Status:

COMPLETED

Antiretroviral Treatment Simplification Study With Efavirenz + Abacavir + 3TC Once Daily

Lead Sponsor:

Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

Fundación FLS de Lucha Contra el Sida, las Enfermedades Infecciosas y la Promoción de la Salud y la Ciencia

Conditions:

HIV Infections

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

To evaluate the proportion of patients with virological failure after 48 weeks of treatment with the combination of efavirenz 600 mg + lamivudine (3TC) 300 mg + abacavir 600 mg once daily as an antire...

Detailed Description

Treatment simplification is a therapeutic strategy that allows patients with controlled viral replication to switch to an easier-to-take antiretroviral system to promote long-term adherence and thus m...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age \> 18 years.
  • HIV-1 infected patients.
  • Patients on HAART therapy including efavirenz and two NRTIs in a twice-daily regimen for 6 months at least.
  • Patients with an undetectable HIV-1 viral load over the last 6 months (at least 2 determinations separated by 3 months).
  • Subject able to follow the treatment period.
  • Signature of the informed consent.
  • Women may not be of fertile age (defined as at least one year from menopause or undergoing any surgical sterilisation technique), or must undertake to use a barrier contraceptive method during the study.

Exclusion

  • Hepatic tests \> 5 times above normality.
  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding
  • Presence of opportunistic infections and/or recent tumours (\< 6 months).
  • Suspected or documented resistance to any of the investigational drugs.
  • Known allergic hypersensitivity to any of the investigational drugs or any similar drug.
  • Subjects with abusive consumption of alcohol or illegal drugs.
  • Patients participating in another clinical trial.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2004

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2007

Estimated Enrollment :

99 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00314626

Start Date

November 1 2004

End Date

March 1 2007

Last Update

January 29 2008

Active Locations (16)

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Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital

Badalona, Barcelona, Spain, 08916

2

Hospital de la Vall d'Hebron

Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 08035

3

Hospital de Mataró

Mataró, Barcelona, Spain, 08304

4

Hospital Virgen de las Nieves

Granada, Granada, Spain, 18014