A Study of a Combination of Four Drugs in Patients With Recent HIV Infection

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: HIV Infections

In brief

The purpose of this study is to see if it is safe to give a combination of four anti-HIV drugs to patients recently infected with HIV who have never received anti-HIV treatment. The effects of this combination of drugs on the immune system and the level of HIV in the body are studied also. The four-drug combination includes lamivudine, abacavir, amprenavir, and indinavir.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00002233

Run by

Glaxo Wellcome

People needed

30

Last updated by the study team

2005-06-24

Who can join

Age: 15 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Concurrent Medication:
• Allowed with caution and/or careful monitoring:
• Drugs which may interact at CYP3A4 (e.g., alprazolam, carbamazepine, codeine, clarithromycin, dapsone, diazepam, diltiazem, erythromycin, estrogens, fluvastatin, glucocorticoids, imipramine, lidocaine, lovastatin, nifedipine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, simvastatin, and warfarin).
• Drugs that inhibit cytosolic alcohol dehydrogenase (e.g., ethanol, disulfiram, chlorzoxazone, chlorpromazine, isoniazid, and chloral hydrate).
• Drugs known to affect renal tubular secretion (e.g., probenecid or cimetidine), cause liver toxicity, or induce myelosuppression.
• Patients must have:
• Documented and confirmed acute HIV-1 infection.
• No prior exposure to antiretroviral treatment.
• Ability to comply with the investigational nature of the study for a minimum of 48 weeks.
• Consent of parent or guardian if under the age of 18.

You may not qualify if…

• Co-existing Condition:
• Patients with the following symptoms and conditions are excluded:
• A clinical diagnosis of AIDS, excluding CD4+ cell counts less than 200/mm3.
• A serious medical condition such as diabetes, congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy, or other cardiac dysfunction that, in the opinion of the investigator, compromises the safety of the patient.
• Institutionalized or mentally disabled.
• Inability to comply with the dosing schedule and protocol evaluations for reasons other than those specified.
• Concurrent Medication:
• Excluded:
• Concurrent therapy with rifampin, rifabutin, terfenadine, astemizole, ketoconazole, itraconazole, cisapride, triazolam, midazolam, quinidine, amiodarone, and/or ergotamine/dihydroergotamine-containing regimens.
• Foscarnet or therapy with other agents with documented in vitro or in vivo activity against HIV-1.
• Medications known to induce or inhibit hepatic cytochrome P450 enzyme systems.
• Vitamin E supplements.
• Concurrent Treatment:
• Excluded:
• Dependence on blood transfusions.
• Other investigational treatments.
• Patients with the following prior conditions are excluded:
• A history of clinically relevant pancreatitis or hepatitis within 6 months of study entry.
• A history of inflammatory bowel disease or malignancy, intestinal ischemia, malabsorption, or other gastrointestinal dysfunction that might interfere with drug absorption or render the patient unable to take oral medication.
• An unexplained fever above 38.5 Celsius for more than 14 days within 30 days of study entry.
• A history of coagulopathy.
• Prior Medication:
• Excluded:
• Prior exposure to antiretroviral therapy.
• Therapy with immunomodulating agents such as systemic corticosteroids, interleukins, thalidomide, anti-cytokine agents or interferons, cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agents, or anti-oxidants within 30 days of study entry.

Where it is running

• Aaron Diamond AIDS Rsch Ctr / Rockefeller Univ — New York, New York, United States
• Miriam Hosp / Family Healthcare Ctr at SSTAR — Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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