%
1/103 • Number of events 1 • 1 year
General disorders
General systems disorder
0.00%
0/115 • 1 year
0.95%
1/105 • Number of events 2 • 1 year
1.9%
2/103 • Number of events 2 • 1 year
Infections and infestations
infection class unspecified
2.6%
3/115 • Number of events 4 • 1 year
0.95%
1/105 • Number of events 1 • 1 year
1.9%
2/103 • Number of events 4 • 1 year
Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders
injury
0.87%
1/115 • Number of events 1 • 1 year
0.00%
0/105 • 1 year
0.97%
1/103 • Number of events 1 • 1 year
Investigations
Investigations, imaging and histopathology
0.87%
1/115 • Number of events 1 • 1 year
0.00%
0/105 • 1 year
0.00%
0/103 • 1 year
Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps)
Lymphoma
0.00%
0/115 • 1 year
0.95%
1/105 • Number of events 1 • 1 year
0.00%
0/103 • 1 year
Pregnancy, puerperium and perinatal conditions
maternal complications of pregnancy
0.00%
0/115 • 1 year
0.00%
0/105 • 1 year
0.97%
1/103 • Number of events 1 • 1 year
Reproductive system and breast disorders
Ovarian and fallopian tube disorders
0.00%
0/115 • 1 year
0.00%
0/105 • 1 year
0.97%
1/103 • Number of events 2 • 1 year
Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders
Pleural disorder
0.00%
0/115 • 1 year
0.00%
0/105 • 1 year
0.97%
1/103 • Number of events 1 • 1 year
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Respiratory disorder NEC
0.87%
1/115 • Number of events 1 • 1 year
0.00%
0/105 • 1 year
0.97%
1/103 • Number of events 1 • 1 year
Psychiatric disorders
Seizure
0.00%
0/115 • 1 year
0.95%
1/105 • Number of events 2 • 1 year
0.00%
0/103 • 1 year
Injury, poisoning and procedural complications
Therapeutic procedure
0.87%
1/115 • Number of events 1 • 1 year
0.00%
0/105 • 1 year
0.00%
0/103 • 1 year
Renal and urinary disorders
Urolithiasis
0.00%
0/115 • 1 year
0.00%
0/105 • 1 year
0.97%
1/103 • Number of events 1 • 1 year
Vascular disorders
Vascular hemorrhagic disorders
0.87%
1/115 • Number of events 1 • 1 year
0.00%
0/105 • 1 year
0.97%
1/103 • Number of events 1 • 1 year
Vascular disorders
Venous varices
0.00%
0/115 • 1 year
0.95%
1/105 • Number of events 1 • 1 year
0.00%
0/103 • 1 year
Infections and infestations
Viral infectious disorder
0.00%
0/115 • 1 year
0.00%
0/105 • 1 year
0.97%
1/103 • Number of events 1 • 1 year
Cardiac disorders
cardiac arrhythmias
0.00%
0/115 • 1 year
0.95%
1/105 • Number of events 3 • 1 year
0.00%
0/103 • 1 year
Gastrointestinal disorders
Gastrointestinal signs and symptoms
0.00%
0/115 • 1 year
0.95%
1/105 • Number of events 2 • 1 year
0.97%
1/103 • Number of events 5 • 1 year
Psychiatric disorders
Depressed mood and disturbance
0.00%
0/115 • 1 year
0.00%
0/105 • 1 year
0.97%
1/103 • Number of events 1 • 1 year
Blood and lymphatic system disorders
Anemias and marrow depression
0.00%
0/115 • 1 year
0.00%
0/105 • 1 year
0.97%
1/103 • Number of events 2 • 1 year
Gastrointestinal disorders
Gastrointestinal motility and defaecation
0.00%
0/115 • 1 year
0.95%
1/105 • Number of events 1 • 1 year
0.00%
0/103 • 1 year
Immune system disorders
Allergic conditions
1.7%
2/115 • Number of events 2 • 1 year
0.00%
0/105 • 1 year
0.00%
0/103 • 1 year
Blood and lymphatic system disorders
Hematological and lymphoid tissue therapeutic procedures
0.00%
0/115 • 1 year
0.00%
0/105 • 1 year
0.97%
1/103 • Number of events 1 • 1 year
Hepatobiliary disorders
Hepatic and heaptobiliary disroders
0.00%
0/115 • 1 year
0.95%
1/105 • Number of events 1 • 1 year
0.00%
0/103 • 1 year
Infections and infestations
Mycobacterial infection
0.00%
0/115 • 1 year
0.95%
1/105 • Number of events 1 • 1 year
0.00%
0/103 • 1 year

