Status:

COMPLETED

Atazanavir or Boosted Atazanavir Substitution for Ritonavir Boosted PI in Patients With Hyperlipidemia

Lead Sponsor:

Stanford University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Conditions:

Hyperlipidemia

HIV Infections

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The study is looking to compare the impact of lipid levels and HIV viral loads between three different drug regimens: Continuing current regimen (ritonavir boosted regimen), Switching to Atazanavir, o...

Detailed Description

Study Overview This is a randomized controlled pilot study to compare the safety and efficacy of substitution of atazanavir (ATV) or ATV/RTV for ritonavir boosted PI in patients with ongoing viremia ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Stable primary care
  • Male or Female HIV + adults \> 18 years of age.
  • Subjects who are receiving a ritonavir-boosted PI-containing regimen.
  • Subjects who are on a stable antiretroviral regimen for \> 3 months.
  • Subjects who have a plasma viral load \> 1,000 and \< 100,000 c/mL.
  • Protease Inhibitor (PI) resistance: Subjects must have a minimum of 3 of the following PI-mutations (10, 20, 46, 47, 48, 50V, 54, 71, 82, 84, 90).
  • Subjects who have a CD4 \> 100 cells/cc.
  • Subjects who are experiencing hyperlipidemia :
  • Total cholesterol \> 240 mg/dL, or
  • LDL \> 160 mg/dL, or
  • Fasting triglycerides \> 200 mg/dL, or
  • On lipid lowering drugs.
  • All women of reproductive potential (who have not reached menopause or undergone hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy, or tubal ligation) must have a negative serum or urine ²-HCG pregnancy test performed within 48 hours of entry.
  • Female study volunteers who are not of reproductive potential (who have reached menopause or undergone hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy, or tubal ligation) or whose male partner has undergone successful vasectomy with documented azoospermia or has documented azoospermia for any other reason, are eligible without requiring the use of contraception. Acceptable documentation of menopause, sterilization, and azoospermia are as follows:
  • Written or oral documentation communicated by clinician or clinician's staff of one of the following:
  • Physician report/letter
  • Operative report or other source documentation in the patient record
  • Discharge summary
  • Laboratory report of azoospermia (required for acceptable documentation of successful vasectomy)
  • FSH measurement elevated into the menopausal range as established by the reporting laboratory.

Exclusion

  • Women who are pregnant or breast feeding.
  • 2\. Subjects who use substances or with a mental health condition that would in the opinion of the treating clinician interfere with the ability of the subject to comply with study treatment and monitoring.
  • 3\. Subjects who have significant liver disease defined as AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) \> 5 x ULN.
  • 4\. Subjects who have a history of an acute opportunistic infection within 8 weeks prior to study screening. Chronic infections will not be excluded.
  • 5\. Subjects who have received a vaccination within 2 weeks prior to study screening.
  • 6\. Subjects who are receiving experimental ARV therapy.
  • 7\. Subjects who are receiving systemic chemotherapy.
  • 8\. Subjects who are receiving IL-2 or IFN-alpha.
  • 9\. Subjects who are receiving GM-CSF.
  • 10\. Subjects who have any grade 3-4 laboratory abnormality or clinical AE, other than lipid abnormalities.
  • 11\. Prior use of Atazanavir
  • 12\. Subjects who have a history of
  • Symptomatic heart block
  • 3rd degree heart block, even if asymptomatic
  • Pre-excitation syndromes
  • Heart rate \< 40 bpm
  • Ventricular pause length \> 3 sec
  • QTc \> 500 msec
  • History of syncope of undetermined origin
  • Cardiomyopathy

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2004

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00160329

Start Date

January 1 2004

End Date

March 1 2009

Last Update

July 21 2011

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Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford, California, United States, 94305