Safety & Efficacy of Dual Therapy With Raltegravir/Lamivudine

NCT ID: NCT02284035

Last Updated: 2025-07-20

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

75 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-09-27

Study Completion Date

2017-02-28

Brief Summary

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A pilot 24-week open-label, randomized, controlled clinical trial to assess the safety, tolerability and efficacy of dual therapy with Raltegravir/Lamivudine combination when replacing standard combination therapy in HIV-infected patients with prolonged virological suppression

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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AIDS

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Group 1 Raltegravir / 3TC (MK0518B

Raltegravir / 3TC (MK0518B ) (50 patients)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Raltegravir/3TC

Intervention Type DRUG

MK0518B (Raltegravir/3TC) (300mg/150mg) twice daily, administered orally in the 300/150 mg film-coated tablets according to instructions in the prescribing information.

Group 2 standard combination therapy

NNRTI-Based Regimen:

• EFV/TDF/FTC

PI-Based Regimens:

ATV/r + TDF/FTC or DRV/r + TDF/FTC

INSTI-Based Regimens:

DTG+ABC/3TC DTG+TDF/FTC EVG/cobi/TDF/FTC RAL+TDF/FTC

NNRTI-Based Regimens:

EFV plus ABC/3TC or RPV/TDF/FTC

PI-Based Regimen:

ATV/r plus ABC/3TC

PI-Based Regimens:

DRV/r + ABC/3TC or LPV/r + ABC/3TC or LPV/r + TDF/FTC

INSTI-Based Regimen:

RAL plus ABC/3TC

And other ART regimens

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

EFV/TDF/FTC

Intervention Type DRUG

standard combination therapy

ATV/r + TDF/FTC or DRV/r + TDF/FTC

Intervention Type DRUG

DTG+ABC/3TC DTG+TDF/FTC EVG/cobi/TDF/FTC RAL+TDF/FTC

Intervention Type DRUG

EFV plus ABC/3TC or RPV/TDF/FTC

Intervention Type DRUG

ATV/r plus ABC/3TC

Intervention Type DRUG

DRV/r + ABC/3TC or LPV/r + ABC/3TC or LPV/r + TDF/FTC

Intervention Type DRUG

RAL plus ABC/3TC

Intervention Type DRUG

Other ART regimens

Intervention Type DRUG

Interventions

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Raltegravir/3TC

MK0518B (Raltegravir/3TC) (300mg/150mg) twice daily, administered orally in the 300/150 mg film-coated tablets according to instructions in the prescribing information.

Intervention Type DRUG

EFV/TDF/FTC

standard combination therapy

Intervention Type DRUG

ATV/r + TDF/FTC or DRV/r + TDF/FTC

Intervention Type DRUG

DTG+ABC/3TC DTG+TDF/FTC EVG/cobi/TDF/FTC RAL+TDF/FTC

Intervention Type DRUG

EFV plus ABC/3TC or RPV/TDF/FTC

Intervention Type DRUG

ATV/r plus ABC/3TC

Intervention Type DRUG

DRV/r + ABC/3TC or LPV/r + ABC/3TC or LPV/r + TDF/FTC

Intervention Type DRUG

RAL plus ABC/3TC

Intervention Type DRUG

Other ART regimens

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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NNRTI-Based Regimen PI-Based Regimens INSTI-Based Regimens NNRTI-Based Regimens PI-Based Regimen PI-Based Regimens INSTI-Based Regimen

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Eligible patients will be males or females at least 18 years of age. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test within 10 days prior to randomization into the study.
2. Patients seropositive for HIV-1 using standard diagnostic criteria.
3. Patients virologically suppressed during at least 12 months prior to inclusion (viral load \<50 copies/mL).
4. Patients on combination antiretroviral therapy (at least 2 antiretroviral drugs) for at least 12 months before being randomized in this study.
5. Patients who are clinically stable in the opinion of the investigator at study entry (clinical status and chronic medication must not have not been modified at least 14 days prior to randomization).
6. Patients who have signed informed consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Pregnancy, lactation, or planned pregnancy during the study period.
2. Previous failure to an integrase inhibitor-containing regimen.
3. Previous failure to a 3TC or FTC-containing regimen.
4. Resistance mutations to 3TC or integrase inhibitor if any resistance test had been previously performed.
5. Any disease or history of disease which, in the opinion of the investigator, might confound the results of the study or pose additional risk to patient treatment.
6. Chronic hepatitis B.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Juan A. Arnaiz

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Juan A. Arnaiz

Head Clinical Trials Unit

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Esteban Martinez, MD PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Hospital Clinic of Barcelona

Locations

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Hospital Clinic

Barcelona, , Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Other Identifiers

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2014-003142-27

Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

RALAM

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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