Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Raltegravir Versus Efavirenz Combination Therapy in Treatment-naïve HIV-1 Patients

NCT ID: NCT01989910

Last Updated: 2019-02-25

Study Results

Results available

Outcome measurements, participant flow, baseline characteristics, and adverse events have been published for this study.

View full results

Basic Information

Get a concise snapshot of the trial, including recruitment status, study phase, enrollment targets, and key timeline milestones.

Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

107 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-09-30

Study Completion Date

2017-12-31

Brief Summary

Review the sponsor-provided synopsis that highlights what the study is about and why it is being conducted.

A pilot study to compare the efficacy and safety of raltegravir-based versus efavirenz-based combination therapy in treatment-naïve patients with HIV-1 infection.

Detailed Description

Dive into the extended narrative that explains the scientific background, objectives, and procedures in greater depth.

A single-center, prospective, randomized, open label, parallel study to compare the efficacy and safety of raltegravir-based versus efavirenz-based plus optimal nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors(NRTIs) backbone combination therapy in treatment-naïve patients with HIV-1 infection.

Conditions

See the medical conditions and disease areas that this research is targeting or investigating.

HIV-1 Infection

Study Design

Understand how the trial is structured, including allocation methods, masking strategies, primary purpose, and other design elements.

Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

Review each arm or cohort in the study, along with the interventions and objectives associated with them.

Raltegravir

Raltegravir 400mg oral twice daily

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Efavirenz

Intervention Type DRUG

Efavirenz 600mg oral at bedtime

Efavirenz

Efavirenz 600mg oral at bedtime

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Raltegravir

Intervention Type DRUG

Raltegravir 400mg oral twice daily

Interventions

Learn about the drugs, procedures, or behavioral strategies being tested and how they are applied within this trial.

Raltegravir

Raltegravir 400mg oral twice daily

Intervention Type DRUG

Efavirenz

Efavirenz 600mg oral at bedtime

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

Discover alternative or legacy names that may be used to describe the listed interventions across different sources.

Isentress Stocrit

Eligibility Criteria

Check the participation requirements, including inclusion and exclusion rules, age limits, and whether healthy volunteers are accepted.

Inclusion Criteria

* Patients who are infected with HIV-1
* Patients have not yet received any treatment for HIV
* Patients with HIV viral RNA exceeds 5000 copies per ml
* Ages at least 20 years

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with acute or decompensated chronic hepatitis
* Patients with chronic hepatitis and serum aminotransferase concentrations are more than five times the upper limit of the normal range
* Patients with renal insufficiency (need dialysis or have serum creatinine concentrations of more than twice the upper limit of the normal range
* Patients with any medical disorder that the use of study medications is contraindicated
* Pregnant or breastfeeding women
* Patients who are lack of expectation to maintain assigned study medication during study period
* Patients who have received therapy with investigational drugs in the previous 3 months
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

Meet the organizations funding or collaborating on the study and learn about their roles.

Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

Identify the individual or organization who holds primary responsibility for the study information submitted to regulators.

Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Learn about the lead researchers overseeing the trial and their institutional affiliations.

Wing Wai Wong, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

Locations

Explore where the study is taking place and check the recruitment status at each participating site.

Division of Infectious Diseases, Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Taipei, , Taiwan

Site Status

Countries

Review the countries where the study has at least one active or historical site.

Taiwan

References

Explore related publications, articles, or registry entries linked to this study.

Lennox JL, DeJesus E, Lazzarin A, Pollard RB, Madruga JV, Berger DS, Zhao J, Xu X, Williams-Diaz A, Rodgers AJ, Barnard RJ, Miller MD, DiNubile MJ, Nguyen BY, Leavitt R, Sklar P; STARTMRK investigators. Safety and efficacy of raltegravir-based versus efavirenz-based combination therapy in treatment-naive patients with HIV-1 infection: a multicentre, double-blind randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2009 Sep 5;374(9692):796-806. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60918-1. Epub 2009 Aug 3.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19647866 (View on PubMed)

Steigbigel RT, Cooper DA, Teppler H, Eron JJ, Gatell JM, Kumar PN, Rockstroh JK, Schechter M, Katlama C, Markowitz M, Yeni P, Loutfy MR, Lazzarin A, Lennox JL, Clotet B, Zhao J, Wan H, Rhodes RR, Strohmaier KM, Barnard RJ, Isaacs RD, Nguyen BY; BENCHMRK Study Teamsa. Long-term efficacy and safety of Raltegravir combined with optimized background therapy in treatment-experienced patients with drug-resistant HIV infection: week 96 results of the BENCHMRK 1 and 2 Phase III trials. Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Feb 15;50(4):605-12. doi: 10.1086/650002.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20085491 (View on PubMed)

Young B, Vanig T, Dejesus E, Hawkins T, St Clair M, Yau L, Ha B, Shield Study Team. A pilot study of abacavir/lamivudine and raltegravir in antiretroviral-naive HIV-1-infected patients: 48-week results of the SHIELD trial. HIV Clin Trials. 2010 Sep-Oct;11(5):260-9. doi: 10.1310/hct1105-260.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21126956 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

Review additional registry numbers or institutional identifiers associated with this trial.

TVGH-IRB-2013-07-030B

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

MSD-MISP-39299

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

More Related Trials

Additional clinical trials that may be relevant based on similarity analysis.