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Efficacy of Atazanavir/Ritonavir Monotherapy as Maintenance in Patients With Viral Suppression

This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified January 2012 by Ospedale San Raffaele
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Castagna Antonella, Fondazione SanRaffaele del Monte Tabor
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01511809
First received: January 13, 2012
Last updated: January 18, 2012
Last verified: January 2012
History of Changes
  Purpose

The study will assess whether Atazanavir/ritonavir monotherapy provides a non-inferior proportion of virological efficacy with respect to ATV/RTV + 2 NRTIs in patients with stable suppressed viremia and no prior virologic failures.


Condition Intervention Phase
HIV-1 Infection
 Drug: Atazanavir/ritonavir monotherapy
 Phase 3

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Efficacy of Atazanavir / Ritonavir Monotherapy as Maintenance in Patients With Viral Suppression. Randomized, Open Label Non Inferiority Trial. A Phase 3 Study.

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: HIV/AIDS
U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Ospedale San Raffaele:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • HIV-RNA [ Time Frame: week 48 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    Proportion of patients with confirmed virological failure (two consecutive measurements of HIV-RNA> 50 copies/ml)at week 48 in the two study arms.


Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Efficacy and Safety [ Time Frame: week 96 ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]

    Proportion of pts with confirmed virological and treatment failure at w96. Change in CD4 cell counts.

    Occurrence of viral resistance to atazanavir in pts with confirmed virologic failure.

    Proportion of pts with adverse events, with ≥grade 2 adverse events or abnormal laboratory tests, proportion of pts with side effects leading to discontinuation.

    Body fat redistribution and vertebral and femoral bone mineral density. Adherence changes; changes in HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders. Difference in levels of activated Tcells and pro-inflammatory cytokines between treatment groups.



Estimated Enrollment: 342
Study Start Date: September 2010
Estimated Study Completion Date: December 2015
Estimated Primary Completion Date: December 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Atazanavir/ritonavir monotherapy
Patients will simplify therapy to ATV/RTV 300mg/100mg OD as monotherapy
 Drug: Atazanavir/ritonavir monotherapy
Monotherapy Simplification Strategy with Atazanavir/ritonavir 300/100 mg once daily for 96 weeks.
No Intervention: Atazanavir/ritonavir 300mg/100mg OD plus 2 NRTIs
Patients will continue the same regimen ATV/RTV 300mg/100mg OD plus 2 NRTIs as backbone

Detailed Description:

This is a randomised (1:1), multicentre, comparative, parallel-group, prospective, open label, non-inferiority controlled clinical trial.

Enrolled patients, taking an ATV/r based HAART and with stable HIV-RNA < 50c/ml (24 weeks), will be randomized to:

  • continue the same regimen ATV/RTV 300mg/100mg OD plus 2 NRTIs (according to the specific dosing schedule) as backbone (HAART arm) with ATV/r
  • or simplify therapy to ATV/RTV 300mg/100mg OD as monotherapy (Monotherapy arm) with ATV/r The study follow up will be 96 weeks after randomization and primary objective will be evaluated at week 48.

Patients will be followed every 4 weeks for the first 16 weeks, and then every 8 weeks until week 48, then every 12 weeks until week 96 or discontinuation ; at each visit the following evaluations will be performed:

  • clinical assessment.
  • routine laboratory tests (hematological tests and hematochemistry) including creatinine, phosphorus, calcium, alkaline phosphatase, gammaGT; urine analysis, lipid profile, level of HIV-RNA and CD4 cell counts.

During follow-up, at randomization, week 48, week 96 or discontinuation, patients will additionally undergo:

  • Fat redistribution evaluation by DEXA (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
  • Vertebral and femoral bone mineral density evaluation by DEXA.
  • ECG;
  • Glicate haemoglobin.
  • Adherence assessment (questionnaire and/or pills counts).
  • Neurocognitive evaluation [HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HANDs) evaluated by validated neuropsychological tests].

In case of viral rebound (defined as 2 consecutive measurement of HIV-RNA > 50 c/ml) patients will be immediately contacted in order to perform genotypic tests. Furthermore a plasma PK analysis will also be performed. Any patients with virological rebound will be selected for a reintensification therapy with NRTIs and if not suppressed after 12 weeks they will be discontinued.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years to 90 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • HIV infected patients
  • age > 18 years
  • On treatment with ATV/r plus 2 NRTIs for at least 48 weeks
  • Virological suppression (HIV-RNA<50 c/ml) by at least 24 weeks with ATV/r plus 2 NRTIs
  • No virologic failure after the initiation of the first antiretroviral therapy. Previous treatment changes due to toxicity or treatment simplifications will be permitted only if occurred with documented virological suppression.
  • CD4 cells nadir >100 cells/µL
  • PPI and H2-receptor antagonists as follows: the proton-pump inhibitors should not be used; if H2-receptor antagonists are co-administered, a dose equivalent to famotidine 20 mg BID should not be exceeded.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnancy and breast feeding women
  • AIDS defining events
  • Evidence of active HBV infection (HBsAg positive)
  • Previous virological failure
  • History of resistance to ATV
  • Use of contraindicated medications
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01511809

Contacts
Contact: Adriano Lazzarin, Professor 0039022643 ext 7939 lazzarin.adriano@hsr.it
Contact: Antonella Castagna, MD 0039022643 ext 7934 castagna.antonella1@hsr.it

Locations
Italy
Infectious Diseases Department Fondazione Centro San Raffaele Recruiting
Milan, Lombardia, Italy, 20127
Contact: Antonella Castagna, MD     0039022643 ext 7934     castagna.antonella1@hsr.it    
Contact: Elisabetta Carini     0039022643 ext 7954     carini.elisabetta@hsr.it    
Principal Investigator: Adriano Lazzarin, Professor            
Sponsors and Collaborators
Ospedale San Raffaele
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Adriano Lazzarin, Professor Ospedale San Raffaele
  More Information

Publications:

Responsible Party: Castagna Antonella, Co- Investigator, Fondazione SanRaffaele del Monte Tabor
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01511809     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: MODAt
Study First Received: January 13, 2012
Last Updated: January 18, 2012
Health Authority: Italy: Ethics Committee

Keywords provided by Ospedale San Raffaele:
HIV-1

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Ritonavir
Atazanavir
 HIV Protease Inhibitors
Protease Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Pharmacologic Actions
Anti-HIV Agents
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Therapeutic Uses

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