Status:

COMPLETED

Modification of Doses of Efavirenz According to Its Blood Concentration in HIV Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital

Conditions:

HIV

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

This is a study on the utility of the modification of doses of efavirenz guided by its plasma concentration (therapeutic drug monitoring) in HIV-infected patients initiating treatment with Sustiva.

Detailed Description

Currently, efavirenz is dosed systematically, without taking into account the individual characteristics of each individual patient. However, plasma concentration of efavirenz may widely vary between ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • HIV-1 patients.
  • According to the criteria of the treating physician, the need to initiate a regimen of antiretroviral treatment that includes efavirenz (both antiretroviral-naive patients and others on treatment with protease inhibitors switching to efavirenz for salvage reasons or for simplification of the anti-retroviral therapy are included).
  • Absence of opportunistic infections and/or tumours in the three months prior to inclusion.

Exclusion

  • History of allergic hypersensitivity to the investigational drug.
  • History of previous failure with antiretroviral treatment with non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors or previously documented resistance to efavirenz
  • History of psychiatric comorbidity which, in the investigator's opinion, renders the use of efavirenz inadvisable.
  • Active consumption of alcohol (\>50 g/day) or other illegal drugs (except cannabis)
  • Suspicion of unsuitable compliance with the antiretroviral treatment.
  • Pregnant women or breast-feeding mothers.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

October 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

31 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00299091

Start Date

September 1 2006

End Date

October 1 2008

Last Update

February 14 2018

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Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital

Badalona, Barcelona, Spain, 08916