Other adverse events

Other adverse events
Measure
TDF/FTC+EFV
n=115 participants at risk
TDF/FTC+r/ATV
n=105 participants at risk
Truvada (fixed dose combination of tenofovir + emtricitabine)+ ritonavir/atazanavir (r/ATV)
TDF/FTC+AZT+ABC
n=103 participants at risk
Truvada (fixed dose combination of tenofovir + emtricitabine) + zidovudine (ZDV) + abacavir (ABC)
Blood and lymphatic system disorders
Anemia
0.00%
0/115 • 1 year
2.9%
3/105 • Number of events 3 • 1 year
10.7%
11/103 • Number of events 11 • 1 year
Immune system disorders
Allergic condition
9.6%
11/115 • Number of events 11 • 1 year
9.5%
10/105 • Number of events 10 • 1 year
4.9%
5/103 • Number of events 5 • 1 year
General disorders
Body temperature disorders
11.3%
13/115 • Number of events 13 • 1 year
7.6%
8/105 • Number of events 8 • 1 year
5.8%
6/103 • Number of events 6 • 1 year
Infections and infestations
Bacterial infections
3.5%
4/115 • Number of events 4 • 1 year
8.6%
9/105 • Number of events 9 • 1 year
10.7%
11/103 • Number of events 11 • 1 year
Blood and lymphatic system disorders
Reduced blood pressure disorders
31.3%
36/115 • Number of events 36 • 1 year
3.8%
4/105 • Number of events 4 • 1 year
9.7%
10/103 • Number of events 10 • 1 year
Psychiatric disorders
Depressed mood
6.1%
7/115 • Number of events 7 • 1 year
0.95%
1/105 • Number of events 1 • 1 year
3.9%
4/103 • Number of events 4 • 1 year
Infections and infestations
Fungal infections
9.6%
11/115 • Number of events 11 • 1 year
5.7%
6/105 • Number of events 6 • 1 year
7.8%
8/103 • Number of events 8 • 1 year
Gastrointestinal disorders
Gastrointestinal motility and defaecation disorders
18.3%
21/115 • Number of events 21 • 1 year
17.1%
18/105 • Number of events 18 • 1 year
15.5%
16/103 • Number of events 16 • 1 year
Gastrointestinal disorders
Gastrointestinal signs and symptoms
20.9%
24/115 • Number of events 24 • 1 year
31.4%
33/105 • Number of events 33 • 1 year
66.0%
68/103 • Number of events 68 • 1 year
General disorders
General systems disorder
14.8%
17/115 • Number of events 17 • 1 year
14.3%
15/105 • Number of events 15 • 1 year
14.6%
15/103 • Number of events 15 • 1 year
Nervous system disorders
headaches
9.6%
11/115 • Number of events 11 • 1 year
10.5%
11/105 • Number of events 11 • 1 year
11.7%
12/103 • Number of events 12 • 1 year
Hepatobiliary disorders
heaptic and hepatobiliary disorders
3.5%
4/115 • Number of events 4 • 1 year
43.8%
46/105 • Number of events 46 • 1 year
0.97%
1/103 • Number of events 1 • 1 year
Infections and infestations
Infections - pathogennot specified
39.1%
45/115 • Number of events 45 • 1 year
34.3%
36/105 • Number of events 36 • 1 year
31.1%
32/103 • Number of events 32 • 1 year
Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders
Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorder
9.6%
11/115 • Number of events 11 • 1 year
7.6%
8/105 • Number of events 8 • 1 year
8.7%
9/103 • Number of events 9 • 1 year
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
Respiratory disroder NEC
13.0%
15/115 • Number of events 15 • 1 year
7.6%
8/105 • Number of events 8 • 1 year
14.6%
15/103 • Number of events 15 • 1 year
Psychiatric disorders
Sleep disorders
28.7%
33/115 • Number of events 33 • 1 year
7.6%
8/105 • Number of events 8 • 1 year
9.7%
10/103 • Number of events 10 • 1 year
Infections and infestations
Viral infections
14.8%
17/115 • Number of events 17 • 1 year
10.5%
11/105 • Number of events 11 • 1 year
18.4%
19/103 • Number of events 19 • 1 year
Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders
Epidermal and dermal disorders
25.2%
29/115 • Number of events 29 • 1 year
13.3%
14/105 • Number of events 14 • 1 year
13.6%
14/103 • Number of events 14 • 1 year

Additional Information

Sean Emery

Kirby Institute

Phone: 9385 0900

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
  • Publication restrictions are in place