Status:

COMPLETED

A Research Study to See if a Change in Therapy for HIV Infection Can Improve the Immune Response to Treatment

Lead Sponsor:

University of Chicago

Collaborating Sponsors:

Abbott

Conditions:

HIV Infections

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Our goal is to determine if a change in therapy to one containing Kaletra can improve the immune response in patients who have previously been immune partial responders or non-responders. We also are ...

Detailed Description

To our knowledge our study is the first study showing persistent apoptosis in a subgroup of patients with complete viral suppression in association with poor immune recovery. Immune alterations indepe...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • HIV Infection documented CD4+ count within the last 30 days (or drawn with screening labs)
  • Currently on a stable 3-drug HAART regimen including 2 NRTIs for \> 6 month viral load (VL) \< 50/mm3 for \> 6 months, last within the last 30 days (or drawn with screening labs)
  • Partial immune responder or immune non-responder
  • Age \> 18 years
  • Labs (drawn at screening)
  • Alanine transaminase (ALT) \< 5 X the upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Total bili \< 2 X ULN
  • Creatinine \< 2.0 mg/dL

Exclusion

  • Prior therapy with Kaletra
  • Known hypersensitivity to Ritonavir
  • Therapy the drugs with potential serious drug interactions: flecainide, propafenone, astemizole, terfenadine, rifampin, dihydroergotamine, ergonovine, ergotamine, methylergonovine, cisapride, pimozide, lovastatin, simvastatin, midazolam, triazolam, and St. John's wart.
  • Pregnancy; breast feeding
  • Current malignancy requiring CT
  • Use of systemic corticosteroids, immunosuppressive, or cytotoxic agents within the last 45 days
  • Fever and/or evidence of an active infectious complication
  • Currently in another interventional clinical trial
  • Receiving Interleukin-2 (IL-2) or any other cytokine or growth factor
  • Enrollment in another interventional clinical trial

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2004

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

20 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00145795

Start Date

April 1 2004

End Date

December 1 2009

Last Update

June 15 2022

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University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60607